Digital Solution Architect

About Us

The G’day Group comprises three leading Australian tourism brands in Discovery Parks, G’day Parks and loyalty program G’day Rewards. Employing more than 2,200 people Australia-wide, G’day Group has a truly national footprint of over 300 holiday parks, including 85 fully owned and operated parks and Resorts. The largest park network in the country, we’re about authentic Australian holiday experiences and inviting all Aussies to say g’day to more of Australia.

We’re on a journey of growth and evolution to reshape the industry, offering the best customer experience underpinned by the best technology. Each year, we showcase the true Australia to millions of guests and we are the co-custodians of some of the country’s most treasured places; a privilege we don’t take lightly. With eyes on domestic and regional tourism like never before, we are building a passionate, adaptable, high-performance team to create holiday memories that put a smile in every g’day.

The Role

Our software engineering teams have built some of Australia’s most popular websites and apps, with millions of unique visitors each year to our digital platforms. The G'day Group is undergoing a significant period of growth and is investing in technology and business processes to ensure we can provide market leading digital experiences for our customers.

As the Solution Architect you will be responsible for designing technology solutions based on business, functional and non-functional requirements, with an emphasis on ensuring proposed solutions are holistic, scalable, cost-effective, secure and fit-for-purpose.

You will bridge the gap between business problems and technology solutions focusing on how to address the broader business and technical needs of Discovery Parks. You will be responsible for presenting and delivering architecture documentation covering business, applications, integrations, data and cloud domains and providing advice and guidance that will be critical in the future state design and roadmap of our technology assets. You will work within an large digital delivery team environment that includes engineering managers, project managers, business analysts, software developers and testers.

To be successful in the role, you will have experience working with business leaders to understand capability requirements, and articulate a solution and a plan (MVP, transition architectures) for building out the capability incrementally. 

Responsibilities will include:

• Lead product/platform selection processes, contribute to business cases, research and design digital solution options including costs, and prepare current and future state architecture mappings
• Design end-to-end digital solutions that meet business needs while considering factors such as scalability, security, performance, and cost-effectiveness.
• Create architecture diagrams, technical specifications, and documentation to communicate the solution vision and design to stakeholders.
• Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, frameworks, and tools to support software development initiatives including emerging technologies and tools to identify opportunities for innovation and improvement.
• Assess the suitability of third-party products and services to complement the solution architecture and meet business requirements.
• Make recommendations on technology adoption and provide rationale for technology selections.
• Be a trusted advisor to business stakeholders understanding their needs and collaborating with them to envision and design technology solutions
• Collaborate with the project team to produce a roadmap of epics, features, stories and effort estimations that are in alignment with the future state architecture plans, defining release increments and transition architectures

Your Experience

To be successful in this role you will have completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field. You will have strong experience working in a similar role producing solution design documentation, evaluation and presenting solution options and facilitating design discussions.

You will have a solid understanding of digital solution architectures, web and mobile application development principles, including responsive UI/UX design and microservices. You will have working knowledge of fundamental integration patterns, API development patterns and layered App design patterns. You will have experience with Cloud architectures and services, specifically the Azure ecosystem: App Services, Azure Functions, Web Jobs, Azure Search, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Hub, elastic services. 

Whilst technical proficiency is important to the role, you will also have the attitude, soft skills and leadership capability to engage with a broad range of business and technology stakeholders. You will have excellent leadership and interpersonal skills. You will possess a high level of energy, self-motivation, autonomy, initiative, and attention to detail to be successful in meeting the business demands at G’day Group. Your naturally upbeat and open style will fit our cultural values. You will have a highly organised mindset with the ability to assess the urgency of work allocated to you by various stakeholders.

G’day Group is a dynamic company with an energetic ‘market disrupter’ reputation. If you are passionate, adventurous, and ready to hit the ground running, we want to hear from you.

Benefits

·      Health and Wellbeing – Flexible and hybrid working arrangements / Employee Assistance Program / Discounted private health cover / Weekly yoga and walking group / Free annual flu vaccinations

·      Leave Policies – Parental leave / Volunteer leave / Study leave 

·      Professional Development – Leadership programs / Support of external training courses / Reimbursement of professional memberships

·      Employee Savings – Discounted accommodation and experience rates / Salary packaging / Discovery partner discounts/ Free G’day Rewards membership / Loyalty recognition benefits

Our ESG statement

The G’day Group acknowledges the increasing global expectation to demonstrate our approach to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risk factors and sustainability in our daily operations and ongoing decision making. Our five-year ESG strategy is evolving to ensure we are committed to fostering a safe, respectful and inclusive workplace, giving back to the communities we operate in, and protecting our environment.

Prior to an offer of employment being made, candidates must provide authority for a Federal Police Clearance to disclose any criminal offences or charges. Drivers Licence essential.