Cloud Engineer

randstad digital australia; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 165,000 - 276,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Digital is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer for an initial 6-month contract in Adelaide, with a high likelihood of extension. The role focuses on cloud-native modernisation within an on-prem hybrid environment, balancing strategic roadmap input with hands-on delivery and incident management.

The ideal candidate has extensive Azure experience, strong system administration skills, and a background in identity and access management, virtualization, and enterprise storage.

Qualifications

• Azure: hands-on hosting and management
• System administration in large-scale cloud environments
• Identity & access management including AD/Azure AD/Entra ID
• Server OS, virtualization and storage in enterprise

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to drive cloud-native modernisations
• Contribute to ICT technology roadmaps and capacity planning
• Design, deploy, and optimize Azure cloud services
• Act as senior escalation point for complex incidents and outages
• Identify opportunities to automate workflows and improve security

Skills

Azure

System Administration

Identity & Access

Server & Virtualisation

Job description

• Employment Type: 06 Months Initial Contract with the high possibility for extension.
• Engagement Terms: Daily / Hourly Rate (Super / GST)

• Position Title: Cloud Engineer
• Location: Adelaide, SA (No Remote)
• Employment Type: 06 Months Initial Contract with the high possibility for extension.
• Engagement Terms: Daily / Hourly Rate (Super / GST)

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer for an initial 6-month contract with a high likelihood of extension in Adelaide. In this role, you will play a key part in the Infrastructure team, providing technical leadership to drive cloud native modernisations while supporting robust on-premise hybrid environments. You will balance strategic input on technology roadmaps with hands‑on delivery, engineering and high-level incident management.

Core Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership & Modernisation: Provide technical leadership within the Infrastructure Services team, driving modernisations toward cloud-native solutions.
• Architecture & Strategy: Contribute directly to ICT technology roadmaps, capacity planning and long-term strategic alignment for cloud infrastructure.
• Cloud Engineering & Delivery: Design, deploy, configure and optimize enterprise cloud services, primarily across Microsoft Azure platforms.
• Operational Excellence & Escalations: Act as a senior escalation point for complex infrastructure incidents, major outages, system restorations and root-cause analysis.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to automate workflows, optimize cloud consumption and enhance environment security and resilience.

Required Skills

• Microsoft Azure Ecosystem: Deep, hands-on experience in Azure hosting, administration, landing zones, virtual networking, identity and access management.
• System Administration: Proven track record in managing enterprise cloud environments at scale.
• Identity & Access: Background with Active Directory, Azure AD / Entra ID and hybrid identity setups.
• Server & Virtualisation: Comprehensive knowledge of Windows Server OS, virtualisation platforms (VMware/Hyper-V) and enterprise storage solutions.

Desirable Skills

• Certifications: Microsoft Azure related cloud/security certifications.
• DevSecOps: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code and embedding security into delivery workflows.
• Linux Management: Experience with Linux OS virtual machine administration in cloud environments.
• Data Services: Understanding of cloud relational databases (Azure SQL, Managed Instances).

Applicants with Full Working Rights in Australia will be considered for this position. Visa Sponsorship & working remotely NOT available, ONLY shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

At Randstad Digital, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.

Experience

8 years