Azure Platform Lead — Protected Gov Cloud (NV1)

NTT Ltd.; Canberra; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA in Canberra is seeking an experienced Technical Lead to provide technical leadership for Azure-based cloud platforms within a secured government environment. You will guide engineering standards, manage risks, and drive automation and resilience initiatives while collaborating with delivery, operations, and client stakeholders.

You will lead a team of Cloud Engineers, a Java Developer and a System Analyst, owning reliability, security, and cost-efficient operations, and ensuring

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing, delivering, and operating cloud platforms in Microsoft Azure PROTECTED environments.
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing or leading cloud or platform engineering teams.
• Strong experience with ElasticSearch in production environments.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation, particularly PowerShell.
• Experience supporting or developing Java applications on Linux, including performance tuning.
• Proven experience with automated deployments and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, preferably Ansible and ARM templates.
• Ability to work full time from client premises in Canberra.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Cloud Engineers, a Java Developer and System Analyst providing technical direction, mentoring, and day‑to‑day guidance.
• Own the reliability, availability, performance, and security of cloud platforms, ensuring services meet SLAs and compliance requirements.
• Design and deliver scalable, resilient cloud solutions in Microsoft Azure, including PROTECTED environments.
• Lead complex solution and platform design, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and best practices.
• Drive automation across infrastructure, deployments, and operational processes using Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proactively identify and remediate platform risks, bottlenecks, and recurring issues to prevent repeat incidents.
• Provide technical leadership during incidents, including root cause analysis and implementation of long‑term corrective actions.
• Oversee monitoring, metrics, and platform health using cloud‑native observability tools.
• Act as the senior technical point of contact for client engagement, onsite collaboration, and solution shaping.
• Maintain high‑quality technical documentation, design artefacts, and operational runbooks.
• Collaborate with delivery and operations teams to continuously improve platform capability, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Maintain currency in cloud technologies, platform engineering practices, and government security requirements.

Skills

Azure

PowerShell

CI/CD

Automation

Infrastructure as Code

Ansible

ARM templates

Java

Linux

Observability

Tools

ElasticSearch

Terraform

Kibana

Logstash

GraphQL

Azure API Manager

Azure Bicep

Job description

NTT DATA in Canberra is seeking an experienced Technical Lead to provide technical leadership for Azure-based cloud platforms within a secured government environment. You will guide engineering standards, manage risks, and drive automation and resilience initiatives while collaborating with delivery, operations, and client stakeholders.

You will lead a team of Cloud Engineers, a Java Developer and a System Analyst, owning reliability, security, and cost-efficient operations, and ensuring