Senior Solution Architect

What's the role?

As a Senior Solution Architect, you will design and implement solution architectures aligned with the organisation’s enterprise architecture. In this role, you will create robust, scalable, and efficient technology solutions that meet business needs while adhering to core architectural principles. You will play a critical part in driving innovation, identifying reusable components, and ensuring the effective procurement of technology assets.

Responsibilities

• •Collaborate with business, development, and architectural stakeholders to design scalable, secure, highly performant, and maintainable cloud-first and web-platform solution architectures aligned with enterprise standards.
• •Evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks, open-source principles, and tools to select optimal technology stacks, driving informed decisions based on cost, compatibility, long-term viability, user/business needs, and leading RFx evaluations.
• •Partner seamlessly across development, infrastructure, and technical teams to guide solution integration, lead user-centered service delivery in agile environments, and exercise expert verbal and written communication skills.
• •Demonstrate deep expertise in software development processes, infrastructure and engineering design, efficient DevOps practices, and hands-on solution construction and management.
• •Apply proficient business analysis and database management skills while ensuring robust system security measures and strict adherence to architectural guidelines.
• •Identify and manage technical and business risks with exceptional detail orientation to ensure long-term viability and seamless integration across all enterprise components.

Who are you?

• •You hold a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or possess equivalent practical experience.
• •You have significant end-to-end design and broader digital transformation experience within a large, complex corporate environment (media industry experience being desirable).
• •You have a broad understanding of enterprise technology and emerging AI trends, combined with deep expertise in the core tools critical to this role.
• •You excel at bridging the gap between business and technical teams, designing holistic solutions that seamlessly integrate people, processes, and technology.
• •You are an articulate communicator with elite stakeholder management skills, adept at tailoring complex technical information to win confidence at all organisational levels, right up to senior leadership.

Why News Corp Australia

Join a culture where innovation is our operating rhythm. You’ll work on a diverse portfolio of Australia’s most loved brands and play a pivotal role in leading the technological shift in how we create commercial content. Our vibrant, hybrid work environment and dynamic, values-driven culture empowers you to push boundaries, collaborate as one unified team, and make a positive, measurable impact for all Australians.

News Extras Benefits is a commitment to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities.

Our benefits include:

Exclusively ours - Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family

Perks & discounts - Exclusive offers across a range of products and services that deliver genuine cost savings and benefits

Health & wellbeing - Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)

Time off - News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.

Financial wellbeing - Support on making the most of your money

In addition to our perks and benefits, employees have access to a number of initiatives and programs that support their wellbeing and professional growth, such as:

Helping you grow - Access tailored development opportunities, including leadership programs, to cultivate your skills and support your career

Giving back - Make a difference to our communities through volunteer opportunities and company-organised charity drives

Workplace Inclusion and facilities – Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents’ rooms

Who are we?

News Corp Australia is the nation’s most influential media organisation, operating more than 150 household-name brands across print, digital and multimedia. We lead the way in travel, fashion, food, health, homes and lifestyle, and we are the largest publisher across print and digital, reaching more than 16 million Australians each month.

What’s next?

Apply now or for more information on careers at News Corp Australia visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Diversity strengthens our national teams and newsroom as we seek to tell stories that represent the communities of Australia. Our people make us unique, and so we are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability or gender identity. Applicants of diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply!

We are committed to ensuring an accessible and supportive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments or accommodations at any stage, please do not hesitate to let us know here . In order for us to assist you, please ensure you include the role title you are applying for in the subject line. For more information regarding Diversity at NewsCorp Australia please visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers under the Diversity@News section.

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