Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Engineer with a robust Azure background to join their enterprise IT team on a 10-month contract (with likely extension), supporting a high-priority cyber risk remediation program of work .

This is a hands-on infrastructure engineering role, you'll be building and maintaining Terraform modules, deploying Azure Landing Zones, and acting as the core infrastructure enablement partner for a business-critical security uplift initiative.

The Role

- Build and maintain reusable Terraform modules aligned to the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) for Azure Landing Zone deployments
- Translate infrastructure patterns into code-driven, reusable IaC blueprints
- Deliver foundational technical controls supporting the cyber risk remediation program — including network origin isolation, host hardening baselines, and identity platform alignment
- Manage core Azure services: compute, networking, firewalls, App Services, Logic Apps, storage, and databases
- Support complex cloud networking topologies (hub-and-spoke, hybrid, vWAN)
- Manage cloud-native services including WAF, DNS, and load balancing
- Contribute to cloud cost optimisation and FinOps practices embedded in IaC
- Provide incident resolution support for high-criticality production issues




- Maintain CI/CD pipelines (YAML) for consistent, repeatable infrastructure builds

What You'll Bring

- 5+ years' experience as an Azure Cloud Engineer
- Strong IaC experience with Terraform , Azure DevOps, and GitHub
- Hands-on experience designing and managing IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS in Azure
- Solid networking expertise (DNS, WAF, load balancing)
- Windows/Linux administration and troubleshooting skills
- Experience resolving high-criticality production incidents
- Degree in IT, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field

Nice to Have

- Exposure to cyber security programs or cyber risk remediation work
- Experience with Google Cloud (GKE, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, VPC, IAM)
- Azure certifications (Administrator, Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer)
- GCP certifications (Associate Cloud Engineer, Professional Cloud Architect, Cloud Digital Leader)

The Details

- Engagement: 10-month contract, robust likelihood of extension
- Location: Sydney preferred (Melbourne considered), 3 days per week in office
- Rate: $900 per day
- Focus: This engagement is dedicated to the client's cyber risk remediation program of work

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📌 Senior Cloud Engineer (Azure) (City of Sydney)
🏢 Method Recruitment Group
📍 City of Sydney