Long term Federal Government contract- 12 months + extensions Canberra-based candidates preferred, with flexibility for other locations Clearance Required: Baseline or above Senior Azure Cloud Architect / Cloud Engineer Location: Canberra ACT ( Federal Government client) Security clearance: Baseline or Above required Contract Tenure: Initial 12-month contract + 2 x 12-month extensions | Up to 40 hours per week NW Technology is seeking experienced Senior Azure Cloud Architects and Cloud Engineers to support the delivery of major cloud and digital initiatives within a Federal Government environment.
We are looking for professionals who can combine solid architecture capability with hands-on Azure engineering experience.
You will help design, implement and continuously improve secure, scalable cloud platforms and applications while providing technical leadership across multidisciplinary delivery teams.
Key responsibilities Develop enterprise cloud and solution architectures across Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.
Provide technical leadership and guidance throughout the design and delivery of secure cloud solutions.
Translate stakeholder requirements into scalable application, integration, networking and identity designs.
Support platform automation, testing, Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD deployment.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary business, delivery, security and architecture teams.
Ensure solutions align with Australian Government security standards, target architectures and the DTA Digital Service Standard.
Promote reusable, configurable and open architectural patterns.




Mentor team members and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
About you You will have strong experience designing, implementing and managing Azure cloud platforms and solutions, including: Azure applications and integration: App Services, Functions, Logic Apps, Service Bus, API Management, Azure SQL and Dynamics 365 integrations.
Identity, security and monitoring: Entra ID, Key Vault, RBAC, Azure Monitor and Application Insights.
DevOps and infrastructure: Azure DevOps, CI/CD, Terraform, Bicep or ARM templates, Virtual Networks and Private Endpoints.
Architecture and governance: Enterprise/application architecture, cloud security and whole-of-government standards.
You will also bring experience working in Agile, geographically dispersed teams, along with strong stakeholder engagement, communication, mentoring and technical leadership skills.
Highly desirable Experience designing architectures for large, complex enterprise environments.
Application, integration or cloud platform architecture experience.
AWS or Google Cloud experience.
Australian Government delivery experience.
Knowledge of the ISM, PSPF, Essential Eight and DTA standards.
If interested, please submit your updated resume outlining your experience across Azure architecture, hands-on cloud engineering, Azure PaaS services, DevOps automation and enterprise integration.
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📌 Senior Cloud Architect Azure (Hands-On Role) New (Canberra)
🏢 NW Technology
📍 Canberra