_{13th August, 2026}

Job Title - ARCH Future Air Mission Training System - Solutions Architect 

• Length of Contract: 24 months with 1 x 12 months extension possibility
• Closing Date: 12/08/2026
• Location: Canberra, ACT
• Security Clearance: NV1

• Working collaboratively with the Project, deliver technical expertise, planning support and services that will result in the technical governance, security authorisation and service management frameworks.
• The Supplier must:
  • Coordinate integration activities;
  • Identify all Defence platform dependencies;
  • Develop integration architecture artefacts;
  • Implement interface requirements;
  • Coordinate with Defence stakeholders;
  • Support design reviews;
  • Support test activities associated with enterprise integration;
  • Support remediation activities arising from governance reviews;
  • Provide Project Management Services including:
    • Documentation and management of the delivery of the resulting project deliverables in accordance with DDG project management standards;
    • Development and maintenance of project schedules and delivery according to defined schedules;
    • Management of project budget, tracking costs and expenditure to deliver the project within tolerances;
    • Management of scope, quality, risk and issue management processes to ensure outcomes are delivered;
    • Participation in and leading meetings with Defence customers and supporting service providers;
    • Negotiation with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors where required;
    • Attendance at project and program board meetings, preparation of reports, advice and recommendations for presentation at senior leadership governance forums as required; and
    • Liaison with AIR5428-3 stakeholders and industry partners to ensure inter-project collaboration is maintained;
  • Provide Solution Architecture Services including:
    • Validation of technical solution, test, support, and certification plans to ensure all meet business and operational requirements and objectives;
    • Architecture and design subject matter expertise to guide and manage the DDG system integration requirements;
    • Input to integration designs for mission system integration activities;
    • Participation in associated gate reviews and design approvals;
    • Development and maintenance of relationships with stakeholders;
    • Identification and evaluation of alternative design options and trade-offs;
    • Ensuring solution is aligned with both functional and non-functional requirements;
    • Review, verification and improvement of designs against specifications;
    • Stakeholder management to secure system-related products and services;
    • Analysis of PSI design specification, Operational Concept Document, Functional Performance Specification and develop technical interface designs that align to Defence patterns;
    • Support the development test and evaluation plans to provide traceability of the design;
    • Participation in working groups to develop interface control agreements with supporting service providers;
    • Management of the delivery and outcome of PSI work packages to ensure compliance;
  • Provide ICT Security Services including:
    • Deliver the ICT accreditation requirements and the provision of security services;
    • Capture and document the security risks associated with network capabilities being delivered;
    • Achieve ICT security accreditation with the relevant approval authority;
    • Manage ongoing execution and maintenance of risk management controls to achieve the required security requirements with emphasis on cyber and information security compliance;
    • Establish a security function providing support to the architecture, engineering and analysis;
    • Definition and specification of ICT systems interoperability;
    • Input into the end-to-end architecture development;
    • Defining use of security policies, practices, and standards that govern security functions associated with ICT systems;
    • Coordinate with internal Defence security agencies to ensure correct security postures are adhered to;
    • Liaise with the project design team to understand the technology being delivered and to provide advice on security related concerns;
    • Development and maintenance of the required security documentation suite to gain Defence ICT accreditation;
    • Capture risk mitigation controls and ensure they are documented ensuring clear and effective remediation steps are known;
    • Manage/proactively support and monitor the processes/organisations in supporting the certificate and accreditation process.
  • Provide Engineering Services including:
    • Supporting the architecture, security and analysis services;
    • Providing input into the end-to-end architecture development;
    • Development and documentation of the Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) for the ICT solution;
    • Development and documentation the Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) and Verification Cross Reference Matrix (VCRM) for the ICT solution;
    • Support the development of the Integrated Logistics Support Plan (ILSP);
    • Collaboratively develop and document TAF architectural views and documentation including the System View (SV) and Data and Information Viewpoint (DIV) artefacts;
    • Input to the development of the security documentation suite required to obtain Defence Certification and Accreditation of the ICT solution;
    • ICT systems engineering support to Defence Capability Acquisition & Sustainment Group (CASG) as required.