Infrastructure Architect

Endeavour Group is Australia's premier retail drinks and hospitality network. As a Cloud & Infrastructure Architect, you will formulate target-state architectures, guide strategic infrastructure investments, and steer multi-cloud modernisation across Azure, GCP, on-premises systems, and enterprise networks. You will partner closely with Enterprise Architects, engineering squads, cybersecurity, and senior business leaders. Hybrid ways of working: Melbourne or Sydney location.

Responsibilities

Shape target-state infrastructure and cloud roadmaps across Australia's largest retail drinks and hospitality footprint; Drive modern architectural patterns across Azure, GCP, and hybrid environments utilising contemporary Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks; Formulate target-state architectures, guide strategic infrastructure investments, and steer multi-cloud modernisation across Azure, GCP, on-premises systems, and enterprise networks; Author rigorous architecture artefacts, evaluating cost, risk, and feasibility trade-offs; Architect resilient infrastructure and network solutions across Azure, GCP, and on-premises environments, authoring HLD, DLD, and LLD artefacts; Guide designs through formal enterprise approval, presenting solution proposals and options papers to the Architecture Alignment Forum (AAF) and Architecture Review Board (ARB); Partner with Enterprise Architecture to develop infrastructure guidelines, target patterns, and guardrails; Produce options papers balancing commercial viability, cost optimisation, and risk, incorporating market research frameworks such as Gartner guidance; Work alongside Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Network, and Risk teams to assess technical dependencies, review solutions, and capture risks; Diagnose and resolve complex architectural bottlenecks and deviations from standard practice

Requirements

Proven experience developing conceptual, logical, and physical infrastructure architectures within large, complex enterprise environments; Deep technical understanding of Azure cloud services (including App Service, SQL, Container Registry, and Data Factory), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and modern Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices using Terraform or ARM templates; Solid understanding and end-to-end design capability across traditional compute/storage infrastructure and enterprise networking (LAN, WAN, and SD-WAN); Relevant tertiary qualifications in Information Technology or industry certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Google Professional Cloud Architect; Outstanding communication and advisory skills, with a demonstrated ability to translate intricate technical designs into clear, plain language for commercial stakeholders; Practical experience or strong familiarity with preparing artefacts for and presenting to formal governance bodies, such as an ARB or AAF

Nice to have

Background delivering architecture within retail, FMCG, or customer-facing commercial environments

Benefits

Hybrid ways of working; Exclusive discount card for ALH Hotels pubs & accommodation, BWS, Dan Murphy's and other Endeavour Group brands; Discounts at Woolworths supermarkets and BIG W through the Woolworths partnership; Free services supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing; Dedicated learning and development options