- Location: Brisbane City, Queensland
- Remote: Hybrid
- Type: Contract
- Job #18840

About the role

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.

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 2016/2019, 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.

Contact Details

For a confidential chat, please contact Mur on View phone number on redirect.jobsurf.com.au or via email at View email address on redirect.jobsurf.com.au and we would be more than happy to provide you with additional information and assist in the application process.

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