Senior Cloud Engineer

Compas Pty Ltd; Canberra; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Compas Pty Ltd is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to drive secure, reliable production releases on an Azure cloud platform within a government environment. You will design monitoring and observability solutions, automate deployments, and implement infrastructure as code using Bicep or Terraform.

You will build and optimise CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Octopus Deploy, manage credentials and secrets, and collaborate with cyber security teams to ensure platform resilience.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and supporting enterprise Azure cloud environments.
• Experience building YAML-based CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and automating infra with Bicep or Terraform.
• Advanced observability skills using Application Insights, Log Analytics, KQL and Azure Monitor.
• Baseline clearance or higher is required.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Azure monitoring, alerting and observability solutions using Application Insights, Log Analytics, KQL and Azure Monitor.
• Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Octopus Deploy to automate deployments.
• Implement infrastructure as code, improve platform performance and resilience, and manage secure configurations, certificates and application secrets.
• Troubleshoot Azure incidents, optimise release processes and collaborate with security and development teams to improve reliability.

Skills

Azure cloud environments

CI/CD pipelines

Observability & reliability

Troubleshooting & automation

Tools

GitHub Actions

Octopus Deploy

Bicep

Terraform

Application Insights

Log Analytics

KQL

Azure Monitor

Azure Key Vault

API Management

Azure Front Door

Service Bus

Job description

Senior Cloud Engineer | Azure, DevOps & CI/CD

Take a hands-on role in improving the reliability, security and performance of a Microsoft Azure cloud platform within a complex Australian Government environment. Work with Azure Monitor, Application Insights, GitHub Actions and infrastructure-as-code technologies to strengthen observability, automate deployments and deliver secure, reliable production releases.

Location:

ACT

Contract Duration:

24 November 2026 to 30 June 2027, with 3 x 12-month extension options

Security Clearance Requirement:

Baseline

Closing Date:

Tuesday, 10 November 2026

Essential Tasks

• Design and maintain Azure monitoring, alerting and observability solutions using Application Insights, Log Analytics, Kusto Query Language (KQL) and Azure Monitor.
• Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Octopus Deploy to automate application, infrastructure and Dynamics 365 deployments.
• Implement infrastructure as code, improve platform performance and resilience, and manage secure configurations, certificates and application secrets.
• Troubleshoot Azure platform incidents, optimise release processes and collaborate with developers, architects and cyber security teams to improve operational reliability.

Key Criteria

• Strong hands-on experience designing, implementing and supporting enterprise Microsoft Azure cloud environments.
• Demonstrated expertise developing YAML-based CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and automating infrastructure with Bicep or Terraform.
• Advanced experience with Azure monitoring and observability technologies, including Application Insights, Log Analytics, KQL and Azure Monitor.
• Strong troubleshooting, automation and problem-solving skills, with desirable experience in Azure Key Vault, API Management, Azure Front Door and Service Bus.

YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE TREATED WITH THE STRICTEST CONFIDENCE

Due to the nature of this environment, candidates must hold a current Baseline (or higher) clearance.