Senior Architect - HR

Job Description

All roles at Westpac Group can be considered for flexible working arrangements, such as flexible hours, working remotely, part time work, or job sharing.

Senior Architect - Human Resources

• Established career path
• Sydney Based

How will I help?

This role will be responsible for leading an end-to-end solution architecture for the major projects in Enterprise Services domain.

Key responsibilities will include development, maintenance and communication of the solution architecture plans for each project and how it aligns to the overall IT Strategy, ensuring effective architecture strategy is developed and maintained.

Your day to day will include:

• Developing, maintaining and communicating high level plans for investing in the IT environment infrastructure for the HR portfolio to ensure effective architecture strategy is developed and maintained.
• Managing architecture development and governance processes for allocated portfolio to promote effective governance and solution quality within architecture.
• Ensuring Solution Architecture aligns with roadmaps established by the enterprise architecture and adhere to enterprise architecture principles.
• Converting requirements into the architecture and design that make up the blueprint for the solution, balancing architectural concerns of the projects with the concerns of the enterprise.
• Lead the development of solutions for allocated portfolio to ensure effective solutions are designed in accordance with business requirements, Westpac Group standards and IT Strategy.
• Build and apply knowledge of emerging technologies and take a continuous improvement approach to ensure Westpac remains innovative and up to date with market leading technologies and industry trends

What's in it for me?

You'll play a significant part of the future of a business that has been around for 200 years. Our purpose is of creating better futures together. So, we'll back you in the development of your career, internal career prospects, and flexible working. You'll also keep learning to grown, backed by a fantastic team of people with a can-do, supportive structure.

Whatever shape your family takes, we offer generous paid and unpaid parental leave for your nominated primary and support carers. This includes leave to organise adoptions, surrogacy, and foster care arrangements. And we continue to pay your super contributions while you take all the time you need to get your new family settled.

What do I need?

• Significant large scale corporate experience in solutions architecture gained in reputable ICT, Financial Services or Consulting companies.
• Ability to translate complex business needs into enterprise architecture requirements.
• Experience across multiple architecture domains, including the implementation of architecture in large organisations required to ensure balanced solutions.
• Demonstrable experience in the (Human Resources) HR technology domain covering HR Sub Domains.
• Experience in PaaS/SaaS HR platforms - Oracle HCM, Oracle eBusiness Suite experience highly ideal.
• Understanding of cloud native application characteristics, and how architectures can deliver them, and demonstrable knowledge of Integration Design (real-time and batch).
• Experience in solutioning and implementing modern technologies ( e.g. ambient intelligent, business workflow, and AI) within industry leading organisations.
• Strong knowledge of Enterprise Architect disciplines and frameworks (e.g. TOGAF).

What's it like to work there?

We are a collaborative team of passionate people with a shared ambition to make a difference for our customers, our communities and each other. At Westpac, making a difference means creating impact, unlocking our own and each other's passions, and transformative success stories to create better futures together.

As well as competitive remuneration and a great culture, joining the Westpac family gives you access to a wide range of employee benefits to help you manage your priorities - whether that means family life, work/life balance, ambition to grow or all the little perks in between.

We'll empower you to shape your career path. Through personalised upskilling, mentoring, and training opportunities, you're in control of where you start and how you'll grow.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility - and champions inclusion.

Hear from some of our people and their experiences working with us.

How do I apply?

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At Westpac, we're all about creating a supportive culture and ensuring our workplaces, branches, products, and services are accessible and inclusive for everyone-our customers, employees, and the wider community. If you're interested in discussing workplace flexibility, please feel free to mention it in your application.

We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, veterans and reservists, and Indigenous Australians to apply. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please email talentacquisition@westpac.com.au.

Do you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process?

We can provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability and/or neurodiversity. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process at any stage, please email talentacquisition@westpac.com.au