Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment Hiring for Standard Job at Wellington Full Time

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Join our large, high performing Architecture team, provide technical leadership and overall solution guidance
• Work in a complex and evolving ICT environment, exciting and fast paced pipeline of work
• Contribute your exceptional analytical, process and solution delivery skills.
• Multiple Permanent roles, attractive salary on offer ($129K to $157K), Wellington CBD.

Tēnei tūranga –

About the role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a seasoned Solutions Architect with excellent technical and analysis and relationship skills to join our Ministry. Working collaboratively with a diverse group of business users, technology and delivery functions, you will have the opportunity to contribute your knowledge to the many solutions created and implemented along with working on your own assigned projects.

The Solution Architect role is immersed in project delivery; ensuring the solutions are aligned to strategic directions, are sustainable and conform to best practice standards and principles. This role will sit within the Digital, Data & Insights group and will deliver into various business domains across the enterprise. You will become a Subject Matter Expert and trusted technical advisor to key stakeholders and projects. This group has exciting and busy pipelines of work ahead, delivering business transformation using cloud-native and zero-trust approaches.

The role will also feed into overall technology and architecture capability, and you will contribute to the overall practice including developing standards, patterns and exploring re-use opportunities wherever possible.

Your workload will be constant and varied, and as we move through a life cycle of programmes you will need to be able to keep pace with both the volume, and time pressures, of a high performing team. You will be part of, and supported by, a large and talented Architecture team who collectively provide strategic, technology and governance guidance.

MBIE undertakes large scale implementations where we challenge the status quo, delivering solutions which are innovative, creative and ultimately have a positive impact on the lives of many New Zealanders, it is therefore vital that you have an innate passion to harness technology solutions for maximum impact.

MBIE is committed to career development and you will have the opportunity to learn from your peers and be exposed to learning opportunities to build your knowledge base.

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana –

Skills and experience required:

We are looking for a solid track record and in-depth understanding of architecture principles, experience in working within multi-disciplinary teams and in outsourced environments. As an experienced Solution Architect we will expect you to be able to quickly assess projects and programmes, build rapport and credibility with the key stakeholders and make decisions as to how you are going to add value for our business owners.

Your CV will clearly demonstrate your experience in the following:

• A high degree of expertise with cloud technologies, particularly Azure; IaaS, PaaS and SaaS is expected.
• Practical experience in security and integration architectures and platforms will be required, including;
• ESB patterns (Synchronous, Asynchronous etc.)
  • Data integration patterns (ETL etc.)
  • Identity patterns (Single-Sign-On, Federation, Provisioning etc.)
  • API technologies (REST, SOAP, etc.)

• You will be able to demonstrate proficiency in one or more of the following platforms:
  • Microsoft Power Apps, including Dynamics 365
  • Microsoft O365

• Providing technical leadership and overall solution guidance will be part of your daily job, as will working with vendors and developers.
• A demonstrable breadth of experience in your portfolio would be desirable, along with experience in working on projects and programmes across the board – from newly commissioned programmes to enhancements of BAU systems and applications.

Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE –

About MBIE:

MBIE’s goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.

We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.

People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.

• Mahi Tahi – Better Together
• Māia – Bold and brave
• Pae Kahurangi – Build our Future
• Pono Me Te Tika – Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity – Hīkina Whakatutuki – which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful’.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Māori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabling environment for iwi to leverage these opportunities.

E mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahungaroa o ngāi wi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, katutuki tēnei. He āhuatanga nui tēnei e āhei ai ngā mahi whanaketanga ā-ohanga, ā-pāpori hoki ki a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui. E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i ngā kaupapakua roa nei e tāmi ana i a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui, ā, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i ngā āheinga kōkiritanga mā ngā iwi, me te tautoko i ngā iwi kia whai mana ake ai ēnei āheinga.

Me pēhea te tono –

How to apply:

Click here to view a position description. All applications must be submitted via our online process. Email Dheeraj Deshmukh at [email protected] quoting ref MBIE/6998 if you have any further questions.

Applications close on 31st July 2022.