Azure Cloud & DevOps Lead: Architecture & Automation

LAB3; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid workplace

Career development

Supportive leadership

Job summary

LAB3 is a leading Azure engineering practitioner in Australasia, delivering cloud, DevOps, data, AI, and security solutions for complex enterprise environments. The Lead Engineer (Managed Services) will oversee ongoing client support, drive modernization on Azure, and champion automation and governance across engagements.

You will mentor engineers, shape delivery practices, and collaborate with pre-sales and senior stakeholders, providing technical leadership and hands-on implementation guidance

Qualifications

• Azure cloud and on-prem environments expertise with a proactive client focus
• Commercially aware with a client-first mindset
• Passion for continuous improvement and taking initiative
• Strong documentation discipline and adherence to frameworks
• Azure certifications are a plus
• Experience across governance, security, and compliance in Azure

Responsibilities

• Lead technical client engagements around architecture design and strategy
• Design, advise and implement Azure patterns addressing scalability, security, operations and performance
• Identify and nurture growth opportunities within existing clients
• Communicate and present discoveries to senior management and executives
• Partner with project leaders for scheduling, estimates and delivery
• Support pre-sales with documentation and requirements
• Setup proof-of-concept prototypes to validate solutions
• Identify, interpret and communicate insights, costs, and workshop outcomes
• Run workshops and cloud adoption activities with customers
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineers

Skills

Azure cloud

DevOps

Cloud architecture

Client engagement

Leadership

Documentation

Tools

Terraform

ARM Templates

Bicep

PowerShell

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Azure CLI

Job description

LAB3 is a leading Azure engineering practitioner in Australasia, delivering cloud, DevOps, data, AI, and security solutions for complex enterprise environments. The Lead Engineer (Managed Services) will oversee ongoing client support, drive modernization on Azure, and champion automation and governance across engagements.

You will mentor engineers, shape delivery practices, and collaborate with pre-sales and senior stakeholders, providing technical leadership and hands-on implementation guidance