Cloud Platforms Lead, Multi-Cloud Architect (AWS/Azure/GCP)

CSIRO; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Working Options

Generous leave conditions

A healthy and supportive work enviro n

Career development

Job summary

CSIRO seeks a Cloud Platforms Technical Lead to architect our cloud foundation across AWS, Azure and GCP, guiding security, resilience and automation while mentoring engineers. You will balance strategic vision with hands‑on delivery, stewarding enterprise and research-scale infrastructure with a dotted-line leadership approach and 24x7 security on-call readiness.

You will collaborate with the Team Lead to shape the technical vision and roadmap for the Cloud Platforms Team, and lead architecture

Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent experience) with senior technical leadership in cloud infrastructure.
• Demonstrated deep technical expertise in at least two major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) with proven ability to design and implement complex, multi-cloud infrastructure solutions at enterprise scale.
• Proven experience providing technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams, including conducting architecture reviews, facilitating technical decisions, and developing team capabilities.
• A solid track record of hands-on technical delivery alongside strategic leadership, maintaining technical credibility while influencing organisational direction.
• Proven ability to foster and maintain effective cross-organisational relationships, representing technical interests in architecture forums and collaborating with senior stakeholders.
• Track record as a technical leader in cloud platform engineering within a research or scientific computing organisation.
• Multiple cloud certifications at professional/expert level across at least two cloud providers.
• Experience with distributed systems design, microservices architecture, and large-scale infrastructure automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture design for complex cloud infrastructure projects across AWS, GCP, and Azure; participate in organisational architecture review boards.
• Provide guidance on technical standards, patterns, and best practices across platforms; drive adoption of DevOps principles and automation.
• Provide technical direction to team members through a dotted-line reporting relationship; mentor senior and principal engineers on complex challenges.
• Maintain 30-40% hands-on technical work on critical projects; lead by example through direct contribution to infrastructure code, automation, and tooling.
• Participate in 24x7 security on-call rotation; serve as permanent escalation point for complex technical issues during incidents.
• Collaborate with Team Lead on technical vision, strategy, and roadmap development for the Cloud Platforms Team.

Skills

AWS

Azure

GCP

Cloud architecture

DevOps

Mentorship

Leadership

Security

Automation

Multi-cloud

Team collaboration

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

CSIRO seeks a Cloud Platforms Technical Lead to architect our cloud foundation across AWS, Azure and GCP, guiding security, resilience and automation while mentoring engineers. You will balance strategic vision with hands‑on delivery, stewarding enterprise and research-scale infrastructure with a dotted-line leadership approach and 24x7 security on-call readiness.

You will collaborate with the Team Lead to shape the technical vision and roadmap for the Cloud Platforms Team, and lead architecture