Principal Cloud Engineer (Azure) | Perth | Contract to June 2027 + Extensions

Attractive Day Rates on offer

Hybrid (1–2 days in the office)

Triniti is partnering with a leading organisation in Australia’s energy sector to find a Principal Cloud Engineer for a long-term contract in Perth.

This is a senior, hands-on role. You’ll be the go-to cloud expert in the team: setting technical direction, recommending solutions, and building and deploying cloud-native integration services on Microsoft Azure. It’s a real chance to lift a team’s cloud capability and shape how critical systems are built and supported.

What you’ll do

- Act as the cloud technical lead for the team: guide the work, delegate tasks and provide thought leadership
- Design and develop cloud solutions on Azure, focusing on Azure Functions and App Services
- Build, publish and maintain REST APIs and integration services using Azure API Management (APIM)
- Develop event-driven and messaging solutions using Azure Service Bus and/or RabbitMQ
- Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, promoting DevSecOps best practice
- Manage secrets and certificates through Azure Key Vault, keeping solutions secure and compliant
- Monitor and troubleshoot production systems with Application Insights, and drive incidents to resolution
- Work with architects, developers,



testers and business stakeholders; lead code reviews and set best-practice standards

What you’ll bring

- 7+ years in software development, including design, development and integration
- 3+ years of hands-on Azure experience in enterprise environments
- Strong, hands-on experience with Azure Functions, Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines (essential)
- Strong C# and .NET development skills
- Experience building and consuming REST APIs, ideally with APIM
- Messaging and event-driven patterns (Service Bus and/or RabbitMQ)
- Cloud security and authentication: OAuth2, certificates, Managed Identities, Entra ID
- Working knowledge of SQL / SQL Server
- Basic understanding of Databricks
- The confidence to advise, mentor and influence, along with robust stakeholder skills
- Experience delivering systems for critical infrastructure is highly regarded

Nice to have

- Azure certifications (AZ-204, AZ-305)
- Azure Event Grid or Event Hubs
- Docker and Kubernetes
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or Bicep)
- PowerShell and/or Python
- ESB platforms such as webMethods, Boomi or MuleSoft

Eligibility

You must be an Australian Citizen and either possess, or be able to obtain a Baseline security clearance.

How to apply

Click Apply for a confidential chat about the role.

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📌 Principal Cloud Engineer (Perth)
🏢 Triniti
📍 Perth