Senior Azure CloudOps Engineer

DXC Technology Australia & New Zealand; South Australia; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

DXC Technology Australia & New Zealand is seeking a Senior CloudOps Engineer with strong Azure expertise and production experience in Red Hat OpenShift or AKS. You will own complex operational issues across Azure infrastructure, automate tasks, and guide teams on best practices.

You will collaborate with platform, application and security teams, ensure security and reliability, and contribute to DevOps improvements while operating in a busy enterprise environment.

Qualifications

• Azure production environments administration and troubleshooting.
• Depth across VMs, VNets, routing, DNS, load balancing, storage.
• Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Azure RBAC, Azure Monitor and Azure Backup.
• Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or equivalent capability.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level operational support for enterprise Azure environments, including incident response and change execution.
• Diagnose complex Azure and container-platform incidents and drive service restoration and root cause resolution.
• Operate and maintain production OpenShift or AKS platforms, including cluster health, networking and upgrades.
• Automate repeatable tasks using scripting and Infrastructure as Code.
• Implement platform patching and security remediation through approved change processes.
• Identify and implement operational improvements and automation opportunities.
• Provide guidance and mentoring, maintain runbooks and share knowledge across teams.

Skills

Azure administration

OpenShift

AKS

Azure Monitor

Azure Backup

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Infrastructure as Code

Azure AD / Entra ID

Incident response

Automation

Ansible

Dynatrace

On-call support

Tools

Dynatrace

Job description

DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) is a leading enterprise technology and innovation partner delivering software, services, and solutions to global enterprises and public sector organizations — helping them harness AI to drive outcomes at a time of exponential change with speed. With deep expertise in Managed Infrastructure Services, Application Modernization, and Industry-Specific Software Solutions, DXC modernizes, secures, and operates some of the world’s most complex technology estates. Learn more on dxc.com

Clearance: Must be eligible and willing to obtain AGSVA Baseline Clearance

Work Hours: Standard business hours with participation in an on-call roster as required

Position Overview

We are seeking a Senior CloudOps Engineer with strong, hands-on Microsoft Azure expertise and production experience with Red Hat OpenShift or Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). This senior engineering role is focused on delivering secure, resilient and well-managed production cloud services.

You will take technical ownership of complex operational issues across Azure infrastructure and container environments, working with platform, application and security teams. You will apply advanced troubleshooting, automation and Infrastructure as Code to improve availability, performance, security and operational consistency, while providing technical guidance and sharing knowledge across the team.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level operational support for enterprise Azure environments, covering compute, storage, networking, identity, monitoring and backup, including incident response, service request fulfilment and controlled change execution.
• Act as a senior technical escalation point, independently diagnosing complex Azure and container-platform incidents and driving service restoration and root cause resolution.
• Operate and maintain production Red Hat OpenShift or AKS platforms, including cluster health, nodes, networking, access, capacity and platform lifecycle activities; collaborate with application teams to troubleshoot workload issues across DXC-managed environments.
• Continuously improve service delivery through automation of repeatable tasks using scripting and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
• Address recurring issues through root cause analysis, infrastructure code fixes and design improvements, and implement platform patching and security remediation through approved change processes.
• Identify and implement operational improvements and automation opportunities.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring, maintain operational documentation and runbooks, and share Azure and container-platform knowledge while contributing to DevOps improvement initiatives.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Extensive hands‑on experience administering and troubleshooting enterprise Microsoft Azure production environments, with strong practical depth across virtual machines, virtual networks, routing, DNS, load balancing, storage, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure RBAC, Azure Monitor and Azure Backup. Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) certification or equivalent demonstrated capability is required
• Proven hands‑on experience operating Red Hat OpenShift or Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) in production. Strong experience in at least one is essential. Practical capability must include cluster and node operations, Kubernetes workload troubleshooting, networking, ingress, persistent storage, access controls, monitoring and platform upgrades.
• Strong infrastructure fundamentals across networking, identity and security, with operational depth in Windows or Linux administration and the ability to troubleshoot dependencies between Azure infrastructure and container platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to automate operational tasks using PowerShell, Bash or Python, and practical experience maintaining infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code and version control.
• Experience with DevOps and Agile methodologies.
• Ability to quickly learn and integrate new technologies and frameworks.
• Demonstrated senior‑level ownership of complex production incidents, including systematic troubleshooting, service restoration and root cause analysis
• Clear communication and collaborative working skills, with the ability to explain technical issues, coordinate across support teams and mentor engineers through knowledge sharing and practical guidance.
• Experience using Dynatrace to monitor and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure
• Experience supporting and managing AWS cloud infrastructure, including compute, networking, storage, security, monitoring and day-to-day operational troubleshooting.
• Experience working with Executive level stakeholders communications
• Experience with automation tasks via Ansible.

At DXC Technology, we believe strong connections and community are key to our success. Our work model prioritizes in-person collaboration while offering flexibility to support wellbeing, productivity, individual work styles, and life circumstances. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.