The smart, career focused and determined people who work for NRI flourish in a culture that empowers them to achieve customer outcomes and gives them a sense of ownership for the development of the company as a whole. Together we form a highly motivated, customer-focused workforce.

About Us: At NRI Australia, we are committed to delivering innovative and effective IT solutions to our clients. As a leading provider of managed services and systems integration, we pride ourselves on our technical expertise, dedication to quality, and commitment to customer satisfaction.

Role Overview: We are seeking a highly skilled Solution Architect to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for developing overall solutions, including high-level design, statements of work, service design, and bills of materials. You will collaborate closely with internal and external teams to deliver solutions both on-premise and in the cloud. Additionally, you will provide architectural governance across business as usual (BAU) and project delivery, ensuring alignment with architectural, operational, and security objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop overall solutions, including high-level design, statements of work, service design, and bills of materials.
• Provide architectural governance across BAU and project delivery.
• Drive outcomes while adhering to architectural, operational, and security objectives.
• Collaborate closely with internal and external architecture teams to deliver solutions.
• Work closely with Program and Project Managers to provide direction, guidance, and technical support.
• Engage with customers and business representatives to understand business drivers, pain points, and potential IT solutions.
• Engage with vendors to understand their technology and obtain necessary information for technical decision making.
• Work autonomously with attention to detail.
• Become a trusted partner for our customers, proactively engaging NRI for consultation and solutions.
• Help grow NRI’s business by developing effective and valued IT solutions for our customers.
• Drive continuous process and technical improvements for customer and NRI engagement.
• Support current and new projects across NRI diverse IMS clients.

Required Experience and Skills:

• 5+ years' experience defining, planning, and building enterprise-grade infrastructure.
• Experience working in a managed service provider or systems integration environment.
• Strong understanding of enterprise IT infrastructure and environments.
• Technical awareness of enterprise technology trends and solutions.
• Design, installation, and maintenance experience with DATA, VOIP, Wireless, and Secure enterprise systems.
• Experience with OT Environments.
• Experience and design of Checkpoint and Cisco Firepower.
• Experience in Cisco Cyber Vision, Secure Network, and Secure Workload.
• Experience and design of Cisco ACI and Cisco ISE.
• Experience in Cisco REP.
• Experience and design of BGP/OSPF/EIGRP routing infrastructure.
• Experience with Cisco Catalyst 9K & Nexus 9K switching.
• Experience with Cisco Catalyst 8K routers.
• Strong design documentation skills.
• Strong understanding of dynamic routing protocols.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to produce high-quality documentation.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across multiple vendor equipment.
• Network-aligned certifications preferred (e.g., Cisco, Juniper).
• Excellent documentation and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to present, articulate, and deliver technical documents or solutions at the appropriate level based on the audience.
• Strong background and proven experience in technical detailed design documentation, self-motivation, task scheduling, ITIL processes, meeting deadlines, and communicating.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

In exchange for your exceptional technical skills, customer focused performance & out of the box thinking you’ll be rewarded with a career changing experience only consulting can provide.

• Diverse and challenging project work
• Flexible public holiday benefits and option to purchase up to 2 additional weeks leave per year
• Training and development opportunities
• Salary sacrifice, motor and novated leases
• Committed health & wellbeing plan including Employee Assistance Program
• 12 weeks paid parental leave, increasing to 20 weeks for 5+ years service
• Corporate partnerships

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

We celebrate the diversity of people, and we pride ourselves on ensuring everyone belongs. As an equal opportunity employer, we want to create opportunities for everyone and will consider all applications without bias.

We value our collaborative culture and work together to support a variety of community organisations and social issues.

Transformative digital solutions take more than IT expertise. They take a partner you can count on. With an eye for precision and the vision to help you progress. Who can move quickly to find the right ways forward – so that you’re always ahead of tomorrow.

We’re that partner for countless businesses. Designing, implementing, and managing digital solutions that are as personalised as they are progressive. That open the doors to greater digital success – across business, government and beyond.

We deliver everything from business strategy and consulting through to infrastructure and managed IT services. We’re backed by a global reach that makes us a truly game-changing alternative in the digital services space – with local decision-making and authority. And we’re powered not just by technology, but by passionate people who are fearlessly committed to getting it right for our customers.

Transformative digital solutions take the right team, making the right moves at the right time. You’ve found yours with NRI.