Hybrid Cloud Engineer: Azure, Automation & DR

simedarby; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexibility & Work-Life Balance

Work from home 1 day per week

Health & Wellbeing Support

Team & Culture

Job summary

Hastings Deering (Australia) Ltd in Archerfield is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to join our IT Operations team on a permanent, full‑time basis. You will support the design, delivery and ongoing optimisation of our infrastructure environment across on‑premise and cloud platforms.

Working with the Cloud Team Lead, you’ll drive platform migrations, automate processes with PowerShell, and ensure security, resilience and performance across Azure and enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in IT or equivalent.
• Relevant Microsoft, Azure or infrastructure certifications (or willingness to obtain).
• Approximately 5–7 years of infrastructure or cloud engineering experience.
• Experience with Microsoft 365 Administration including Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, PowerPlatform.
• Experience with Windows Server and enterprise infrastructure environments.
• Experience administering virtualization platforms such as Hyper-V and VMware.
• Experience with enterprise backup, storage and disaster recovery technologies.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively across technical and business teams.
• A passion for continuous improvement, automation and modernization.

Responsibilities

• Support the availability, performance and ongoing administration of infrastructure systems across cloud and on‑premise environments.
• Maintain Microsoft 365 and Power Platform services from an operational perspective, ensuring platform stability, governance, user enablement, and continuous improvement.
• Maintain and optimise hybrid infrastructure platforms including compute, storage, backup, networking and identity services.
• Proactively identify risks and implement strategies to improve system resilience, reliability and security.
• Contribute to cloud transformation and infrastructure modernisation initiatives, including platform migrations and service improvements.
• Design, implement and support infrastructure solutions across Microsoft Azure and enterprise environments.
• Implement and maintain backup, recovery and disaster recovery processes aligned to agreed RPO and RTO requirements.
• Develop and maintain automation solutions using PowerShell and other tools to improve operational efficiency, consistency and reliability.
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot complex issues and implement scalable, secure solutions.
• Provide Level 3 support and technical guidance to colleagues and team members.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the business to deliver technology solutions aligned to strategic priorities.

Skills

Communication skills

Automation mindset

Troubleshooting complex issues

Team collaboration

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field

Tools

PowerShell scripting

Hyper-V

VMware

Microsoft 365 Administration

Exchange Online

Azure Virtual Desktop

Azure Stack HCI

Active Directory

Job description

Hastings Deering (Australia) Ltd in Archerfield is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to join our IT Operations team on a permanent, full‑time basis. You will support the design, delivery and ongoing optimisation of our infrastructure environment across on‑premise and cloud platforms.

Working with the Cloud Team Lead, you’ll drive platform migrations, automate processes with PowerShell, and ensure security, resilience and performance across Azure and enterprise environments.