About us:
We’re a team that cares about you and your community. United Energy (UE) is an essential service, supplying reliable, safe, and affordable electricity across the east and south-east of Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula, vital for our customers and a clean energy future.
In designing and delivering these services, our people are united by a real sense of purpose to empower customer choices in ways that are important for our communities and the environment. Using advanced analytics, knowledge built through years of practical expertise, partnerships with leading researchers, and the courage to experiment, our people are proud to be disruptive influencers amongst the electricity industry.
Increasingly, our networks are connecting new large-scale renewable energy generators and integrating technologies like solar, batteries and electric vehicles as customers change the way they generate, use, store, and share power. This demand is transforming the electricity market faster than any change we’ve ever seen before. As a result, our people are at the frontline in developing and implementing innovative technologies and solutions necessary for the future of our industry not only in Victoria but globally.
About the role:
The Domain Architect - Applications provides specialist technical leadership in the selection, design, and definition of business solutions. The position is responsible for ensuring secure, scalable, and sustainable designs and technical approaches to maximise business value through the most efficient IT spend.
The Domain Architect – Applications will work with Department Managers, Functional SME’s and strategic vendors to analyse business requirements and identify and recommend appropriate solution options within given cost and timeframes.
What you’ll deliver:
- Development of the overall Corporate & Field Technology Application strategy for Victoria Power Networks (VPN) and United Energy (UE) in collaboration with other domain architects.
- Partner with the business to ensure the features developed align to their vision. Develop and maintain Corporate & Field Technology’s roadmaps (current state, target, and technology plan).
- Guide business, people, technology, and solution change in response to disruptive forces and toward desired, signature ready, business outcomes.
- Lead the development of adaptable business, technology, and solution application architecture across the Corporate & Field Technology domain, with a focus on delivering project and business outcomes.
- Ensures solutions adhere to security principles needed to ensure the ongoing security of the Corporate & Field Technology applications.
- Assume a leadership role within the Corporate & Field Technology domain, assuming responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the application architecture needs and driving architecture deliverables via projects.
- Lead the ongoing development of the architecture practice, ensuring that architecture standards, policies, toolsets, and procedures are continuously improved.
- Assume a leadership role within the Corporate & Field Technology domain, assuming responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the application architecture needs and driving architecture deliverables via projects.
- Lead the ongoing development of the architecture practice, ensuring that architecture standards, policies, toolsets, and procedures are continuously improved.
To succeed in the role, you’ll have:
- Strong demonstrated experience delivering value in a technology architecture.
- Experience working in a multi-sourced environment required.
- Advanced ability to set technical direction and provide decision support.
- Detailed understanding of the Software Life Development Cycle (SDLC) is essential.
- Detailed understanding of Project Management fundamentals is essential.
- Experience in an Energy or Utilities business highly regarded.
- Experience working in both waterfall and agile delivery environment highly desirable.
- Tertiary qualifications in IT/Computer Science or business-related discipline preferred.
Your career with us:
We have a diversity of teams across our business, all contributing to great customer and community outcomes. Our people are our most important asset, and we continually invest in nurturing their capability. We proudly strive to provide a safe, inclusive and sustainable environment where all our people feel respected, valued and supported to bring their whole selves to work and be the best they can be.
With an embedded Inclusion & Diversity Strategy and initiatives like our Women in Power networking group, and Sparkle, our LGBTIQ+ allies pride network, we’re committed to equal opportunities for all employees. We are proud to be recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for all women. Click here for more information on how we create and support a diverse and equitable workplace.
Understand how our benefits can support you. We offer a health and wellbeing subsidy (up to $600 per year), paid parental leave of up to 15 weeks for the primary carer, and more.
What’s next?
If you think you have what it takes, but don’t necessarily check every box, or would like to discuss a different or flexible way of working, please still get in touch with us at careers@powercor.com.au
Please submit your application via our careers website by 3 July 2024. For the full Position Description, please reach out to Luke Castro from the Talent team at careers@powercor.com.au
We encourage applications from all communities; people of all ages, nationalities, abilities and cultures, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQI+ community and people living with disability.
If you require adjustments as part of the recruitment process to accommodate your needs, please don’t hesitate to discuss these with us.
Beon, CitiPower Powercor and United Energy recognise Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and acknowledge their ancient and continuing connection to Country.
We work hard to ensure our organisation is inclusive and diverse. This means everyone can feel valued, trusted, authentic and safe at work.