Job Description
Principal Enterprise Architect
  • Monday to Friday | West Perth Office
  • Performance, Retention and Profit Share Bonuses
  • Private health cover contribution for employees and immediate family
  • 18 Weeks paid Parental Leave for primary caregivers

 

About the role:

The Technology Governance & Planning team is currently seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to join them on a Monday-Friday roster based at West Perth. Reporting to the Head of Technology Governance & Planning, you will be responsible for establishing and embedding the Enterprise Architecture capability within Hancock Iron Ore.

 

The role provides strategic technology leadership by developing and maintaining the enterprise architecture framework, ensuring technology investments are aligned to business strategy, operational priorities, and long‑term value creation. The role provides an enterprise-wide view across business capabilities, information, applications, and technology platforms to guide decision-making, improve integration, and ensure scalable, secure and resilient technology outcomes across HIO.


Duties:

  • Establish and mature the Enterprise Architecture function, including frameworks, governance processes, and architectural standards aligned to HIO strategic objectives
  • Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture roadmap across business capability, data, applications, and technology domains
  • Provide strategic architectural oversight for major programs, technology investments and platforms to ensure alignment with enterprise standards and long‑term technology direction
  • Partner with business and technology leaders to translate business strategy into technology capability roadmaps and architectural blueprints
  • Define and govern architecture principles, patterns, and reference architectures that guide solution design and technology adoption across HIO
  • Provide architectural assurance and design authority for significant initiatives to ensure scalability, resilience, cybersecurity, and operational sustainability
  • Identify opportunities for technology rationalisation, integration, and optimisation to reduce complexity and improve operational efficiency
  • Support portfolio planning and investment prioritisation through enterprise-level impact analysis and architectural insight

 

Skills and Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline
  • Demonstrated experience establishing, implementing and maturing enterprise architecture frameworks, standards, and governance practices within a large, complex and growing organisation
  • Proven experience aligning technology strategy with business strategy across multiple domains (applications, data, infrastructure, and integration)
  • Experience providing architectural oversight for large-scale technology programs or transformation initiatives

________________________________________________________________________________________________

About Hancock Iron Ore

The world of iron ore is evolving, and so are we. Atlas Iron and Roy Hill have joined forces to become Hancock Iron Ore, building on our combined strengths of resilience and innovation.

Our portfolio of world-class iron ore operations located in West Australia’s Pilbara region has a strong history of delivering reliable products for our customers in key international markets. As one team under Hancock Iron Ore, we have four operating mines: Roy Hill, Miralga Creek, Sanjiv Ridge, and Mount Webber, with McPhee Creek under construction plus a range of exciting development opportunities.

We deliver more than 70 million tonnes of ore each year through our own two-berth port facility at Stanley Point and the multi-user Utah Point in Port Hedland, providing the materials needed to foster global economic growth and development. Leveraging established infrastructure, including our processing plant and 344km independently owned and operated heavy haul railway, our operation oversees each moment from when ore is mined through to when it is shipped.

Perth Remote Operations Facilities

You'll be joining us at our Remote Operations Centre (ROC) where you will benefit from:

  • Free on-site parking 
  • Modern spacious office with break-out facilities
  • In-house café providing variety of food options and barista coffee
  • Flexi Leave 
  • Flexible working hours outside of core business hours
  • Active social club with community events and activities for employees
  • Lifestyle, learning and recreation initiatives, including family events

Equal Opportunity

Hancock Iron Ore is an equal opportunity employer and encourages Indigenous Australians, Veteran personnel and women to apply. We promote cultural diversity, gender equality and non- discrimination. We are proud of our relationships with our Traditional Owners and value the difference these partnerships make to the success of the project and to the lives of the people on whose land we operate.

Application Information

To be eligible to apply for this role you must be legally permitted to work permanently in Australia.

This advertisement will close no later than the Posting End Date specified.  We may close the advertisement early should suitable candidate/s be identified, so encourage prompt applications.

Recruitment Agency submissions will not be considered.
Apply now
Posting End Date:  07/07/2026
Information at a Glance
Business Unit:  Technology
Job Location:  Perth Airport, West Perth
Posting End Date:  07/07/2026
Apply now

Please note that recruitment agencies are not invited to submit candidates for this position.