Senior Cloud Architect / Cloud Engineer

About the Organisation

Our client is a Federal Government organisation responsible for supporting the growth and innovation of Australian industries through the delivery of critical digital services and technology solutions. The organisation operates a large and complex ICT environment and is committed to delivering secure, modern and user-focused technology platforms that support business and government outcomes.

About the Role

We are seeking experienced Senior Cloud Architects and Cloud Engineers to support the delivery of a range of enterprise ICT initiatives within a large and complex technology environment.

Working as part of multidisciplinary teams, you will provide architectural leadership, cloud engineering expertise and technical guidance across the design, implementation and optimisation of cloud-based solutions. You will play a key role in developing enterprise cloud platforms, driving best practice architecture, and ensuring solutions align with government standards and organisational objectives.

Key Responsibilities

- Develop enterprise-level cloud platform architectures across Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.
- Design high-level and detailed cloud solution architectures.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to cloud engineering teams.
- Conduct impact analysis of business and stakeholder requirements.
- Ensure solutions align with government architecture standards and best practices.
- Support the design, build, automation and deployment of cloud-based systems.
- Collaborate with business owners, architects, developers, testers and project teams to deliver fit-for-purpose solutions.
- Contribute to CI/CD, infrastructure as code, testing and platform automation initiatives.
- Promote up-to-date architecture principles, reusability and user-centred design practices.
- Provide leadership, strategic thinking and stakeholder influence across programs and projects.

What You Will Bring





- Minimum five years' experience implementing and managing cloud technologies and solutions.
- Strong experience designing and implementing cloud-based solutions using:
- Azure App Services
- Azure Functions
- Azure Logic Apps
- Azure SQL
- Azure Service Bus
- Azure API Management

- Experience using Azure DevOps for source control, Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD deployments.
- Strong understanding of:

- Microsoft Entra ID
- Azure Key Vault
- Azure Monitor
- Application Insights
- Azure networking and security services
- Virtual Networks, Private Endpoints and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

- Experience integrating cloud platforms with third-party systems, including Dynamics 365 environments.
- Ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders across geographically dispersed teams.
- Experience delivering secure and reliable solutions within Agile multidisciplinary environments.

Desirable Experience

- Technical leadership across project and operational environments.
- Experience developing application, integration or infrastructure platform architectures.
- Experience designing and documenting architectures for large-scale enterprise environments.
- Exposure to AWS and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

What's on Offer

- Initial 12-month contract.
- Two potential 12-month extension options.
- Remote working arrangements available, subject to operational requirements and approval.

Security Requirements

Australian Citizenship is mandatory.

Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Baseline Security Clearance.

Submissions close

COB Thursday the 24th of September 2026.

Candidates will need to be willing to undergo pre-employment screening checks which may include, ID and work rights, security clearance verification, and any other client-requested checks.

We value diversity and welcome applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people living with a disability.

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