Most Cloud and DevOps Engineers join environments where the foundations have already been built.
The landing zones, pipelines and engineering standards are established.
Your job is largely to operate and improve what someone else designed.
Here, you'll join much earlier.
Our client is an established organisation undertaking a significant technology transformation.
As part of that investment, they're establishing a modern Azure platform to support the next generation of enterprise services.
This is a hands-on role for someone who already knows what good Azure and DevOps engineering looks like and is ready to bring that experience into a broader environment.
What you'll be doing
Reporting to a senior technology leader, you'll help build, automate and operate that Azure platform.
Your responsibilities will include:
Building Azure infrastructure as code, with Bicep as the preferred approach
Engineering Azure compute, networking, storage, App Services and supporting platform services
Building CI/CD pipelines across build, testing, approvals, release and rollback
Establishing consistent non-production and production environments
Implementing identity, access, secrets management and network security controls across Azure
Building monitoring, logging and alerting using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and Application Insights
Establishing backup, high availability and disaster recovery capability
Applying Azure governance, policy, tagging and cost-management practices
Automating operational and platform activities
Producing technical documentation and supporting operational handover
Working with architects and delivery partners to turn technical designs into production outcomes
You'll also gain exposure to a broader modern Microsoft ecosystem as the environment develops.
What makes this opportunity different?
In larger organisations, Cloud Engineers can become highly specialised.




Networking belongs to one team.
Security sits somewhere else.
Architecture makes the design decisions and DevOps standards may have been established years before you arrive.
Here, you'll work across those boundaries.
You'll remain hands-on while working closely with architecture as the environment develops.
Rather than simply implementing finished designs, you'll be expected to bring your own experience, form a technical view and contribute to how the platform is engineered.
External partners will remain important, but the organisation is building greater internal cloud capability.
It wants someone who understands the Azure environment, can deliver directly and has the technical credibility to challenge partners when required.
What you'll bring
We're interested in speaking with experienced Cloud, DevOps or Platform Engineers with strong recent Microsoft Azure experience.
You'll ideally bring:
5+ years' experience across cloud, DevOps or platform engineering
Infrastructure-as-code experience using Bicep, ARM or Terraform
Experience building CI/CD pipelines through Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
Practical knowledge across Azure networking, identity, security and monitoring
Scripting and automation capability using PowerShell, Bash, Python or similar
Strong technical judgement and the confidence to work effectively with architects and external partners
Bicep experience is preferred, but robust infrastructure-as-code fundamentals are more important.
Experience across broader Microsoft technologies, SRE practices or regulated enterprise environments will be well regarded but isn't essential.
Next steps
This chance offers $185,000 + superannuation on an initial 12-month maximum-term engagement, with a genuine ***** hybrid working model from the Sydney CBD.
While there may be scope beyond the initial term as the transformation progresses, any continuation would remain subject to future approval.
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📌 Cloud Devops Engineer (New South Wales)
🏢 Xceltium
📍 New South Wales