Our Federal Government client, is looking for aMultiple Senior Cloud Architect / Cloud Engineer for a contract role with an initial 12-month engagement and a likely further extensions. They are looking for someone, preferably based in Canberra, ACT in a hybrid capacity but will also consider, for a suitable candidate, someone from an Australian capital city, also working in a hybrid capacity from their state-based office. For this latter engagement ad-hoc travel will be required to Canberra from time to time.

Note:

- MANDATORY , all candidates must be an Australian citizen and hold a current Baseline clearance OR be able to obtain Baseline clearance,
- All candidates must have the skills and experience listed below, and
- Have at least 5 year's relevant local working experience in the field.
- Cloud experience: Demonstrated experience in cloud-based solution implementation with technologies including:

- Azure DevOps for code development, management, repositories, Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD deployments
- Integrating cloud-based systems with third-party systems, including Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM
- Azure networking, security and identity management capabilities including Virtual Networks, Private Endpoints and Role Based Access Control

- Ability to work with geographically dispersed teams
- Ability to work with technical and non-technical staff at all levels.
- Ability to collaborate and mentor team members to promote team harmony

Agile:

- Experience working with Agile Multi-disciplinary teams to deliver secure,



user friendly and reliable solutions that meet stakeholder, citizen, and business expectations.
- Ability to pragmatically change direction and scope as new information is discovered and challenges or opportunities present themselves

Technical Skills:

- Liaise with cross-functional teams to develop and manage enterprise and application-level architectures for MS-Azure.
- Provide impact analysis and technical guidance in design and development of project work aligned with WoG Standards
- Demonstrated track record of technical leadership across project and operational tasks
- Demonstrated experience and understanding of cloud-based technologies and architectures
- Demonstrated experience in application and integration, or infrastructure platform architecture.
- Minimum 3 years' experience designing and documenting architectures for large, complex enterprise systems. Experience with AWS and/or GCP is desirable but not essential.

Notes:

- Detailed job description is available upon request.
- Your daily rate will depend on skills, experience.
- Start date for this assignment is anticipated to be midOctober 2026.
- Full time requirement, standard 8 hours per day (40 hours per week) and versatile/hybrid working arrangements provided will be considered.
- The successful candidate must provide a one page summary of their alignment with the key criteria specified above (up to 5000 characters).
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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📌 Senior Cloud Architect / Cloud Engineer (Canberra)
🏢 Vertali APAC
📍 Canberra