Technical Lead (Architecture & Software Delivery)
Davidson ·www.davidsonwp.com
Apply directAbout the Company
Our client is a leading government organisation.
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity exists for an experienced Technical Lead to join a large-scale Data and Digital Delivery Enablement Program. This role will play a critical part in delivering complex business and technology transformation initiatives across enterprise applications, digital platforms, and infrastructure environments.
This position is ideal for a delivery-focused technical leader who enjoys working across diverse technology landscapes and guiding teams through the design, implementation, and transition of solutions into operational environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide technical leadership across project and program delivery initiatives.
- Lead the design, development, and implementation of applications and systems.
- Define technical requirements, solution approaches, and delivery roadmaps.
- Guide engineering teams on architecture, development standards, and best practices.
- Conduct technical reviews, mentor developers, and support problem resolution.
- Coordinate activities across developers, architects, operations teams, vendors, and stakeholders.
- Manage technical risks, dependencies, and issues throughout the delivery lifecycle.
- Ensure governance, documentation, testing, and go-live requirements are completed.
- Establish and support CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
- Drive knowledge sharing and effective transition to operational support teams.
About You
- Strong experience in software development and technical delivery leadership.
- Demonstrated ability to translate architectural designs into implementable solutions.
- Experience working with cloud platforms, particularly AWS.
- Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps methodologies.
- Understanding of security standards, testing practices, and compliance requirements.
- Experience coordinating multidisciplinary technical teams.
- Strong documentation and delivery governance capabilities.
- Understanding of enterprise systems, networking, and data architecture.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Previous experience within large, regulated environments and federal government sectors.
Highly Desirable
- Experience implementing solutions aligned to enterprise architecture and security frameworks.
- Experience with bespoke application architectures.
- Exposure to DevSecOps toolsets including GitLab, SonarQube, Nexus, JMeter, Maven, Selenium, and Clair.
- Experience across both cloud and on-premises environments.
- Broad technical exposure across technologies such as Linux, Oracle, Python, Java, C/C++, databases, and enterprise platforms.
- Experience with Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Teams, and collaboration platforms.
The Benefits
- Major enterprise transformation projects.
- Hybrid working environment based in Melbourne.
- Initial 12-month contract + extensions
Applicants must be Australian Citizens and be eligible to obtain and maintain a Baseline Security Clearance
Please apply with current resume in Microsoft Word format only (.doc or .docx). If you would like to have a confidential discussion, please contact Maaz Mian on Maaz.Mian@Davidsonwp.com, quoting reference JN -082026-44053. Want to know more about Davidson? Visit us at www.davidsonwp.com