Senior Cloud Architect Azure (Hands-on role) Just posted

NW People Group Pty Ltd; Canberra; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

NW Technology is seeking a Senior Azure Cloud Architect / Cloud Engineer to support major cloud and digital initiatives for a Federal Government client in Canberra. The role combines architecture design with hands-on Azure engineering, delivering secure, scalable cloud platforms and providing technical leadership across multidisciplinary delivery teams.

Security standards and whole-of-government guidelines apply.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and implementing Azure cloud platforms and solutions.
• Strong hands-on Azure engineering with architecture leadership.
• Familiarity with Australian Government security standards and DTA guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Develop enterprise cloud and solution architectures across Azure and M365.
• Provide technical leadership throughout design and delivery of secure cloud solutions.
• Translate stakeholder requirements into scalable design for apps, integrations, networking and identity.
• Support automation, IaC, and CI/CD deployment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including security and architecture.
• Ensure solutions align with Australian Government security standards and target architectures.
• Mentor team members and communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Azure Cloud Architecture

Azure DevOps

Infrastructure as Code

Security & Compliance

Stakeholder Engagement

Mentoring & Leadership

Agile / Collaboration

CI/CD

Tools

Terraform

Bicep/ARM templates

Azure DevOps

Logic Apps

App Services

Service Bus

Key Vault

Entra ID

Job description

Senior Azure Cloud Architect / Cloud Engineer

• Location: Canberra ACT (Federal Government client)
• Security clearance: Baseline or Above required
• Contract Tenure: Initial 12-month contract + 2 x 12-month extensions | Up to 40 hours per week

NW Technology is seeking experienced Senior Azure Cloud Architects and Cloud Engineers to support the delivery of major cloud and digital initiatives within a Federal Government environment.

We are looking for professionals who can combine strong architecture capability with hands-on Azure engineering experience. You will help design, implement and continuously improve secure, scalable cloud platforms and applications while providing technical leadership across multidisciplinary delivery teams.

Key responsibilities

• Develop enterprise cloud and solution architectures across Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance throughout the design and delivery of secure cloud solutions.
• Translate stakeholder requirements into scalable application, integration, networking and identity designs.
• Support platform automation, testing, Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD deployment.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary business, delivery, security and architecture teams.
• Ensure solutions align with Australian Government security standards, target architectures and the DTA Digital Service Standard.
• Promote reusable, configurable and open architectural patterns.
• Mentor team members and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

About you

You will have strong experience designing, implementing and managing Azure cloud platforms and solutions, including:

• Azure applications and integration: App Services, Functions, Logic Apps, Service Bus, API Management, Azure SQL and Dynamics 365 integrations.
• Identity, security and monitoring: Entra ID, Key Vault, RBAC, Azure Monitor and Application Insights.
• DevOps and infrastructure: Azure DevOps, CI/CD, Terraform, Bicep or ARM templates, Virtual Networks and Private Endpoints.
• Architecture and governance: Enterprise/application architecture, cloud security and whole-of-government standards.

You will also bring experience working in Agile, geographically dispersed teams, along with strong stakeholder engagement, communication, mentoring and technical leadership skills.

Highly desirable

• Experience designing architectures for large, complex enterprise environments.
• Application, integration or cloud platform architecture experience.
• AWS or Google Cloud experience.
• Australian Government delivery experience.
• Knowledge of the ISM, PSPF, Essential Eight and DTA standards.