Senior Architect; Security

Perth, Western Australia

This is a hybrid role with 2 days per week in the office and 3 days per week working from home.

• 14,000+ engaged teammates globally
• #15 Best Workplace™ in Technology and #22 Best Workplaces™ in Australia
• #34 in IT on Fortune's World's Best Workplaces™ list
• Recognised as a Great Place to Work in 13 countries
• $8.25 billion in revenue
• Received 35+ industry and partner awards in the past year

Now is the time to bring your expertise to Insight. We are not just a tech company; we are a people-first company. We believe that by unlocking the power of people and technology, we can accelerate transformation and achieve extraordinary results. As a Fortune 500 Solutions Integrator with deep expertise in cloud, data, AI, cybersecurity, and intelligent edge, we guide organisations through complex digital decisions.

If you are a senior Microsoft security architect who thrives on solving complex problems and shaping meaningful outcomes for clients, this is the role for you. Sitting within our Modern Work & Security practice and reporting to the Team Lead in the Services department, you will serve as a trusted adviser — leading discovery engagements, designing target-state security architectures, and guiding clients through critical decisions across the full Microsoft security stack.

Beyond client delivery, you will play an active role in building practice capability, contributing to reusable IP, accelerators, and Essential 8 uplift programmes that elevate the entire team.

• Lead engaging customer discovery and advisory workshops, bringing clarity to business outcomes, security risks, compliance drivers, and decision criteria.
• Apply structured critical thinking to frame complex challenges, challenge assumptions, and translate ambiguity into clear options and actionable recommendations.
• Design comprehensive target-state security architectures, maturity assessments, roadmaps, and control mappings — setting clients up for sustainable, long-term success.
• Communicate confidently with executives, security leaders, and technical stakeholders, translating complex risks and trade-offs into clear business language.
• Provide architecture governance and act as a trusted escalation point for delivery teams navigating complex design, integration, or risk decisions.
• Strengthen the Modern Work & Security practice by contributing reusable IP, reference architectures, advisory methods, and knowledge-sharing materials.

This opportunity is not just about what you do today but also about where you can go tomorrow. When you bring your hunger, heart, and harmony to Insight, your potential will be met with continuous opportunities to upskill, earn promotions, and elevate your career.

• Demonstrated senior architecture and advisory capability, including problem definition, critical thinking, option analysis, decision support, and practical implementation planning.
• Deep customer-facing consulting experience, with the ability to facilitate workshops and present clear recommendations to executive, security, compliance, and technical audiences.
• Strong architecture-level experience across the Microsoft security stack, including Microsoft Entra , Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Purview, and Microsoft 365 security.
• Proven experience with Microsoft Entra , including Conditional Access, identity governance, RBAC, privileged access, hybrid identity, and cross-tenant access scenarios.
• Practical experience developing security strategies, maturity assessments, and roadmaps aligned to business risk, regulatory obligations, and customer priorities.
• Experience supporting Essential 8 uplift activities,…