Senior Azure Cloud and Automation Engineer

Exclaim IT; Canberra; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Exclaim IT is seeking a Senior Azure Cloud and Automation Engineer to design, implement, automate and support secure, reliable Azure cloud infrastructure within a complex government environment. The candidate must hold an active NV1 security clearance prior to commencement.

The role emphasizes IaC practices, automation, CI/CD pipelines, and collaboration across technical teams to deliver secure cloud-native and hybrid solutions. Expect on-call support and ongoing infrastructure improvements.

Qualifications

• NV1 clearance required prior to start.
• Extensive Azure and cloud automation experience.
• Experience with IaC and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure and platform services using IaC practices.
• Develop and maintain automation solutions using Terraform, Azure Bicep, ARM templates, PowerShell, Azure CLI and Azure DevOps.
• Design, implement and support CI/CD pipelines to automate infrastructure provisioning, testing, deployment and lifecycle management.
• Collaborate with technical teams to deliver secure cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex Azure infrastructure, platform and automation issues.
• Monitor and optimise cloud resources to improve performance, availability, scalability, security and cost efficiency.
• Support cloud governance, identity management, security compliance, monitoring, backup, disaster recovery and resilience.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, solution designs, operational procedures and automation standards.
• Participate in incident response, problem management, service restoration and on-call support activities as required.
• Contribute to infrastructure improvements across cloud and on-premises environments.

Skills

Azure architecture

CI/CD design

Hybrid cloud

Stakeholder management

Tools

Terraform

Azure Bicep

ARM templates

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Azure DevOps

Job description

Senior Azure Cloud and Automation Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Senior Azure Cloud and Automation Engineer to design, implement, automate and support secure, reliable and efficient Azure cloud infrastructure and platform services within a complex government environment.

The successful candidate must hold an active Negative Vetting Level 1 (NV1) security clearance prior to commencement.

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Azure Cloud and Automation Engineer to design, implement, automate and support secure, reliable and efficient Azure cloud infrastructure and platform services within a complex government environment.

The successful candidate must hold an active Negative Vetting Level 1 (NV1) security clearance prior to commencement.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure and platform services using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.
• Develop and maintain automation solutions using Terraform, Azure Bicep, ARM templates, PowerShell, Azure CLI and Azure DevOps.
• Design, implement and support CI/CD pipelines to automate infrastructure provisioning, testing, deployment and lifecycle management.
• Collaborate with technical teams to deliver secure cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex Azure infrastructure, platform and automation issues.
• Monitor and optimise cloud resources to improve performance, availability, scalability, security and cost efficiency.
• Support cloud governance, identity management, security compliance, monitoring, backup, disaster recovery and resilience.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, solution designs, operational procedures and automation standards.
• Participate in incident response, problem management, service restoration and on-call support activities as required.
• Contribute to infrastructure improvements across cloud and on-premises environments.

Highly desirable criteria

• Extensive experience designing, deploying and supporting Azure cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, cloud automation and CI/CD pipeline development.
• Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise-scale ICT environments.
• Knowledge of Australian Government security frameworks, including the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF), Information Security Manual (ISM) and Essential Eight.
• Experience with cloud governance, monitoring and security tools, including Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and Microsoft Sentinel.

Desirable criteria

• Microsoft Azure certifications, such as Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Azure DevOps Engineer Expert.
• Knowledge of ITIL and TOGAF concepts, particularly incident, problem and change management.
• Experience working across AWS and on-premises infrastructure environments.
• Understanding of enterprise architecture, infrastructure risk management and security patch management practices.

Skills and experience

• Demonstrated experience in IT infrastructure across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments, including virtualisation, cloud computing and storage technologies.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure infrastructure, networking, identity and platform services.
• Proficiency in automation and scripting using Terraform, Azure Bicep, ARM templates, PowerShell and Azure CLI.
• Experience developing and maintaining DevOps continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Understanding of infrastructure security, risk management, patch management and enterprise operational requirements.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and relationship management skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary technical teams and manage competing priorities.
• Experience documenting technical solutions and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.

Contact details

For a confidential chat, please contact Shruthi on 0474 545 *** or via email at ***email_hidden***. We would be more than happy to provide you with additional information and assist in the application process.

Please note that a National Police Check might be required as part of pre-employment screening.