Senior Solutions Architect - Dayforce HCM

About us

At Sydney Water, we’re passionate about making a difference to the lives of our customers and communities, and our employees. We have a proud heritage and a progressive future, providing world class drinking water and beautiful waterways from the mountains to the sea. Our people and their jobs are as diverse as the communities we serve. 

What will you be doing?

As a Senior Solutions Architect within Digital, this role is responsible both for solution delivery and for leadership across the Digital, Business Programs team. You will be supporting project design to ensure solutions meet business and user requirements and align to Digital Strategy. You will be part of team delivering key programs, projects within Asset Life cycle and Customer Delivery.

Your role will involve:

Define and implement solutions within the Digital Business programs portfolio, effectively aligning with good practise, agreed patterns and the Sydney Water Digital Strategy.

Support Architecture Practise Improvement

Define, maintain and govern Digital end to end solution designs and estimates to meet business needs.

Collaborate with Development teams to ensure that solutions as delivered are aligned with the agreed Solution Architectures.

Balance solution design choices for execution of strategy, cost of ownership, risk, delivery timing and other business or technical constraints to define viable solutions optimised for business value over the life and portfolio of solutions.

Estimate the cost of end-to-end solutions. Recommend solution choices according to minimal total cost of ownership optimising strategic content and delivery of enterprise roadmaps.

Ensure alignment to enterprise architecture, policies and standards.

Ensure that technical life cycle management processes are in place.

About the candidate

Tertiary degree qualification in information technology, computer science or similar or equivalent industry experience.

Minimum 10 years’ experience in Information Technology architecture of which 5 year’s experience as a Solutions Architect.

Good working knowledge of the Enterprise Architecture function

Proven architecture experience and skills across Hire-to-Retire value chain

Proven architecture experience and skills in Dayforce HCM implementation

Proven experience in the application of technology solutions to business problems in scale and complexity commensurate with Sydney Water

Development and deployment experience on more than one platform

Expert skills and considerable experience in the evaluation of business solutions and technology options

TOGAF certification – Desirable

Role Type – 24 Months Fixed Term – Full Time 

Applicants must be Australian Citizens or Permanent Residents.

Closing date: 21 July 2025

Dive into Our Great Benefits: 

Competitive Remuneration: We’ll ensure that your skills and contributions are valued and rewarded appropriately. 

24/7 Wellbeing Support: Access for you and your family to free and confidential mental health and general health support through our EAP portal. 

Discounted Private Health Insurance: Unlock affordable access to top-tier health coverage with our discounted insurance plans. 

Fitness Passport: Achieve your physical fitness goals using our Fitness Passport, granting you access to a multitude of gyms and pools across NSW. 

For more information, or to request an accommodation information, you can contact sunil.nagarajan@sydneywater.com.au

At Sydney Water, we are passionate about making a difference to the lives of our customers and communities. We have a proud heritage and progressive future providing world class drinking water and services that are vital to our customers’ quality of life and safeguarding Sydney’s future. We see the world is changing, so we are changing too. 

Our vision is to create better lives through world-class services, and we believe that starts with our people. Our people and their jobs are as diverse as the communities we serve. Our diverse skills, mindsets and backgrounds work together on exciting and challenging projects that make a difference and help ensure Sydney remains one of the most iconic and liveable cities in the world.

We welcome and encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, including First Nations people, LGBTQIA+ people, people with disability, people with caring responsibilities, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and veterans. 

As part of the application process, Sydney Water will be collecting your personal information to assess your suitability for the role. We will also use your personal information to establish a LiveHire talent profile in our Talent Community. We look at our Talent Community first when new opportunities come up when you apply for a role. Your personal information will be collected in accordance with LiveHire’s Terms, Privacy Policy and Sydney Water’s Privacy Collection Statement – Job Application