Senior AI Cloud Engineer

Calleo; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Long-term contract

Modern cloud tech

Collaborative team

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Calleo invites applications for a Cloud AI Engineer to join a Federal Government Department, supporting Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane operations. The role focuses on designing, building and operating secure AI-enabled cloud platforms that empower AI, ML and Generative AI initiatives while upholding strong security and compliance controls.

You will collaborate with architects, data scientists, cyber security and engineering teams to implement scalable, secure infrastructure and AI services,

Qualifications

• Experience designing and operating cloud infrastructure on Azure and/or AWS.
• Strong Kubernetes and containerised platform engineering skills.
• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform or Ansible.
• Solid Linux networking, storage and cloud services understanding.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitOps and DevSecOps.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain secure cloud infrastructure for AI/ML workloads.
• Implement and optimise enterprise AI platforms with security governance.
• Support Kubernetes and container-based environments.
• Develop IaC solutions with Terraform and Ansible.
• Implement CI/CD, GitOps and DevSecOps for deployment.
• Assist AI workload deployment, monitoring and operations.
• Collaborate with architects, data scientists and security teams.
• Produce technical designs and artefacts.
• Provide technical leadership and knowledge transfer.

Skills

Azure AWS

Kubernetes

Platform engineering

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD

GitOps

DevSecOps

Linux admin

Security/compliance

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

OpenShift

Python scripting

Job description

Federal Government Department

Canberra, Sydney & Brisbane Location

Contract Opportunity - Baseline Clearance required

Are you passionate about building secure, scalable cloud platforms that power Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Generative AI solutions?

About the Role

An exciting opportunity exists within a Federal Government Department for an experienced Cloud AI Engineer to support the delivery of enterprise-scale cloud and AI initiatives. This role will play a critical part in designing, implementing and operating modern AI platforms that enable innovation while maintaining strong security, governance and compliance standards.

As a Cloud AI Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, building and optimising cloud-native infrastructure that supports AI, ML and Generative AI services. Working closely with architects, data scientists, cyber security specialists and engineering teams, you will help establish foundational AI platform capabilities and drive the adoption of secure-by-design engineering practices.

This role is suited to a hands-on engineering professional with strong cloud, platform engineering, automation and infrastructure expertise, coupled with exposure to AI and MLOps environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain secure, scalable and highly available cloud infrastructure supporting AI and machine learning workloads.
• Implement and optimise enterprise AI platforms, ensuring performance, resilience and operational excellence.
• Design and support Kubernetes and container-based environments.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Implement CI/CD, GitOps and DevSecOps practices to support platform deployment and operations.
• Support AI workload deployment, model serving, monitoring and operational management.
• Design cloud architectures aligned with security, governance and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with architecture, cyber security, data and engineering teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Produce solution designs, technical documentation and implementation artefacts.
• Provide technical leadership, guidance and knowledge transfer to stakeholders and delivery teams.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Demonstrated experience designing and operating cloud infrastructure within Azure and/or AWS environments.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes, containerisation and platform engineering.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Ansible or similar tooling.
• Strong understanding of Linux administration, networking, storage and cloud services.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitOps and DevSecOps practices.
• Experience designing highly available, secure and resilient environments.
• Strong problem-solving, stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Ability to present technical recommendations and influence outcomes across technical and non-technical audiences.

Highly Desirable

• OpenShift and OpenShift AI experience.
• Experience with AI/ML platforms and MLOps practices.
• Azure Machine Learning, Azure AI Services and/or AWS SageMaker.
• Experience deploying and managing Generative AI and Large Language Model (LLM) solutions.
• Knowledge of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector databases and AI model serving.
• NVIDIA GPU infrastructure and AI workload optimisation experience.
• Experience working within Government or other highly regulated environments.
• Familiarity with ISM, Essential Eight, PSPF and secure-by-design principles.

What's on Offer?

• Opportunity to contribute to national-scale AI and cloud initiatives.
• Long-term contract opportunity.
• Modern cloud, automation and AI technology stack.
• Collaborative and technically focused delivery environment.

Calleo is an equal opportunity employer and we encourage applications from all people including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.