Enterprise Architect - AI

Contract: 12 months plus Extensions Rate: DOE Location: Brisbane Flex: Hybrid

A leading organisation in the mining sector is seeking an experienced AI Enterprise Architect to provide architectural leadership for a transformative Agent Orchestration and Management Control Tower initiative. This senior-level opportunity offers you the chance to shape the future of AI and automation across a complex, federated enterprise environment, ensuring safe, scalable, and governed delivery of intelligent agents. You will play a pivotal role in defining the target architecture, establishing robust governance frameworks, and integrating cutting-edge observability and intervention mechanisms.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Define the target architecture, reference patterns, and strategic roadmap for an enterprise Agent Control Tower aligned with industry standards and operational risk requirements.
• Translate conceptual designs into implementable architectures covering platforms, integrations, governance structures, and runtime controls to support safe deployment of AI agents.
• Architect and standardise processes for agent registration, approval, validation, policy binding, ensuring lifecycle governance is embedded within federated delivery pipelines.
• Establish permission-based discovery and cataloguing systems for agents and tools across diverse business units to promote transparency and control.
• Develop orchestration patterns that enable controlled invocation of agents, secure tool access, and seamless inter-agent interactions while enforcing enterprise guardrails through control points such as gateways or proxies.
• Design end-to-end observability solutions for agents including telemetry collection, health monitoring, cost tracking, and performance analysis to ensure comprehensive oversight.
• Define assurance workflows capable of detecting deviations from expected behaviour or policy breaches while enabling rapid response through intervention mechanisms like throttling or kill-switches.
• Integrate the control tower with existing observability platforms, security systems, IT service management tools, data repositories, and cost management solutions for unified operational visibility.
• Create canonical data models and event schemas to facilitate consistent reporting and effective operational responses across the organisation.
• Coach federated delivery teams on architectural standards and governance practices while driving adoption of guardrails to maintain architectural integrity at scale.

The ideal Candidate

• Extensive experience (8–12+ years) in enterprise or platform architecture within complex environments such as resources, mining or heavy industry where regulatory compliance is paramount.
• Proven track record designing platform control planes as well as registries or catalogues that support large-scale agent management initiatives.
• Deep understanding of integration architecture principles including secure connectivity between disparate systems within an enterprise context.
• Demonstrated ability to architect observability solutions that provide actionable insights into system health, performance metrics, cost efficiency, and compliance status.
• Strong background in security-by-design approaches ensuring all solutions meet stringent safety requirements from inception through operation.
• Experience operating successfully within federated delivery models where collaboration across distributed teams is essential for achieving organisational goals.
• Exceptional executive-level communication skills enabling you to convey complex architectural concepts clearly to both technical audiences and senior stakeholders alike.
• Ability to develop assurance workflows that detect policy breaches or system drift while implementing intervention mechanisms with full auditability for traceability purposes.
• Familiarity with integrating control towers into broader IT ecosystems including observability platforms, ITSM tools, data management systems, and cost tracking solutions.
• A collaborative mindset with a passion for coaching others on best practices in architecture governance while nurturing an inclusive team environment.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are encouraged to apply.
To apply, please click "Apply" or contact Richard Lynch on 07 3032 2295 or richard.lynch@robertwalters.com.au for a confidential discussion.