Job Description

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- Security Requirements: Must be able to obtain Baseline
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- Working Arrangements: Remote working arrangements may beconsidered on a case-by-case basis in consultation with the supervisingmanager, subject to business needs. Please indicate clearly in your response the candidates desired work location ifoutside ACT/Canberra.
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- Maximum hours: 40 hours per week
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Job details

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The Departmentstrives to encourage the sustainable growth of Australian industries including thedelivery of a national innovation system to drive knowledge creation, international competitivenessand greater productivity.

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The CIO Group provides a range of enabling services andoperations delivery to the department and to Australian businesses and are seeking experienced andmotivated Cloud Engineers and/or Architects with a minimum of 5 years' experience toassist 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 MSAzure and M365;
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- Develop high level solution architectures for cloud-basedsystems;
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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 maintainadherence to whole-of-government standards;
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- Provide technical guidance and input into the design andbuild of cloud-based systems;
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- Liaise with a cross-functional teams including businessowners, scrum masters, business analysts, developers,



enterprise architects& testers to produce solutions in accordance with stakeholder requirementsand project objectives;
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- Liaise with the department's Service Experience team toensure architectural decisions incorporate user experience considerations.
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- Liaise with ICT Engagement and Enterprise Architecture toensure 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 applicableto cloud platforms – re-use before buy/build, configure over customise, opendata/access over siloed functionality.
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- Promote and provide assistance to ensure solutions alignwith 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 Criteria1. Cloud experience: Demonstrated experience in cloud-based solution implementationwith 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 managementcapabilities including Virtual Networks,



Private Endpoints and Role BasedAccess Control
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- Ability to work with geographically
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dispersed teams

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- Ability to work withtechnical and non-technical staff at all levels.
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- Ability
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to collaborate and mentor team members to promote team harmony

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3. Agile:

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- Experience working with Agile Multi-disciplinary
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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
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information is discovered and challenges or opportunities present themselves

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4. Technical Skills: 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
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architectures for MS-Azure.

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- Provide impact analysis and technical guidance in design and
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development of project workaligned with WoG Standards

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- Demonstrated trackrecord of technical leadership across project and operational tasks
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- Demonstratedexperience and understanding of cloud-based technologies and
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- Demonstrated experience in application and integration, orinfrastructure platform
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- Minimum 3 years'experience designing and documenting architectures for large,
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- Experience with AWS and/or GCP is desirable but notessential.
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Application Deadline: Friday, 25 September 2026

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Expected Start Date: Monday, 19 October 2026

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Job Type: Contract

📌 Senior Cloud Architect / Cloud Engineer (Canberra)
🏢 SoftLabs
📍 Canberra