Cloud Engineer

NSW Electoral Commission; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Public sector role

Elizabeth Street Sydney office

Collaborative team

Job summary

The NSW Electoral Commission’s Technology Group is seeking a hands-on Cloud Engineer to design, support and optimise its hybrid Azure environment, including security, identity, automation and Microsoft 365.

You will manage Azure IaaS and PaaS, landing zones, and tools like Azure DevOps, Defender and Sentinel, contributing to cloud migration and cost-efficient operations from our Elizabeth Street, Sydney office.

Qualifications

• Strong, recent and hands-on Microsoft Azure experience.
• Comfortable across Azure IaaS and PaaS, cloud networking and security, IaC, automation, identity management and Microsoft 365.
• Experience with Azure Landing Zones, Azure Firewall, Private Endpoints, ExpressRoute, Sentinel, KQL, Azure Arc, Entra ID, Intune, Defender and Azure DevOps is highly relevant.

Responsibilities

• Designing and supporting secure Azure and hybrid cloud infrastructure.
• Supporting cloud migration and transformation initiatives.
• Managing Azure compute, storage, networking, identity, monitoring and security.
• Working with Azure Landing Zones and secure cloud architecture.
• Managing Microsoft Entra ID, hybrid identity, Conditional Access, PIM, RBAC and MFA.
• Using PowerShell, Bicep/ARM and Infrastructure as Code.
• Working with Azure DevOps, CI/CD, Microsoft Sentinel, KQL and Log Analytics.
• Supporting Microsoft 365, Intune and Defender technologies.
• Identifying opportunities to improve automation, security, performance and cost efficiency.

Skills

Azure experience

IaaS

PaaS

Automation

Identity management

Microsoft 365

Azure DevOps

CI/CD

Security

Tools

Azure Landing Zones

Azure Firewall

ExpressRoute

Sentinel

KQL

Azure Arc

Entra ID

Intune

Defender

Azure DevOps

Job description

• Ongoing NSW Government role with hybrid working


• Hands-on Azure role across cloud, security, identity and automation


• Join a collaborative Technology Group supporting critical public infrastructure

About the Role

This is a genuinely hands-on Azure role for someone who enjoys working across cloud infrastructure, security, identity, automation and Microsoft 365.

You’ll join the NSW Electoral Commission’s Technology Group and play an important part in designing, improving and supporting its hybrid cloud environment, while contributing to cloud migration, transformation and technology uplift initiatives.

Just as importantly, the organisation places a strong emphasis on culture and teamwork. Collaboration, customer focus, being solution-focused, transparency and responsiveness are central to how teams work together.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll work across a broad Microsoft Cloud environment, including:

• Designing and supporting secure Azure and hybrid cloud infrastructure


• Supporting cloud migration and transformation initiatives


• Managing Azure compute, storage, networking, identity, monitoring and security


• Working with Azure Landing Zones and secure cloud architecture


• Managing Microsoft Entra ID, hybrid identity, Conditional Access, PIM, RBAC and MFA


• Using PowerShell, Bicep/ARM and Infrastructure as Code


• Working with Azure DevOps, CI/CD, Microsoft Sentinel, KQL and Log Analytics


• Supporting Microsoft 365, Intune and Defender technologies


• Identifying opportunities to improve automation, security, performance and cost efficiency

The role offers a good mix of project and operational work, giving you the opportunity to build and improve solutions while remaining technically close to the environment.

About you

We’re looking for an experienced Cloud Engineer with:

• Strong, recent and hands-on Microsoft Azure experience.


• You should be comfortable across Azure IaaS and PaaS, cloud networking and security, Infrastructure as Code, automation, identity management and Microsoft 365.


• Experience with technologies such as Azure Landing Zones, Azure Firewall, Private Endpoints, ExpressRoute, Sentinel, KQL, Azure Arc, Entra ID, Intune, Defender and Azure DevOps will be particularly relevant.

This role is best suited to someone who is still technically hands-on. If your recent experience has mainly been cloud project management, architecture oversight or vendor management, this won’t be the right fit.

Why join the NSW Electoral Commission?

The NSW Electoral Commission plays a critical role in supporting democracy across NSW, and its technology environment underpins the secure and reliable delivery of elections and electoral services.

You’ll be joining an organisation where technology has a clear purpose and where the reliability and security of the environment genuinely matter.

The NSW Electoral Commission’s culture is built around Integrity, Trust, Service and Accountability, supported by a strong focus on collaboration and practical problem solving.

You’ll also benefit from:

• The security of an ongoing NSW Government position


• Hybrid working from the Commission’s Elizabeth Street, Sydney office


• Exposure to a broad and evolving Microsoft cloud environment


• A collaborative team where knowledge sharing and teamwork are valued


• The opportunity to contribute to cloud transformation rather than simply maintain an existing environment

Essential requirements

• Satisfactory Criminal Record check result.


• No affiliations with political parties, candidates, elected members, third-party campaigners, donors or registered lobbyists that could undermine the political impartiality of the Commission or that are otherwise inconsistent with its Political Neutrality Policy.

The NSW Electoral Commission is committed to maintaining public confidence in the integrity of the electoral system. The NSW Electoral Commission expects that employees refrain from membership of any political party and from engaging in political activity which could be seen as reflecting adversely on the strict political neutrality of the NSW Electoral Commission. Applicants who are seen to be or are active in political activities should disclose such information as part of their application.

Applications received and completed after closing time will not be considered for selection. The selection process will include a range of assessment techniques to assist in determining your suitability for the role.

This role is based in at Elizabeth Street, Sydney office with a hybrid work arrangement.

The NSW Electoral Commission embraces diversity and inclusion and is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the population of New South Wales. We welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds and encourage women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQIA+, people with disability, mature-age people, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this role.

Other Information

Your employment will be subject to National Criminal Records Check to determine your suitability for employment.

A talent pool may be created from this recruitment action for ongoing and temporary roles of the same work classification that may become available for filling over the next 18 months.

Applications Close: 16th September 2026 @ 11.59pm