Senior Azure DevSecOps & Cloud Engineer – Hybrid

Paxus; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Paxus is partnering with a large Federal Government program to engage a Senior DevOps / Cloud Engineer to help modernise and operate critical cloud platforms and DevSecOps capabilities supporting enterprise data and analytics environments.

The role focuses on Azure and hybrid cloud, infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, security controls, and operational excellence. Hybrid arrangement with on-site presence in Canberra; first month on-site then minimum 2 days/week.

Qualifications

• Senior DevOps / Cloud Engineering experience in Azure and hybrid environments
• Strong IaC skills (Terraform/Bicep/ARM or similar)
• Strong CI/CD engineering capability and automation mindset
• Proven delivery of secure-by-design cloud solutions (DevSecOps)
• Experience with monitoring/observability, incident/problem resolution, and operational support (runbooks, documentation)
• Ability to work on-site in Canberra as per the hybrid requirements
• Prior Federal Government / regulated environment experience
• Hands‑on experience with DR testing and recovery procedures
• Familiarity with enterprise data/analytics platforms (data platforms context)

Responsibilities

• Design, build and support secure, scalable, resilient cloud infrastructure and platform services
• Build and maintain Azure and hybrid cloud environments aligned to standards
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code(Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, or equivalent)
• Design/implement/support CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments (app + infrastructure)
• Embed DevSecOps controls across the delivery lifecycle (security, compliance, quality)
• Optimise availability, performance, resilience and cost efficiency
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure/deployment/operations issues
• Implement and remediate security controls aligned to Australian Government security requirements (ISM/PSPF)
• Vulnerability management, patching, dependency updates, technical debt reduction
• Backup/DR/BCP support
• Participate in design reviews, architecture governance and technical assurance
• Provide technical leadership/mentoring and contribute to documentation and knowledge transfer

Job description

Paxus is partnering with a large Federal Government program to engage a Senior DevOps / Cloud Engineer to help modernise and operate critical cloud platforms and DevSecOps capabilities supporting enterprise data and analytics environments.

The role focuses on Azure and hybrid cloud, infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, security controls, and operational excellence. Hybrid arrangement with on-site presence in Canberra; first month on-site then minimum 2 days/week.