Step into a hands-on AWS Cloud Engineer contract within a large, complex public-sector setting. You will support high-availability services, deliver automation uplift, and partner with delivery teams via a matrix model.
Location: Brisbane City, Queensland
Remote: Hybrid
Type: Contract
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About the role
Step into a hands-on AWS Cloud Engineer contract within a large, complex public-sector environment. You will support high-availability services, deliver automation uplift, and partner with delivery teams via a matrix model.
Key Responsibilities
Design and deliver secure, scalable AWS and hybrid-cloud services
Resolve incidents, service requests, defects, and performance issues
Build automation via Terraform and scripting, plus serverless components
Provide technical input for plans, estimates, risks, and delivery steps
Maintain clear documentation for support, audit, and service continuity
Highly desirable criteria




Recent hands-on AWS delivery across EC2, S3, EBS, VPC, AWS Organisations, IAM; automation via Terraform, PowerShell, Python; serverless and messaging via Lambda, SQS; strong fault-find skill across AWS and hybrid environments.
Desirable criteria
Active Directory and Windows Server *********, Azure AD; awareness of the Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM); AWS database services (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB); Linux admin; AWS Admin certification; exposure to Exchange / Exchange Online; Queensland Government experience.
Skills and experience
Proven cloud ops + project delivery in a complex ICT environment, strong stakeholder comms, sound security mindset, and a practical approach to reliability and service health.
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