Cloud Platforms Lead - Multi-Cloud & DevOps Champion

CSIRO; Hobart; On-site; AUD 136,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, is seeking a Cloud Platforms Technical Lead to architect and govern the cloud foundation powering world‑class research and enterprise operations across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform.

As the senior technical authority, you will shape multi‑cloud roadmaps, lead POC initiatives for emerging technologies, and set security, resilience and DevOps automation standards for both research and enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading cloud engineering or DevOps teams in a complex, multi-cloud environment.
• Deep technical expertise across AWS, Azure, and GCP, including architecture, security controls, automation, and operational best practice.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native technologies (IaC, CI/CD, containers, Kubernetes, observability stacks, API-driven automation).
• Proven ability to set strategic direction, lead complex technical programs, and deliver large scale platform capability uplift.
• Strong experience in cloud security, governance frameworks, identity management, and compliance obligations (including ISM).
• Demonstrated experience with cloud financial optimisation and cost governance models.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, and vendor management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction to the Cloud Platforms team, ensuring high-quality delivery of CSIRO’s enterprise and research cloud services across AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.
• Manage the technical aspects of CSIRO’s cloud platform capability, including responsibility for technical roadmaps, service maturity uplift, automation adoption, and alignment with CSIRO’s strategic technology direction.
• Allocate and coordinate cloud engineering resources to support operational stability, project delivery, and capability uplift across research and enterprise platforms.
• Drive adoption of cloud-native patterns, Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD pipelines, containerisation, and automated operational processes to improve reliability, scalability and efficiency.
• Lead cloud security uplift in line with Australian Government ISM controls, working with the Cyber Security team to maintain continuous compliance, robust identity models, and appropriate risk management.
• Oversee cloud cost optimisation activities including FinOps practices, tagging standards, spend forecasting, reserved instance planning, and workload rightsizing.

Job description

CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, is seeking a Cloud Platforms Technical Lead to architect and govern the cloud foundation powering world‑class research and enterprise operations across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform.

As the senior technical authority, you will shape multi‑cloud roadmaps, lead POC initiatives for emerging technologies, and set security, resilience and DevOps automation standards for both research and enterprise environments.