Lead Information Architect

Location Canberra
Discipline BI, Data & Analytics
Job reference 177523
Salary AU$165 - AU$175 per hour + Inc Super
Consultant email [email protected]

Lead Information Architect

Location: Canberra, ACT
Duration: 6 month Contract with 1 extension
Clearance: Baseline Cleared
Start Date: May 2025



About the Role


Experis has been engaged by our client to help source an Lead Information Architect who will be responsible for designing, creating, deploying, and managing how data is structured, stored, used, integrated, and managed across IT systems.


Our client is seeking an Information Architect to support a reform of information management within the agency. The role involves designing policies and procedures for the creation, management, and secure disposal of information assets to effectively deliver information, insights, and services at the right time and in the right format.



Key Duties & Responsibilities


As an Information Architect, you will:

  • Analyse existing information and records management processes, classifications, systems, and business requirements.
  • Identify opportunities for change and reform in the way information assets are managed.
  • Define metadata, structural hierarchies, and relationships for agency information assets.
  • Design an information classification and access model that balances searchability, usability, compliance, and security.
  • Draft standards, policies, and procedures for creating, describing, maintaining, using, preserving, storing, and securely disposing of digital data, information, and records.
  • Develop technical plans, blueprints, and roadmaps to articulate the benefits of proposed information architecture solutions.
  • Advise ICT projects on compliance with the Information Architecture framework.
  • Collaborate with Enterprise Architects to ensure architectural quality and governance compliance.


Essential Criteria

  1. Demonstrated experience in information architecture and records management, including drafting standards, policies, and procedures.
  2. Knowledge of agency compliance obligations under the Archives Act 1983 (Cth).
  3. Familiarity with the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) and the ASD Information Security Manual (ISM).
  4. Hands-on experience working with Electronic Document and Records Management Systems (EDRMS).
  5. Strong communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical teams.
  6. Basic awareness of AI services and their applications in information management.


Please note only candidates with a Active Baseline clearance residing in Canberra ACT will be contacted.

Eamon Ridgway
Consultant

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