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CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation .

Role highlights

- Lead CSIRO’s cloud strategy across AWS, Azure & Google Cloud Platform
- Drive secure, scalable & cost-effective cloud services that power world‑class research
- Lead a high-performing DevOps team & shape the future of cloud innovation at CSIRO

About CSIRO

As Australia's national science agency, CSIRO is solving the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. Many of our iconic innovations were once considered impossible until someone, just like you, joined us and took on the challenge.

Visit CSIRO.au for more information.

The chance

Joining CSIRO as our Cloud Platforms Technical Lead offers a rare opportunity to architect the cloud foundation that powers groundbreaking scientific research and enterprise operations at Australia’s national science agency. As the senior technical authority for the Cloud Platforms Team, you will help shape the overarching technical vision and multi‑cloud roadmap across AWS, Azure and GCP to accelerate real‑world scientific discovery. Partnering closely with the Team Lead, you will lead proof‑of‑concept initiatives for emerging technologies and set the standards for security,



resilience, and DevOps automation across both research and enterprise environments.

Balancing high-level strategy with hands‑on engineering, you will solve complex architectural challenges while elevating our engineering culture through dedicated mentorship and cross-disciplinary collaboration. If you want your technical leadership to directly empower the research solving Australia’s greatest challenges, this is your platform to make a lasting impact.

High‑level duties include

- Collaborate with Team Lead on technical vision, strategy, and roadmap development for the Cloud Platforms Team.
- Lead architecture design for complex cloud infrastructure projects across AWS, GCP, and Azure; participate in organisational architecture review boards.
- Provide guidance on technical standards, patterns, and best practices across platforms; drive adoption of DevOps principles and automation.
- Provide technical direction to team members through a dotted‑line reporting relationship; mentor senior and principal engineers on complex challenges.
- Maintain 30-40% hands‑on technical work on critical projects; lead by example through direct contribution to infrastructure code, automation, and tooling. Participate in 24x7 security on‑call rotation; serve as permanent escalation point for complex technical issues during incidents





Role particulars

Location and office arrangements: Melbourne, Perth, Canberra, other Australian cities with CSIRO sites considered

Salary: AU$135,571 – AU$158,863 per annum, plus 15.4% superannuation

Tenure & work schedule: Indefinite

Reference: 104107

As the successful candidate, you will bring

Essential Criteria

- A degree (or equivalent experience), in conjunction with demonstrated achievement in senior technical leadership roles in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or IT architecture.
- Demonstrated deep technical expertise in at least two major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) with proven ability to design and implement complex, multi‑cloud infrastructure solutions at enterprise scale.
- Demonstrated ability to define technical strategy, architecture standards, and engineering practices that drive quality and consistency across a team of cloud platform engineers.
- Proven experience providing technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams, including conducting architecture reviews, facilitating technical decisions, and developing team capabilities.
- A solid track record of hands‑on technical delivery alongside strategic leadership, maintaining technical credibility while influencing organisational direction.
- Proven ability to foster and maintain effective cross‑organisational relationships, representing technical interests in architecture forums and collaborating with senior stakeholders.

Desirable

- Track record as a technical leader in cloud platform engineering within a research or scientific computing organisation.
- Multiple cloud certifications at professional/expert l

📌 Cloud Platforms Technical Lead (Darwin)
🏢 CSIRO
📍 Darwin