Senior Cloud Architects / Cloud Engineers — Azure

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

Job summary

Capital IT Consulting seeks Senior Cloud Architects and Cloud Engineers to design and deliver enterprise Azure and M365 architectures for a Federal Government CIO Group in Canberra. The role emphasizes architecture guidance, cross-functional collaboration, and platform automation within an Agile framework.

Candidates should have 5+ years of cloud design/implementation experience, strong Azure services knowledge, and familiarity with DevOps practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years implementing and managing cloud systems
• Hands-on Azure platform experience (App Services, Functions, Logic Apps, SQL, Service Bus, API Management)
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Entra ID, Key Vault, Monitor & Application Insights
• Strong collaboration and mentoring style within Agile teams

Responsibilities

• Design enterprise-level Azure & M365 platform and solution architectures
• Produce architecture guidance for cloud engineers and shape design/build decisions
• Work across cross-functional Agile teams — business owners, BAs, developers, enterprise architects and testers
• Drive platform automation — testing, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code
• Keep solutions aligned to whole-of-government standards and the DTA’s Digital Service Standard

Skills

Azure expertise

M365 familiarity

CI/CD automation

Infrastructure as Code

Azure DevOps

Tools

Azure DevOps

Entra ID

Key Vault

Monitor

Application Insights

API Management

Job description

Capital IT Consulting is seeking multiple experienced Cloud Architects and Engineers to join a Federal Government department’s CIO Group, delivering enterprise cloud capability across a portfolio of ICT projects.

If you’ve spent 5+ years designing and building on Microsoft Azure and M365 — and you want work that genuinely matters — read on.

We’re hiring: Senior Cloud Architects / Cloud Engineers — Azure | Canberra | Federal Government Contract

What you’ll do

• Design enterprise-level Azure & M365 platform and solution architectures
• Produce architecture guidance for cloud engineers and shape design/build decisions
• Work across cross-functional Agile teams — business owners, BAs, developers, enterprise architects and testers
• Drive platform automation — testing, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code
• Keep solutions aligned to whole-of-government standards and the DTA’s Digital Service Standard

What you’ll bring

• 5+ years implementing and managing cloud systems and technologies
• Depth across Azure App Services, Functions, Logic Apps, SQL, Service Bus & API Management
• Azure DevOps (repos, IaC, CI/CD), Entra ID, Key Vault, Monitor & Application Insights
• Networking, security & identity — Virtual Networks, Private Endpoints, RBAC
• A collaborative, mentoring style and the agility to pivot as priorities shift
• Nice to have: technical leadership track record, application/integration or infrastructure architecture experience, and exposure to AWS and/or GCP.

Canberra-based | Contract (ICT labour hire) | Australian Citizenship required

Applications close Wednesday 23 September 2026 — moving quickly.

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