Job Description
Senior Azure Cloud Architect / Cloud Engineer
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Location: Canberra ACT (Federal Government client)
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Security clearance: Baseline or Above required
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Contract Tenure: Initial 12-month contract + 2 x 12-month extensions | Up to 40 hours per week
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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.
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We are looking for professionals who can combine robust 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.
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Key responsibilities
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Develop enterprise cloud and solution architectures across Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.
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Provide technical leadership and guidance throughout the design and delivery of secure cloud solutions.
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Translate stakeholder requirements into scalable application, integration, networking and identity designs.
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Support platform automation, testing, Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD deployment.
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Collaborate with multidisciplinary business, delivery, security and architecture teams.
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Ensure solutions align with Australian Government security standards, target architectures and the DTA Digital Service Standard.
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Promote reusable, configurable and open architectural patterns.
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Mentor team members and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
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About you
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You will have strong experience designing, implementing and managing Azure cloud platforms and solutions, including:
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Azure applications and integration: App Services, Functions, Logic Apps, Service Bus, API Management, Azure SQL and Dynamics 365 integrations.
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Identity, security and monitoring: Entra ID, Key Vault, RBAC, Azure Monitor and Application Insights.
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DevOps and infrastructure: Azure DevOps, CI/CD, Terraform, Bicep or ARM templates, Virtual Networks and Private Endpoints.
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Architecture and governance:
Enterprise/application
architecture, cloud security and whole-of-government standards.
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You will also bring experience working in Agile, geographically dispersed teams, along with strong stakeholder engagement, communication, mentoring and technical leadership skills.
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Highly desirable
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Experience designing architectures for large, complex enterprise environments.
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Application, integration or cloud platform architecture experience.
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AWS or Google Cloud experience.
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Australian Government delivery experience.
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Knowledge of the ISM, PSPF, Essential Eight and DTA standards.
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