Digital Solution Architect

• Solution Architecture opportunity within a major Digital Transformation 

• Hybrid, flexible working environment, with Alexandria, Sydney HQ 

About Ampol    

Here at Ampol, we are proud of our heritage as Australia’s only owned fuel brand. Fuel may be the foundation of our business, but our motivation and purpose come from the people, industries, and communities we engage with. From our origins until today, we’ve always been inspired by the role we can play in people’s lives – to keep them moving, to make journeys happen.   

 
In the next few years, Ampol will be evolving our energy offering to ensure we continue to meet the ongoing needs of our customers whilst best leveraging marketplace opportunities as they arise. We are investing in our infrastructure and people to ensure that we can continue to provide, safe, reliable, and competitive supply to our valued customers.   

For over 100 years we have supported Australians to travel far and wide, and we’ll be here for 100 more powering better journeys. 

The role: 

Ampol is currently undergoing a major digital transformation, aimed at propelling the company into the future and setting us up for success; integrating digital technology into every facet of the Ampol enterprise, its operational procedures, and its culture.   

As a Solution Architect within the Digital Enablement Stream, you will be responsible for documentation of solution architecture, data flows, and system dependencies, ensuring successful implementation of digital solutions. Additionally, you will play a key role in providing design guidance on SaaS and mobile products, such as M365 and Gen AI, to meet the evolving needs of our business.  

This is a permanent position based in our Alexandria, Sydney HQ, with flexible, hybrid work options available. 

Key duties:  

• Working closely with a diverse stakeholder community, designing solutions to enable the successful implementation of digital technologies within Ampol group 

• Identify, advise on and recommend Digital solutions to Ampol business across varied SaaS or mobile products, including but not limited to M365, Gen AI, SaaS productivity tools, etc  

• Development of a logical conceptual solution architecture, associated high level data flows, interfaces and system dependencies to enable the development and implementation of the ‘to be’ digital solution. 

• Assess requests and challenge constructively to derive underlying needs. 

• Provide guidance and support to delivery teams on architectural aspects of solution development and integration, to enable the successful implementation of the digital solution 

• Prepare and maintain an Emerging Technology Roadmap.  

• Monitor the market to identify new and emerging hardware, software, services, methods and techniques and assess their relevance and potential value to Ampol. 

• Identify, evaluate and recommend appropriate suppliers to provide solutions to Ampol business. 

• Participate as critical stakeholder in vendor solution evaluation. 

• Contribute to the governance of enterprise ICT architecture by defining the methods, models and tools that describe the organisation's current and future state 

About you:   

• Proven background in solution architecture, with a background of delivering solutions encompassing various SaaS products (vendor unspecific), such as M365, Cloud mobile/software platforms, AI, Productivity tools etc 

• Experience within Digital Transformation programs previously  

• Proven expertise in applying solution architecture principles, practices and processes within enterprise architecture, ICT investment and governance frameworks. 

• Demonstrated analytical, problem solving and decision making abilities  

• Experience in large and complex working Enterprise environments  

• Understanding of TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) and Architecture discipline 

We’ll take you further by: 

• Our total remuneration is competitive. This is across base salary, a performance incentive, employee share offers and a 25% discount on Fuel for two privately used cars! 

• We are flexible.  Many of our teams have embraced hybrid work, balancing time spent remote working, with time spent at an office to connect and work together where it adds value. 

• We value recognition.  We have an internal recognition platform amplifying the achievements of those who do great work and demonstrate our capabilities and values. 

• Career development and learning opportunities including LinkedIn Learning and other tailored training solutions. 

• Paid Parental Leave - up to 12 weeks paid Parental leave, and up to a year off (unpaid). In addition to the 12 months of unpaid parental leave, employees may apply for a further 12 months of unpaid parental leave (a total of 24 months for each birth) 

• BabyCare Package - financial and flexible support for parents transitioning back to work. 

• Need some wheels? Novated Lease options are available. 

• Invest in your future with the Employee Share Scheme 

• Leave Options – We offer wellbeing leave and leave purchasing.  

• Care for your Community. Spend one paid day a year volunteering with one of our Ampol Foundation partners.   

We’re an equal opportunity workplace. We not only embrace diversity and inclusion; we celebrate what makes you unique. We welcome applications from people of all ages, cultural backgrounds, and diverse sexualities and genders (including if you identify as transgender). We also highly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply for roles with Ampol. 

If we’ve got your interest, we encourage you to submit an application because we would love to tell you more. Click ‘Apply Online’ below to register your interest.