Job Description

Department of Industry, Science and Resources

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Australia Baseline Hybrid Closes 25 September 2026 at 11:59pm

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Maximum candidates per seller 2

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Experience level EL1 equivalent

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Initial contract duration 12 months

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Extension term 12 months

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Number of extensions 2

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Please note: Remote working arrangements may be considered on a case-by-case basis in consultation with the supervising manager, subject to business needs. Please indicate clearly in your response the candidates desired work location if outside ACT/Canberra.

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About the Role

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Job details

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The Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR) strives to encourage the sustainable growth of Australian industries including the delivery of a national innovation system to drive knowledge creation, international competitiveness and greater productivity.

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The CIO Group provides a range of enabling services and operations delivery to the department and to Australian businesses and are seeking experienced and motivated Cloud Engineers and/or Architects with a minimum of 5 years' experience to assist with the delivery of various ICT Projects across the CIO Group.

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Key duties and responsibilities

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Cloud Engineers and/or Architects will be required to:

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Develop enterprise level cloud platform architectures for MS Azure and M365;

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Develop high level solution architectures for cloud-based systems;

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Develop detailed architecture guidance for cloud engineers;

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Provide impact analysis of user/stakeholder requirements;

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Ensure that the enterprise and system solutions maintain adherence to whole-of-government standards;

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Provide technical guidance and input into the design and build of cloud-based systems;

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Liaise with a cross-functional teams including business owners, scrum masters, business analysts, developers, enterprise architects & testers to produce solutions in accordance with stakeholder requirements and project objectives;

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Liaise with the department's Service Experience team to ensure architectural decisions incorporate user experience considerations

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Liaise with ICT Engagement and Enterprise Architecture to ensure alignment to target architectures and technology.

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Provide expertise and assistance in platform automation – testing, continuous integration and deployment

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Promote key enterprise architecture principles as applicable to cloud platforms – re-use before buy/build, configure over customise, open data/access over siloed functionality

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Promote and provide assistance to ensure solutions align with the DTA's Digital Service Standard

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Be strategic, a leader and influencer.

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Undertake additional duties as required.

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Requirements

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Criteria

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The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a one page pitch to address all criteria specified. This is equal to 5000 characters.

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Demonstrated experience in cloud-based solution implementation with technologies including:

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Azure DevOps for code development, management, repositories, Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD deployments





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Integrating cloud-based systems with third-party systems, including Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM

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Azure networking, security and identity management capabilities including Virtual Networks, Private Endpoints and Role Based Access Control

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Ability to work with geographically dispersed teams

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Ability to work with technical and non-technical staff at all levels.

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Ability to collaborate and mentor team members to promote team harmony

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Agile:

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Experience working with Agile Multi-disciplinary teams to deliver secure, user friendly and reliable solutions that meet stakeholder, citizen, and business expectations.

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Ability to pragmatically change direction and scope as recent information is discovered and challenges or opportunities present themselves

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Technical Skills:

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Demonstrated experience 5yrs+ implementing and managing cloud systems and technologies. The Cloud Architect/Engineer will:

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Liaise with cross-functional teams to develop and manage enterprise and application-level architectures for MS-Azure.

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Provide impact analysis and technical guidance in design and development of project work aligned with WoG Standards

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Demonstrated track record of technical leadership across project and operational tasks

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Demonstrated experience and understanding of cloud-based technologies and architectures

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Demonstrated experience in application and integration, or infrastructure platform architecture.

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Minimum 3 years' experience designing and documenting architectures for large, complex enterprise systems.

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Experience with AWS and/or GCP is desirable but not essential.

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