Ecommerce Technical Lead – Platform & Growth

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Job summary

NTT DATA seeks an experienced Technical Lead to provide technical leadership for secure cloud platforms supporting a Federal Government client. This permanent role requires an AGSVA NV1 security clearance and hands-on leadership of a Cloud Engineering team.

You will own reliability, performance, and security of Azure-based PROTECTED environments, drive automation via IaC and CI/CD, and mentor engineers while coordinating with delivery and operations teams. On-site Canberra work is required.

Qualifications

• Hands-on technical leader with deep cloud expertise and strong people leadership.
• Proven experience designing, delivering, and operating cloud platforms in Microsoft Azure PROTECTED environments.
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing or leading cloud or platform engineering teams.
• Strong experience with ElasticSearch in production environments.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation, particularly PowerShell.
• Experience supporting or developing Java applications on Linux, including performance tuning.
• Proven experience with automated deployments and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, preferably Ansible and ARM templates.
• Ability to work full time from client premises in Canberra.
• Experience mentoring engineers and driving engineering standards and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for cloud platforms; ensure delivery and operation of secure, compliant services.
• Guide engineering standards, manage technical risk, and drive automation and resilience initiatives.
• Lead a team including Cloud Engineers, a Java Developer, and a System Analyst; provide direction and mentorship.
• Ensure reliability, availability, performance, and security; meet SLAs and compliance.
• Design and deliver scalable, resilient cloud solutions in Azure PROTECTED environments.
• Oversee infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and automation.
• Identify and remediate platform risks and recurring issues; lead incident response.
• Maintain platform health with cloud-native observability tools.
• Engage with client stakeholders; shape solutions and act as senior technical point of contact.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud architecture

Automation

Scripting

Tools

Azure

Terraform

Azure Bicep

Ansible

ARM templates

Kibana

Logstash

WSO2 API Manager

Azure API Manager

PowerShell

Java Spring Boot

React

Job description

Make an impact with NTT DATA

Join a company that is pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We are renowned for our technical excellence and leading innovations, and for making a difference to our clients and society. Our workplace embraces diversity and inclusion - it's a place where you can grow, belong and thrive.

We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead to provide technical leadership for cloud platforms supporting a Federal Government client. This is a permanent position and requires an AGSVA NV1 security clearance.

As the Technical Lead, you will be accountable for the delivery, and operation of secure cloud platforms. You will guide engineering standards, manage technical risk, and lead automation and resilience initiatives while working closely with delivery, operations, and client stakeholders.

Lead and manage a team of Cloud Engineers, a Java Developer and System Analyst providing technical direction, mentoring, and day‑to‑day guidance.

Own the reliability, availability, performance, and security of cloud platforms, ensuring services meet SLAs and compliance requirements.

Design and deliver scalable, resilient cloud solutions in Microsoft Azure, including PROTECTED environments.

Lead complex solution and platform design, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and best practices.

Drive automation across infrastructure, deployments, and operational processes using Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines.

Proactively identify and remediate platform risks, bottlenecks, and recurring issues to prevent repeat incidents.

Provide technical leadership during incidents, including root cause analysis and implementation of long‑term corrective actions.

Oversee monitoring, metrics, and platform health using cloud‑native observability tools.

Act as the senior technical point of contact for client engagement, onsite collaboration, and solution shaping.

Maintain high‑quality technical documentation, design artefacts, and operational runbooks.

Collaborate with delivery and operations teams to continuously improve platform capability, performance, and cost efficiency.

Maintain currency in cloud technologies, platform engineering practices, and government security requirements.

You are a hands‑on technical leader who combines deep cloud expertise with strong people leadership. You are approachable, pragmatic, and focused on building reliable platforms and high‑performing teams.

Proven experience designing, delivering, and operating cloud platforms in Microsoft Azure PROTECTED environments.

Demonstrated leadership experience managing or leading cloud or platform engineering teams.

Strong experience with ElasticSearch in production environments.

Proficiency in scripting and automation, particularly PowerShell.

Experience supporting or developing Java applications on Linux, including performance tuning.

Proven experience with automated deployments and CI/CD pipelines.

Strong working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, preferably Ansible and ARM templates.

Ability to work full time from client premises in Canberra.

Experience mentoring engineers and driving engineering standards and best practices.

Experience with elements of the following technology stack:

• Infrastructure & Platform: Azure Bicep, Terraform
• Data & Streaming: HBase/HDFS (HDInsight), Kafka, NiFi, Azure Big Data services
• Databases: Neo4j, PostgreSQL, Redis, Azure Cosmos DB
• Observability & Search: Kibana, Logstash
• APIs & Integration: GraphQL, WSO2 Identity Server / API Manager (or equivalents), Azure API Manager
• Identity & Access: Azure AD, ADFS
• Applications: Java Spring Boot, React (or equivalent)
• ITQSB certification highly desirable.

Workplace type: On‑site Working.

NTT DATA is a $30+ billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world's leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise‑scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. Our consulting and industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 70 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start‑up partners. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.

NTT DATA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with a global culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to providing an environment free of unfair discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate based on age, race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, disability, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected category.

We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, Veterans, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.

Equality: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer: NTT DATA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with a global culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to providing an environment free of unfair discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate based on age, race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, disability, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected category.