Technical Architect/Edge Infrastructure

Join a customer-obsessed technology business at the heart of Australia’s largest retailer

Sydney (Norwest) preferred, open to Melbourne with a hybrid working model

We are Woolworths Group

We are Woolworths Group. 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives connected by a shared Purpose – ‘to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.’ It’s that Purpose that fuels our ambition to explore new ideas, make brave commitments and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week.

If you’re excited to turn today’s blue sky thinking into a better tomorrow for future generations, you’ll find yourself supported and enriched in a dynamic, inclusive and empowering workplace that reflects the diverse communities we serve. With a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and opportunities across the group to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.

The Opportunity

As our Edge Infrastructure Technical Architect, you will own the architectural blueprint, hardware selection, and end-to-end deployment strategy for our next-generation store systems. You will bridge the gap between high-level enterprise design and hands-on automation, ensuring our distributed edge nodes, smart networks, and mobile fleets are secure, highly scalable, and exceptionally reliable.

You will treat our massive physical footprint as a Cloud-Native Product—architecting systems that are consumable entirely via code (IaC) and protected by invisible, automated security.

What you’ll do

Define and drive the strategic roadmap for our Edge and IoT platforms. Lead the evaluation, prototyping, and validation of hardware and next-generation cloud integration.

Architect robust, scalable compute and storage configurations (including hybrid cloud, software-defined networking, and single-node patterns) optimized for retail environments utilising technologies like Red Hat OpenShift and Linux.

Standardize and govern enterprise-scale communication protocols (e.g., MQTT, CoAP) and integration frameworks with platforms like Azure IoT Hub.

Architect ruggedised Android solutions and the management platforms to support them like Omnissa, to meet the specific needs of retail and distribution centers locations.

Mentor a high-performing squad of infrastructure engineers and guide business stakeholders, translating speed and agility needs into robust platform capabilities.

What you’ll bring

5+ years of dedicated experience in infrastructure architecture, technical design, or systems engineering.

Large-Scale Delivery: A proven track record of architecting and deploying large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems (ideally across multi-site or retail environments).

The IaC Mindset: Experience in a modern DevOps/DevSecOps environment, with hands-on knowledge of automated infrastructure provisioning.

Cloud & Security Savvy: Solid comprehension of cloud-native paradigms,

Technical Domain Authority

To truly thrive in this role, you should possess deep domain expertise in at least two of the following:

Edge & Hardware Lifecycle: Comprehensive understanding of physical edge compute, device provisioning, and end-of-life management.

IoT Protocols & Cloud Backends: Experience designing data ingestion pipelines utilizing MQTT, CoAP, or similar protocols, integrated into enterprise platforms like Azure IoT Hub.

The "Pipeline" Mindset: Experience building and maintaining CI/CD deployment frameworks (e.g., Azure Pipelines, GitHub Actions) for infrastructure.

DevSecOps Integration: Experience integrating static code analysis, vulnerability scanning, and policy-driven security directly into deployment pipelines.

What you’ll Experience

Team Discounts - Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose-driven work.

Wellness - Access to Sonder. Sonder provides free confidential 24/7 personalised financial, medical safety, psychological or physical support for team members and their families.

Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group

As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential.

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our team’s diversity brings to our business, customers, and communities and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems.