About us

We’re proud to be Australia's #1 Great Place To Work in Technology, 2026. We have also been named Australia's #1 Great Place to Work 2025 for the second year running! This is in addition to being

Great Place to Work Certified 3 years in a row. Macquarie Cloud Services are the Australian specialists in cloud services for business and government. Locally owned and operated, with an industry-leading customer service model, we’re trusted by our customers to provide the services that enable their business success.

We have made it our challenge to make our people feel good and love the work they do. Because of this, our people are energised and motivated in their work.

We believe that collaboration & team connection is key for success. This role will be based in Sydney with a blended working arrangement of 3 days in our CBD offices & the remaining working from home.

The Opportunity

Macquarie Cloud is looking for a Principal Consultant with deep Microsoft Azure expertise to help shape, influence and lead complex cloud opportunities, with a strong focus on supporting Federal and State Government customers.

This is a senior pre-sales consulting role where Azure is front and centre. You’ll work closely with sales, technical, product and engineering teams to build trusted customer relationships, guide strategic cloud conversations,



and bring complex Azure and managed services solutions to life across secure, regulated and mission-critical environments, including Federal and State Government.

About You.

- Strong experience in a senior consulting, pre-sales, solution architecture or technical advisory role with a strong focus on Microsoft Azure and cloud services.

- Deep hands-on understanding of Microsoft Azure, including Azure architecture, cloud migration, modernisation, managed services and customer solution design.

- Experience working with complex enterprise customers, ideally across Azure, cloud managed services, hybrid cloud, public-sector customers or highly regulated environments.

- Microsoft Security experience, including MDR, XDR, Defender or Sentinel, would be highly regarded and add strong value to the role.

- Confidence presenting to senior stakeholders, including C-level, executive and senior public-sector audiences.

- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear commercial outcomes and customer value.

- Solid commercial awareness, with the ability to contribute to go-to-market strategy, solution positioning and competitive differentiation.

- Experience working with Federal or State Government customers, public-sector procurement, secure cloud environments or government bids and tenders would be highly regarded.

📌 Principal Consultant (Sydney)
🏢 Macquarie Technology Group
📍 Sydney