Job Description

Application closing date: Thurday, 24 September 2026 • 11:59pm, Canberra time

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Estimated start date: Monday, 26 October 2026

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Location of work: VIC

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Working arrangements: Remote working arrangements may be considered on a case-by-case basis in consultation with the supervising manager, subject to business needs.

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Length of contract: 12 months

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Contract extensions: 2x 12 months

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Security clearance: Must have Baseline security clearance

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Rates: $120 - $150 per hour (inc. super)

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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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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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Essential criteria

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- Cloud experience: Demonstrated experience in cloud-based solution implementation with technologies including:n n
- Azure App Services, Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps, Azure SQL, Azure Service Bus and Azure API Management
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- Azure DevOps for code development, management, repositories, Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD deployments
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- Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Key Vault, Azure Monitor and Application Insights
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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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- Cultural fit:n

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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:n

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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 current information is discovered and challenges or opportunities present themselves
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- Technical Skills: Demonstrated experience 5yrs+ implementing and managing cloud systems and technologies. The Cloud Architect/Engineer will:n

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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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Desirable criteria

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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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