Cevo helps organisations build the capability for continuous evolution, turning transformation from a one-off program into a lasting ability to adapt, innovate and deliver better outcomes. As an Australian-owned, born in the cloud, AWS Premier Consulting Partner, we design and deliver contemporary cloud platforms, unlock data for insight and apply AI where it creates real value, while empowering teams so capability and impact extend well beyond each engagement. With onshore teams across Australia, we've partnered with more than 200 organisations across start-ups, commercial, enterprise and government.
What You'll Do
Own delivery outcomes for client engagements, ensuring scope, timelines, and quality expectations are met
Provide day‐to‐day leadership to small pods of Senior Consultants, supporting prioritisation, task allocation and delivery best practice
Act as the primary delivery interface with customers, managing expectations, communicating progress, and mitigating risks
Deliver high‐quality technical work, contributing hands‐on expertise while guiding others
Support scoping and estimating with the Growth team, providing input for technically sound and achievable delivery plans
Ensure alignment between delivery teams, technical standards, and practice guidance
Contribute to reusable IP and accelerators in collaboration with the Practice Manager and Principal Consultants
Represent Cevo professionally in customer meetings, workshops, and architecture discussions
Provide coaching and guidance to Senior Consultants to uplift capability within the practice
Support continuous improvement through retrospectives, lessons learned, and refinement of delivery approaches
As a Principal Cloud Evolution Consultant You Will Perform
Current State Assessment
Migration Strategy & Roadmap Development
Solution Design & Implementation
Infrastructure & Operations




What You'll Bring
Extensive hands-on experience with AWS cloud services, infrastructure design, and migration strategies.
Deep understanding of AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP)
Proficiency in application portfolio assessment and workload prioritisation for migration
Strong experience with AWS networking
Familiarity with AWS migration tools such as Migration Hub, Application Migration Service, Database Migration Service (DMS).
Knowledge of legacy system migration patterns, hybrid connectivity, and data centre exit strategies.
Solid programming or scripting skills (e.g. Python, bash) for automation and migration tasks.
Architecture & Design
Expertise in designing secure landing zones, multi-account structures, and network architectures following AWS best practices.
Experience architecting distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architectures aligned with the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
Strong understanding of modernisation patterns including containerisation, serverless adoption, and database decomposition.
Knowledge of security and compliance frameworks in AWS environments (IAM, KMS, encryption, governance).
Able to produce reports and presentations for C-level audience
Leadership
Proven ability to lead migration teams, manage complex transformation programs, and engage stakeholders.
Excellent communication skills to articulate technical strategies to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Tools & Practices




Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using AWS CloudFormation, CDK or Terraform.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines (AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (CloudWatch, X-Ray).
Exposure to AI-powered engineering tools like Amazon Q Developer or GitHub Copilot for automation.
Knowledge of AWS AI/ML services (SageMaker, Bedrock) for future-readiness is a plus.
Experience with developing business cases and understanding of ROI and decision metrics
Preferred Qualifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or AWS Certified Advanced Networking certifications.
Life at Cevo
Our people are at the heart of Cevo. We're a passionate, curious team with deep consulting expertise, working together to help organisations across Australia continuously evolve. We value collaboration, knowledge-sharing and people are curious, take ownership and care deeply about the impact of their work for customers, colleagues and the wider community.
Benefits and ways of working
$2,500 annual technology allowance to choose the tools and setup that work best for you.
Strong learning and development culture, including $2,000 per year for professional courses and two paid days off to attend courses and exams.
Support of the Cevo Hive Mind – a collaborative team that helps each other succeed.
We reward and recognise achievements and contributions.
An exciting start-up vibe, with enterprise-level projects and customers.
Additional information
We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applications, particularly from underrepresented groups.
At this stage, we can only consider candidates with unrestricted local working rights.
We don't require assistance from recruitment agencies.
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📌 Principal Cloud Evolution Consultant - Aws (Melbourne)
🏢 Cevo Australia
📍 Melbourne