Senior Cloud Architect Remote Azure Platform Leader

Whizdom; Canberra; Remote; AUD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote working arrangements

Job summary

Whizdom in Canberra is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Architect / Cloud Engineer to lead enterprise cloud initiatives. You will design architectures, drive cloud engineering, and align solutions with government standards while guiding cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes Azure-based design, secure deployments, and collaboration across stakeholders in Agile settings. This 12-month contract may include remote arrangements where operationally feasible.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years' experience implementing and managing cloud technologies.
• Proven ability to design and implement Azure-based solutions using App Services, Functions, Logic Apps, SQL, Service Bus and API Management.
• Experience with Azure DevOps for source control, IaC and CI/CD deployments.
• Strong understanding of Entra ID, Key Vault, Monitor, Application Insights, and RBAC.
• Experience integrating cloud platforms with Dynamics 365 and other third-party systems.
• Ability to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders across dispersed teams.
• Experience delivering secure, reliable solutions within Agile multidisciplinary environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop enterprise cloud platform architectures across Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.
• Design high-level and detailed cloud solution architectures.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to cloud engineering teams.
• Conduct impact analysis of business and stakeholder requirements.
• Ensure solutions align with government architecture standards and best practices.
• Support the design, build, automation and deployment of cloud-based systems.
• Collaborate with business owners, architects, developers, testers and project teams to deliver fit-for-purpose solutions.
• Contribute to CI/CD, infrastructure as code, testing and platform automation initiatives.
• Promote modern architecture principles, reusability and user-centred design practices.
• Provide leadership, strategic thinking and stakeholder influence across programs and projects.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Azure services

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Azure DevOps

Dynamics 365 integration

Azure networking

RBAC

Agile methodology

Tools

Azure DevOps

Dynamics 365

Azure Networking

RBAC

Job description

Whizdom in Canberra is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Architect / Cloud Engineer to lead enterprise cloud initiatives. You will design architectures, drive cloud engineering, and align solutions with government standards while guiding cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes Azure-based design, secure deployments, and collaboration across stakeholders in Agile settings. This 12-month contract may include remote arrangements where operationally feasible.