Enterprise Architect - Payments

• Key Leadership role at the RBA
• Impactful work that helps make a difference to the Australian people
• Enhance and support critical national infrastructure, essential to the Australian Economy

About the business

This is a unique opportunity within IT for you to lead the evolution of payments systems and work closely with RBA’s Payments Settlements (PS) department, which owns and operates RITS, Australia's real-time gross settlement system. This system moves around $290 billion between financial institutions each day and ultimately settles all non-cash payments in Australia. The RBA’s role in maintaining safe, secure and reliable settlement systems is integral to the smooth functioning of the Australian economy.

About the role

Exciting opportunity to set the future architecture direction for payments.

This exciting new role within the IT Strategy and Enterprise Architecture team presents a unique opportunity to shape the future of technology for the Payments domain. In addition to providing architectural services, you’ll provide strategic technical leadership and expert guidance to senior business stakeholders, working in close partnership with PS Domain and Solution Architects. Your responsibilities will include leading the development of domain strategies and roadmaps, advising on the impact of evolving technologies across the Bank’s landscape, and representing the Payments domain on the Architecture Review Board.

We are looking for an Enterprise Architect (Payments) who:

• Can lead the development of Payments technology roadmaps and strategies to support business objectives
• Can oversee the design and implementation of complex systems ensuring they are highly reliable, fit for purpose, secure and aligned to Payments target architecture
• Can lead the technology health check process for Payments technology to inform strategy and investment cycles
• Advocates for technology decisions in a way that reinforces objectives for highly available, fit for purpose, and secure RITS ecosystem
• Provides architectural governance and direction for key Payments architecture decisions, including assisting with identification and resolution of design-related issues that could impact business operations
• Ensures that the technical architecture complies with industry best practice, standards and regulations, and is secure against threats
• Identifies opportunities to drive simplification, integration, innovation, common platforms, then develop business justification and pragmatic roadmaps for implementation
• Provides senior technical leadership to the IT department, including expertise in infrastructure, data, applications, security technologies and their deployment
• Helps to set technology standards, as well as contributes to continuous improvement in the architecture practice

About you

Key skills and experience required for the role:

• Proven experience in roadmap and strategy development, as well as supporting the development of business cases, in complex, regulated environments
• Proven experience in architecting high reliable systems with zero downtime.
• Deep domain knowledge in payments, financial messaging, or settlement processes.
• Demonstrated skills as a trusted advisor able to communicate, influence and persuade peers and senior business stakeholders, clearly articulate complex topics and provide strategic guidance on making architecture-based decisions. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and presentation skills.
• Understanding of strategic importance of new and emerging technologies and their practical application.
• Proven track record in contributing to application modernisation and renewal programs within the financial services sector, particularly in the payments domain.
• Well-versed in modern enterprise infrastructure, deployment, cloud and integration techniques.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to balance long-term vision, commercial awareness, and practical delivery constraints
• Has experience working with integration partners/vendors in large programs of work.
• Qualifications relevant to the Bank or IT industry, including TOGAF, and technical/business domain certifications.

Be More

Working for an organisation that truly makes a difference to the people of Australia, we can offer development and career opportunities in a collaborative environment that supports your growth, wellbeing and promotes flexibility. Your individual growth and success drives the RBA forward as an organisation. Be more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.

Why RBA?

The RBA makes an important contribution to the Australian economy through the pursuit of national economic policy objectives and associated activities in financial markets and banking. We also issue Australia's banknotes and operate infrastructure critical to the payments system, all of which contribute to the welfare of the Australian people. Made up of specialists across a wide range of fields, our people, values, and culture play a critical role in achieving our objectives. Striving to be Open & Dynamic, we consider and incorporate different perspectives, work across teams and are transparent with each other, whilst delivering quality together effectively and focusing on outcomes by prioritising, testing, learning, and refining as we go. Our people conduct themselves with a high degree of integrity, while striving for excellence in the work they perform and the outcomes they achieve. We encourage intelligent inquiry and we treat one another with respect while promoting the public interest through our efforts. We know it is the growth and success of our people that drives the RBA forward. Come and make a bigger contribution while you build and develop your own skills too, because being more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion through key initiatives. We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse background, those living with a disability and from the LGBTQ+ community. We are committed to making the recruitment process fair and equitable for all our candidates.

Application Close :

November 25, 2025

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