EL1Â Senior Cloud Engineer

EL1 Senior Cloud Engineer

Duration: 12 months with potential 6-month extension
Location: Canberra
Clearance: Negative Vetting 1
Rate: $84- $108


About the Role

Our Federal government client is seeking an EL1 Senior Cloud Engineer to support the delivery and transition of support systems within a complex operational environment.
This role requires technical leadership in the design, implementation and continuous improvement of a complex cloud-based document management environment, leveraging Azure technologies, Infrastructure as Code, automation and practices to deliver secure, scalable, resilient and compliant solutions.


Key Duties and Responsibilities -The Senior Cloud Engineer will:

• Lead the design, build and configuration of Microsoft Azure cloud platform services.
• Establish and maintain Azure landing zones, networking, identity, monitoring, security and governance services.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (Bicep, Terraform or similar) solutions using industry-standard automation tools.
• Design and implement cloud-native and platform services including Azure App Services, Azure SQL Managed Instance and supporting Azure services.
• Support the migration of PDMS application from legacy hosting environments to Azure PaaS.
• Implement Azure DevOps pipelines and automation to support continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD).
• Contribute to solution architecture, technical design and implementation planning.
• Implement policy driven data protection practices to safeguard cloud solutions.
• Design, implement and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure using industry-standard engineering practices to achieve optimal performance, scalability, reliability, security and cost efficiency.
• Implement and maintain cloud security, identity, monitoring, backup and disaster recovery capabilities in accordance with Microsoft and Australian Government best practices.
• Implement and maintain security controls to ensure compliance with ISM, PSPF, Australia's Foundations for modern defensible architecture, ASD Blueprint for a Secure Cloud and departmental security requirements.
• Support security assurance, compliance and accreditation activities, including IRAP assessments, remediation of security findings, privacy assessments and ATO readiness.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation, implementation guides, architectural artefacts and operational procedures.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and knowledge transfer to APS staff and other operational teams to build internal platform capability.
• Work collaboratively with architects, developers and project stakeholders to resolve technical issues and delivery risks.
• Take into account and design a cost-effective cloud service delivery, recommending optimisation opportunities, and ensuring cloud design and operational decisions are informed by financial, performance and business considerations."

Highly Desirable Experience

• 5+ years of professional experience in cloud engineering role.
• Demonstrated experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g. Bicep, Terraform, CloudFormation) and CI/CD pipelines, applying DevOps methodologies to automate and optimise cloud infrastructure delivery.
• Demonstrated expertise in cloud architecture principles, design patterns, and best practices, to design and implement secure, compliant, and scalable cloud solutions.
• Strong understanding of Australian Government security, risk and assurance processes (e.g. IRAP, PSPF)
• Experience mentoring or leading junior technical staff is highly valued.
• Relevant cloud certifications (Azure Administrator or equivalent) are advantageous
• Experience in delivering similar cloud solutions in complex, whole-of-government applications within secure and regulated environments.
• Knowledge/experience of Windows Server and SQL Server, SharePoint, .NET Framework, Angular, IIS, Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) would be ideal.
• Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and team collaboration abilities.
• Experience in working with a technical team to optimise cloud consumption to improve efficiency, performance, and service reliability

How to Apply:
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