Clarity. Governance. Execution.

Brisbane · Global

Available — contract EA & SA engagements

Architecture that enables execution.

I’m Phil Myint — a principal solution architect and design authority who turns complex infrastructure, cloud and transformation programmes into governed, executable outcomes. I don’t deliver presentations. I deliver architecture that teams can actually build.

Principal Solution Architect · Design Authority · Enterprise & Infrastructure Architecture · Brisbane & Remote

4M→25Musers scaled on one platform
1,300+numbers ported, zero disruption
25%+operational cost reduction
50+sites · 14 data centres

The problem I solve

Programmes don’t fail on technology. They fail on architecture.

Cloud, AI and transformation programmes rarely fail because of the technology. They fail because the architecture cannot support the decisions being made — ownership fragments, governance lives in documents instead of operating practice, and delivery teams inherit a target no one can actually build. I fix that: decision rights defined, governance that operates in practice, business and technology strategy aligned, and an executable target architecture delivery teams can implement.

I don’t produce architectural presentations. I build architecture that enables execution.

Delivery track record

Shipped outcomes, not slideware.

A sample of engagements where architecture had to survive contact with production — regulated environments, national scale, live cutovers.

Public sector · Queensland Government

Enterprise architecture governance

Enterprise architecture governance across major infrastructure and digital transformation programmes. Defined target-state architectures, technology roadmaps and solution standards, and took the architectural decisions through executive forums so investment aligned with enterprise, security and operational requirements.

Target-state architecture · roadmaps · standards
Education · Cybersecurity & network

Statewide security uplift & SD-WAN

Led the architecture for a statewide cybersecurity uplift and SD-WAN transformation. Aligned enterprise security to ISO 27001, Essential Eight and SABSA while governing the rollout of security platforms across hundreds of education sites.

ISO 27001 · Essential Eight · SABSA · hundreds of sites
Technology services · Cloud & operations

Voice migration & FinOps

Led the migration of more than 1,300 users to Microsoft Teams Voice with zero service disruption. Applied FinOps practice and Azure Monitor optimisation to reduce operational monitoring costs by more than 25%.

1,300+ users · zero disruption · 25%+ cost cut
Security software · Four continents

Architecture at hyperscale

Architected and standardised deployment patterns across 50+ sites and 14 data centres — enabling a web security platform to scale from 4 million to 25 million protected users.

50+ sites · 14 data centres · 4M→25M users

How I work

Four things I bring to a delivery.

/01

Decision rights

Who owns which decision, on what evidence, with what trade-offs — so ownership stops fragmenting.

/02

Governance that operates

Governance as working practice, not documentation — run through the forums where decisions actually happen.

/03

Executable target

A target architecture delivery teams can build against, with the sequencing and standards to get there.

/04

Vendor-neutral judgement

Architecture that optimises for the enterprise’s outcome, not a supplier’s.

Experience

A career architecting delivery.

  • Senior Architect (AO8)Queensland Government — Transport & Main Roads, Education · 2023–2025
  • Lead Consulting ArchitectPlanet6 — Microsoft practice · 2020–2022
  • Global Solution Architect & Project ManagerBlue Coat · Symantec · Broadcom · 2016–2019
  • Global Lead Solutions Architect & Delivery ManagerMincom / Ventyx / ABB Enterprise Software · 2010–2015

Standards & practice

TOGAFSABSAISO 27001 Essential EightAzureAWS FinOpsAI governance

Delivered across government, financial services, mining & energy, education, enterprise software and global technology organisations.

Available now

Open to contract EA & SA engagements.

Brisbane and remote. If you have a programme that needs architectural clarity before complexity becomes failure — let’s talk.