Domain Architect

Discover a career with purpose
- Do you have the ability to lead through influence in your technical domain, set a clear vision, and move others toward a common vision or goal? Join us
- Working with a highly experienced and dynamic architecture strategic function.
- Ask us about our flexible working arrangements that work for you and us
- Wellington (preferred) based permanent role. Note applicants outside of Wellington will be considered

**Tēnei tūranga - About the Role**:
The Technology & Architecture branch within the Digital Data and Insights (DDI) group leads, connects and strengthens MBIE's core data and insights, digital and technology capabilities.

We are looking for people who
- Will lead and develop the IT architectural strategy and associated roadmaps for the integration domain within the Ministry, in alignment with the organisation's goals and objectives. Analyse business requirements and define/design scalable, secure, and efficient IT integration platforms and solutions.
- Will assist the business by developing and presenting investment business cases for high-level initiatives, for approval, funding, and prioritisation. Provides input into the allocation of invested dollars to meet MBIE initiatives through review of development (business and technical) initiatives within the context of integration architecture.
- Can work closely with internal & external stakeholders, business & technical teams to understand their requirements and addressing their concerns. Build strong relationships, foster effective communication, and facilitate collaboration to deliver successful outcomes.
- Build strong working relationships with vendors and industry technology partners to understand the overall industry technology direction and product roadmaps, to determine if these would be of benefit for the integration technical domain and wider MBIE.

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and experience required Examples include:

- Proven experience of gaining stakeholder support for technologies/approaches to enable a more robust and adapable integration capability.
- Demonstrated experience as an expert in ICT integration environments, business practice and systems.
- Proven experience to develop trust and credibility with senior leaders and decision makers.
- Proven experience in building relationships with key external delivery partners and technology providers.
- A passion for emerging integration technologies, methodogloies and approaches, and evaluating how these can benefit and enhance organisations and customers/users experience.
- Ability to lead through influence, set a clear vision, and move others toward a common vision or goal.
- Demonstrated understanding of medium to long-term technology trends and the implications for heavily digital and technology dependent organisations.
- Demonstrated ability to contribute to multi year planning and investment cases in the ICT integration domain.
- Demonstrated ability to facilitate and develop muti-year technology roadmaps, showing key benefit

Additional mandatory criteria
- Tertiary qualification or extensive and comparable relevant experience at a senior management level in the public and private sector.
- Must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

**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 Waitang