Application Architect X 2

Candidates with valid work visa residing in Australia only respond. Contract start ASAP to 5 months, 1 x 2.5 months extensions. Any working visa, Brisbane, Sydney, or Perth role. Send your responses to ****** Overview Position Description Responsible for deal shaping, scoping, solution development, competitive costing, and commercial proposition integration and business case alignment of solutions supporting client business, applications and/or information technology environments. Solution scope includes technology design, system integration or project services, steady-state IT service delivery, and services startup and transition. The solutions need to include aspects of people, technology and process for transformation and steady-state delivery. Key Responsibilities: Owns design and development of application solutions, costing/pricing and their internal reviews (deal qualification, delivery assurance and commercials). Engage with client to understand requirements, provide thought leadership, advice on application selection, configuration to meet their needs and service transformation as needed. Leads client interaction during 'Application Solutioning' including solution/capability presentations, workshops as well as inbound and outbound due diligence. Engages throughout the opportunity lifecycle as required. Works with application and solution architects and SMEs assembled as necessary for supporting solution development. Research and gain knowledge on client and their industry context as well as competitors to enable winning solutions. Providing estimated timeframe and technical assessment of the tasks and activities to deliver the solution Be the trusted advisor to client and sales teams. Develops ideas and communicates status, issues, designs and plans Actively engage with service delivery to ensure ability to deliver the solution with quality. Qualifications and Experience: Basic Qualifications Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience Seven or more years of experience in application analysis, design and delivery, preferably within a consulting environment Experience working with company, client, and/or equivalent vendor-mandated methodology Experience working with software, hardware, data and testing standards Experience working with delivery assurance principles and procedures Experience working with business, management, and technology concepts Hands on experience with IT outsourcing or project opportunity lifecycle, sales and pre-sales process, deal costing and pricing concepts and tools, proposal writing, conducting client-facing presentations/workshops and deal governance. Sound knowledge and experience of ITSM and project management and advantage. Experience with mining industry focus areas Other Qualifications Good research, analysis, and problem solving skills Good communication skills Ability to work as part of a team Ability to adapt in a changing environment Ability to produce work products under pressure and within deadlines Ability to convey a strong presence, professional image, and deal confidently with complex technical problems Willingness to travel Client/Customer Relationship Builds strong professional relationships with key IT and business executives Communicates the value of technology in business terms Understands and addresses CxO issues in relevant business terms Is perceived as a trusted technical/application advisor by the customer Manages problem resolution and customer satisfaction issues through strong partnering capabilities