Cloud Platforms Technical Lead

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

Benefits offered by this job

Superannuation

Job summary

CSIRO is seeking a Cloud Platforms Technical Lead to architect the cloud foundation across AWS, Azure and GCP for research and enterprise operations. You will be the senior technical authority for the Cloud Platforms Team, shaping multi-cloud roadmaps and driving DevOps automation with a practical hands-on approach.

Balancing strategic leadership with coding and mentoring, you will guide architecture reviews, security and resilience standards, and collaborate with researchers and stakeholders to

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent experience with senior technical leadership in cloud infrastructure.
• Expertise in two major cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and enterprise-scale multi-cloud design.
• Ability to define strategy, standards, and engineering practices across teams.
• Proven mentorship and hands-on delivery of infrastructure projects.
• Strong cross-organisational relationship building with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Team Lead on vision, strategy, and roadmap for Cloud Platforms.
• Lead architecture design across AWS, GCP, and Azure; participate in architecture reviews.
• Define standards and drive DevOps automation and patterns.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical direction through dotted-line reporting.
• Maintain 30–40% hands-on work and participate in on-call rotation.

Skills

Cloud platforms

Technical leadership

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Acknowledgement of Country CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation .

CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation .

Role highlights

• Lead CSIRO’s cloud strategy across AWS, Azure & Google Cloud Platform
• Drive secure, scalable & cost-effective cloud services that power world‑class research
• Lead a high-performing DevOps team & shape the future of cloud innovation at CSIRO

About CSIRO

As Australia's national science agency, CSIRO is solving the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. Many of our iconic innovations were once considered impossible until someone, just like you, joined us and took on the challenge.

Visit CSIRO.au for more information.

The opportunity

Joining CSIRO as our Cloud Platforms Technical Lead offers a rare opportunity to architect the cloud foundation that powers groundbreaking scientific research and enterprise operations at Australia’s national science agency. As the senior technical authority for the Cloud Platforms Team, you will help shape the overarching technical vision and multi‑cloud roadmap across AWS, Azure and GCP to accelerate real‑world scientific discovery. Partnering closely with the Team Lead, you will lead proof‑of‑concept initiatives for emerging technologies and set the standards for security, resilience, and DevOps automation across both research and enterprise environments.

Balancing high-level strategy with hands‑on engineering, you will solve complex architectural challenges while elevating our engineering culture through dedicated mentorship and cross-disciplinary collaboration. If you want your technical leadership to directly empower the research solving Australia’s greatest challenges, this is your platform to make a lasting impact.

High‑level duties include

• Collaborate with Team Lead on technical vision, strategy, and roadmap development for the Cloud Platforms Team.
• 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

Role particulars

Location and office arrangements: Melbourne, Perth, Canberra, other Australian cities with CSIRO sites considered

Salary: AU$135,571 – AU$158,863 per annum, plus 15.4% superannuation

Tenure & work schedule: Indefinite

Reference: 104107

As the successful candidate, you will bring

Essential Criteria

• A degree (or equivalent experience), in conjunction with demonstrated achievement in senior technical leadership roles in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or IT architecture.
• 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.
• Demonstrated ability to define technical strategy, architecture standards, and engineering practices that drive quality and consistency across a team of cloud platform engineers.
• 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.

Desirable

• 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.

For full details about this role, and other criteria, please review the Position Description.

Not sure if you meet all the criteria?

While it is CSIRO policy that the successful candidate must meet all the essential criteria, there are many ways to demonstrate this. Don’t let the list discourage you. If you are unsure about applying, please reach out to the contact person in the Position Description.

Setting you up for success

We are committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible to everyone. We recognise that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. Please contact [e-mail] and let us know how we can support you.

Life at CSIRO and flexible work arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. We can discuss flexible work arrangements with you during the recruitment process. CSIRO also offers a range of leave entitlements, benefits and career development opportunities. To find out more, visit Careers at CSIRO.

Inclusion and belonging

Solving Australia’s greatest challenges takes a diversity of minds and lived experiences. We know diverse teams are more effective and deliver more innovative outcomes. As an equal employment opportunity organisation, we are committed to creating diverse and inclusive teams where people feel they belong. We recognise true diversity encompasses all ages, abilities, cultures, faiths, levels of education, genders, sexualities, diversity of thought and much more. We focus on hiring people who share our values of People First, Further Together, Making it Real and Trusted.

CSIRO holds Platinum Status for the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQIA+ inclusion, and a Science in Australia Gender Equity Bronze Award.

Eligibility

This is a security assessed position, applications for this position are open to Australian Citizens only with the successful candidate being required to be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the Negative Vetting level 1. Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.

Child safety

CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy.

Applications close

Sunday 1st of November, 11pm AEDT