Azure Cloud Engineering

Zone IT Solutions; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Zone IT Solutions Pty Ltd in Melbourne is seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Engineering Lead / SME to drive cloud platform engineering, automation, DevSecOps, security, and modernization across an enterprise IT landscape.

You will guide the design, build, and operation of Azure IaaS/PaaS workloads with Terraform and CI/CD practices, while aligning with architecture, security, resilience, and performance standards. This role requires hands-on leadership and strategic governance experience.

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of experience in medium to large IT environments, ideally as a Cloud SME/Lead Engineer/Cloud Architect.
• Minimum 4 years hands-on Azure Public Cloud experience across IaaS and PaaS, including compute, storage, databases, and networking.
• Strong experience with Terraform OSS, IaC, Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps.
• Scripting and automation skills in Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, Azure Backup, Azure Monitor, disaster recovery, and recovery planning.
• Experience with Azure Policy, policy-as-code, cloud security, governance, and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Develop cloud engineering standards, DevOps policies, reusable IaC modules, and engineering patterns.
• Design, deploy, and manage Azure IaaS/PaaS workloads using Terraform and DevOps practices.
• Prepare and review technical design documents, ensuring alignment with architecture, security, resilience, performance, and operational standards.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, monitoring, and observability solutions.
• Manage Azure Backup, disaster recovery, Azure Monitor, and IaaS workload reliability.
• Drive cloud security, governance, compliance, Azure Policy, policy-as-code, IAM, Entra ID, and Conditional Access.
• Conduct technical spikes and testing for security, performance, and reliability.
• Collaborate with architects, engineering teams, project managers, and business stakeholders to deliver cloud transformation initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership and promote cloud engineering best practices, reusable solutions, and platform supportability.

Skills

Azure Cloud

DevSecOps

Leadership

IaC

Tools

Terraform OSS

Azure DevOps

GitHub Enterprise

Scripting (Python/PowerShell)

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Azure Cloud Engineering Lead / SME to lead cloud platform engineering, infrastructure automation, DevSecOps, security, and modernization initiatives in an enterprise environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop cloud engineering standards, DevOps policies, reusable IaC modules, and engineering patterns.
• Design, deploy, and manage Azure IaaS/PaaS workloads using Terraform and DevOps practices.
• Prepare and review technical design documents, ensuring alignment with architecture, security, resilience, performance, and operational standards.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, monitoring, and observability solutions.
• Manage Azure Backup, disaster recovery, Azure Monitor, and IaaS workload reliability.
• Drive cloud security, governance, compliance, Azure Policy, policy-as-code, IAM, Entra ID, and Conditional Access.
• Conduct technical spikes and testing for security, performance, and reliability.
• Collaborate with architects, engineering teams, project managers, and business stakeholders to deliver cloud transformation initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership and promote cloud engineering best practices, reusable solutions, and platform supportability.

Essential Skills & Experience

• 8–10+ years of experience in medium to large IT environments, preferably as a Cloud SME, Lead Engineer, or Cloud Architect.
• Minimum 4 years of hands‑on Azure Public Cloud experience across IaaS and PaaS services, including compute, storage, databases, and networking.
• Strong experience with Terraform OSS, IaC, Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps.
• Scripting and automation skills in Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, Azure Backup, Azure Monitor, disaster recovery, and recovery planning.
• Experience with Azure Policy, policy-as-code, cloud security, governance, and compliance.

Key Technical Skills

Candidates must have strong expertise in any 2–3 of the following areas:

• Azure IaaS/PaaS
• Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Azure Entra ID, IAM, and Conditional Access
• Cloud Security, Governance, and Compliance
• Disaster Recovery, Backup, and Recovery
• Qualys Vulnerability Management
• GitHub Enterprise, CI/CD, and DevSecOps

We specialize in Digital, ERP, and larger IT Services. We offer flexible, efficient and collaborative solutions to any organization that requires IT, experts. Our agile, agnostic, and flexible solutions will help you source the IT Expertise you need.

Zone IT Solutions is an equal opportunity employer and our recruitment process focuses on essential skills and abilities. We encourage applications from a diverse array of backgrounds, including individuals of various ethnicities, cultures, and linguistic backgrounds, as well as those with disabilities.