$116K – $123K Total Remuneration Package

$102K – $109K Base Salary

Location: Maroochydore

Vacancy No: 6119

Permanent - Full-time (flexible options available)

Applications close: Sunday, 6 July 2025 11:59pm AEST

Note: this role is open to job share arrangements, and we warmly welcome applicants seeking flexible work options—such as part-time hours, school-friendly schedules, or other adaptable arrangements.

IMPORTANT: Applications to be submitted through Sunshine Coast Council application link only - find Solution Architect link here.

Why work with us?

At Council, we’re proud of our region. We collaborate with community to achieve truly sustainable outcomes, enhance our enviable lifestyle, and create award-winning places and spaces that are uniquely Sunshine Coast. So, if you love it here as much as we do, and you want to shape our region for the future – you’ll want to join our team!

With the vision to be Australia’s most sustainable region, council is at the forefront of delivering a number of region-shaping projects that will see the region become a hub for innovation, entrepreneurship and creativity, along with opportunities and a lifestyle for all to enjoy.

About the Role

The Digital and Information Services (DIS) branch delivers agile and transformative information and technology, enabling council to be a leader in providing innovative and sustainable services to its communities.

The Enterprise Architecture Team leads the design and implementation of Council’s innovative strategies, ensuring alignment with organisational needs while actively researching industry trends, emerging technologies, and evolving standards.

The Solutions Architect will proactively lead / support Solution Architecture activities to design, describe, and manage technical solutions to align with business goals and requirements, effectively bridging the gap between business needs and technical implementation.

Primary responsibilities of this role:

• Provide Strategic and Architectural Guidance: Deliver solution architecture and strategic direction guidance for projects, ensuring close collaboration with other teams throughout all phases of new solution implementations and modifications to existing systems.
• Align Business and Technology Objectives: Capture and apply key enterprise architecture concepts, including business goals, outcomes, capabilities, value streams, and processes, emphasising their critical role in aligning IT solutions with business strategy and outcomes.
• Ensure Compliance and Architectural Alignment: Develop and enforce compliance with the DIS branch guidelines, ensuring all solutions align with the organisation’s enterprise architecture. Define and promote architectural principles, standards, guidelines, and reusable solution patterns to support future-state architecture goals.
• Support Transition Planning and Road mapping: Contribute to the development of transition states and capability roadmaps for solution acquisitions, implementations, and upgrades, ensuring alignment with the enterprise’s strategic objectives.
• Create Strategic Artefacts: Produce architectural artefacts that support the management of SCC’s future-state solution portfolio, enabling informed business decision-making and driving desired outcomes.

Desirable Experience: Proficiency in business modelling and integration, including Business Capability Modelling, BPMN, Business Model Canvas, workflow modelling, enterprise application integration, and a strong appreciation for user experience (UX).

This position is based at the newly established Sunshine Coast City Hall, located in the heart of the vibrant Maroochydore CBD. This state-of-the-art, environmentally sustainable building has been purposefully designed to foster innovation, collaboration, and a modern workplace experience.

About you

As a Solutions Architect, you bring a blend of formal qualifications—such as a degree in Computer Science, IT, Software Engineering, or a related discipline—and/or substantial experience in solution architecture, systems analysis, and solution design, ideally within a large, complex organisation or government setting with a broad range of experiences across multiple environments working across multiple teams in a collegial fashion.

You are a strategic thinker with:

• Strong problem-solving and research skills, enabling you to tackle complex challenges and develop innovative, client-focused solutions that align with business needs.
• Business and communication expertise, with a solid understanding of operations and strategy, and the ability to produce high-quality reports, presentations, and planning documents.
• Leadership and organisational strengths, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, influence stakeholders, and build effective relationships through consultation, negotiation, and conflict resolution.
• Ability to gather information from a wide variety of sources including documentation and informal discussion to distil the current environment and its dependencies.

Our Culture & Employee Benefits

Council is committed to creating an inclusive, culturally diverse, healthy, skilled and dedicated workplace culture. As an employee you will enjoy a range of benefits and working styles to suit you:

• Wellbeing: Your wellbeing is important to us therefore we offer a number of different initiatives such as discounted health related memberships, fitness passport, employee assistance program and development opportunities. 
• Flexibility: We know it is important to balance life and work, therefore we offer flexible working including a 9-day fortnight, job share arrangements and a hybrid WFH model that help you be your best.
• Extras: Those extras make a difference therefore we offer salary packaging options on novated leases, superannuation, smartphones and devices. We also pay you 17.5% leave loading and generous Superannuation where council will contribute 12% Superannuation in addition to your 6% superannuation contribution.

How to apply

Your written application should include:

• A 1-2 page cover letter demonstrating your ability to fulfil the mandatory and desirable requirements on the Position Profile. Keep the key responsibilities in mind when addressing this criteria; and
• A current resume or curriculum vitae.

Once you have these two documents ready, go into this Solution Architect link and click ‘Apply Now’ and follow the prompts to complete your application.

Further Information

Helpful information to assist you in completing your application is available on the Sunshine Coast Council website.

To learn more about Council’s vision and projects, you can view the Corporate Plan 2024-2028

For specific enquiries contact Michelle Taylor during business hours on 0423 023 264.

We're working hard to create an inclusive workplace that reflects the diverse community we serve. If you require adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please reach out to the Recruitment Team joinusnow@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au.

At Sunshine Coast Council, we embrace differences in gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background including First Nations, disability, religion and sexual orientation. To deliver the best service to our region we want a workforce that reflects the diverse community that we serve. Sunshine Coast Council strongly encourages all suitable applicants to apply for this role.