The Opportunity
The HBF Architecture team currently have a position for a highly technical Solution Architect to assist with designing technical solutions for upcoming business initiatives. As a Solution Architect at HBF, you'll play a pivotal role in aligning project solution architectures with our broader business objectives and strategic architectures. Designing both high level and detailed technical design documents for consumption by the development teams that will realise the solution.
You'll ensure that our IT solutions not only meet immediate needs but also consider factors like architecture roadmaps, total cost of ownership, reusability, and information security. With a focus on both on-premise and cloud hosting infrastructure for HBF systems, you'll contribute significantly to our success.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, project managers, and business analysts to understand project goals, requirements, and constraints.
- Provide input to project briefs, ensuring alignment with broader objectives, risks, and implications.
- Identify and assess feasible solution options, considering cost of ownership, architectural guidelines, and related initiatives.
- Work with vendors to explore potential solution options or components.
- Take accountability for overall solution design, considering both functional and non-functional requirements. The designs range from a high-level solution overview that are presented to HBF’s architectural review group, to highly technical low level designs detailing API integrations, security considerations and infrastructure and networking concerns.
- Lead the development of preferred architectural options, ensuring alignment with strategic roadmaps.
- On project completion, conduct a review with the development teams to ensure the as-built solution aligns with the original solution design.
- Provide technology thought leadership, mentoring, and guidance to project team members.
- Ensure solution architecture activities adhere to HBF Enterprise Architecture methodologies and standards.
About You
The ideal candidate for this technical Solution Architect position at HBF is a seasoned professional with a passion for leveraging technology to drive business outcomes. They should have a very strong technical background with software development experience or hands-on infrastructure and networking.
They possess a deep understanding of complex business systems and have a proven track record of delivering effective solution designs. With at least 5 years of experience in a technical role, they excel in collaborating with diverse stakeholders, from business leaders to project and development teams, to ensure alignment with strategic objectives. Their expertise extends to AWS cloud services, traditional data centre architectures, and modern design patterns, enabling them to craft innovative and sustainable solutions. They are proactive in promoting architectural best practices, mentoring team members, and contributing to the continuous improvement of IT services. With strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset, they thrive in a dynamic environment where consensus-building and solution-oriented approaches are paramount. Above all, they embody HBF's core values of integrity, bravery, and member-centricity, making them an invaluable asset to our team.
More specifically you will be:
- Tertiary qualifications in Computer Science or related discipline.
- At least 5 years of experience in the technical design and development of complex business systems.
- Extensive experience with AWS cloud services and traditional data centre infrastructure architectures.
- Proven knowledge of design patterns, component-based architecture, and modern data pipelines.
- Experience with AWS cloud platforms and services in hybrid typologies.
- Strong communication skills and experience facilitating workshops across IT and business stakeholders.
- Experience in Agile software development methodologies.
How to Apply
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About HBF
At HBF, our purpose is clear: To deliver for our members in the moments that matter. We're not just a health insurer; we're a force for good in the community, partnering with others to make our community healthier and happier. As Australia's fifth-largest private health provider and the leading health insurer in WA, we're on a transformative journey, expanding nationally and enhancing our technological capabilities.
Our Values
At HBF, we live our values every day. They shape our behaviours and how we relate to each other, our members and our community:
Members are our reason - Members are the reason we exist and are at the heart of everything we do.
We do the right thing - We are open and honest in everything we do. We do what is right, not what is easy and explain why we are doing it.
We are brave - We are brave in the way we will tackle the future. We’re driven by curiosity, and constantly look for better ways to work smarter, faster and more innovatively.
We work as one - We act as one HBF because we’re better together. We work not as individuals but as a team to achieve more.
Employee benefits
Fully Subsided Corporate Gold Health Cover
13 days personal leave per year
Career development opportunities
Access to corporate discounts across a range of retail, restaurants and hotels
Our recruitment and selection process include a variety of assessment methods that may encompass psychometric assessments, reference checks and verification of working rights in Australia. Preferred candidates will be required to return a satisfactory National Police Clearance prior to an offer of employment being extended.
At HBF, we don’t just accept difference - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. HBF is a place of belonging. We are proud of who we are, and we encourage applications from diverse groups such as Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander people, physical ability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and family background, including caring responsibilities.