Azure Cloud & Automation Engineer — Hybrid Govt Contract

BlackCube Labs; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

BlackCube Labs seeks an experienced Azure Cloud & Automation Engineer for a long-term federal government contract in Canberra. Hybrid work with enterprise-scale Azure environments, IaC focus, and DevOps maturity are central. NV1 clearance required, with strong ownership and pragmatic problem-solving.

You'll design, automate, and optimize cloud services, collaborating across architects, security, and development teams to raise standards and deliver reliable government systems.

Qualifications

• Senior cloud engineer with strong Azure and IaC experience.
• Proven ability to design, automate, and support large Azure environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement Azure infrastructure and platform services.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates.
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes.
• Improve platform reliability, security, monitoring, and operational maturity.
• Support governance, identity, networking, backup, and disaster recovery.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud and infrastructure issues across production.

Skills

Azure cloud services

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD pipelines

Automation tools

Cloud security

Monitoring & observability

Governance principles

Networking & identity

Troubleshooting

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

Azure DevOps

GitHub

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Job description

BlackCube Labs seeks an experienced Azure Cloud & Automation Engineer for a long-term federal government contract in Canberra. Hybrid work with enterprise-scale Azure environments, IaC focus, and DevOps maturity are central. NV1 clearance required, with strong ownership and pragmatic problem-solving.

You'll design, automate, and optimize cloud services, collaborating across architects, security, and development teams to raise standards and deliver reliable government systems.