Principal Solution Architect

The role

Our Architecture Services team is at the forefront of designing and delivering impactful, end-to-end technology solutions. We partner with clients, sales, and internal teams to shape architectures that solve real business challenges.

With continued growth, we’re seeking a Senior Solutions Architect (IT Infrastructure) to join our WA team in a key role. You’ll bring deep expertise across enterprise infrastructure including compute, virtualisation, storage, and backup and a passion for delivering high-quality, scalable solutions.

In this client-facing role, you’ll lead solution design across both pre-sales and delivery, shaping complex environments end-to-end. Combining strong technical depth with commercial and consulting acumen, you’ll engage stakeholders at all levels and operate as a trusted advisor, ensuring quality and integrity across the full solution lifecycle.

Skills and Experience

Technical Leadership & Architecture Expertise

• 7+ years architectural experience designing and delivering complex IT infrastructure solutions, ideally in a Managed Services environment.
• Proven experience with HPE server and storage platforms, Cisco networking, Netapp storage, and complementary enterprise technologies (e.g. Aruba, Fortinet, virtualisation, cloud platforms etc).
• Demonstrated capability in installing, configuring and integrating infrastructure technologies across on‑prem, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments.
• Ability to serve as Technical Lead during both pre‑sales engagements and delivery phases, providing solution design, technical oversight, and guidance to engineering teams.

Client Engagement & Consulting Skills

• Strong customer-facing presence, able to build trusted advisor relationships and clearly articulate technical concepts to business and technical stakeholders.
• Skilled at uncovering client business requirements and translating them into high-quality, commercially sound solution designs.
• Experience facilitating client workshops, solution demonstrations and presentations.
• Ability to work on billable customer engagements, with a focus on great customer outcomes.

Pre‑Sales & Commercial Acumen

• Extensive background contributing to bids, proposals and tender responses as a subject matter expert.
• Ability to produce accurate cost models, solution scopes, and architecture documentation.
• Demonstrated success influencing clients and supporting sales teams to drive solution adoption.

Team Contribution & Mentoring

• A collaborative mindset with a passion for lifting capability across the architecture team.
• Experience mentoring associate architects or engineers, supporting their development in both technical skills and consulting capability.

Qualifications & Certifications

• Certifications across HPE, Cisco, Aruba, and Netapp technology stacks.
• AWS, Microsoft Azure certifications (preferred).
• TOGAF and/or ITIL certifications.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications (undergraduate or postgraduate) highly regarded

Our Company

NEC is a leading global software and solutions technology business. Over the last 50+ years of business here in Australia, NEC has helped future-proof organisations in a dynamic and fast changing business environment, driving growth and efficiencies through smart technology solutions, manage risk, solve workforce issues and help businesses improve their customer and employee experience. Working with government agencies and private enterprise, NEC streamlines and simplifies the complex technology requirements, working in areas including health, transport, construction, manufacturing, emergency services, corrections and law enforcement and many more.

Join Us & Make an Impact!

Ready to take your career to the next level? Apply now and let’s build something amazing together!

NEC is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.