Senior Cloud Engineer

Smartgroup; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart Leave

Free lunch

Paid parental leave

Volunteer days

Salary packaging

Free flu vaccinations

Employee Share Plan

Job summary

Smartgroup in Sydney is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to lead Identity and Access management across cloud and hybrid platforms, delivering secure, scalable, and resilient technology solutions. Design, implement and maintain Azure and Microsoft 365 infrastructure; drive cloud adoption with governance and compliance; lead IAM initiatives such as Azure AD, SSO, MFA, RBAC and PIM.

Join an Infrastructure Team focused on cloud security, governance and operational excellence, collaborating with

Qualifications

• Must have hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure cloud platforms and services.
• Strong expertise in Identity and Access Management including Azure AD/Entra ID, SSO, MFA, RBAC and privileged access controls.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain secure, scalable cloud and hybrid infrastructure solutions using Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 technologies.
• Drive the adoption of cloud services across the organisation with governance and compliance.
• Lead IAM initiatives including Azure Active Directory, SSO, MFA, RBAC and Privileged Identity Management (PIM).
• Implement and optimise cloud security solutions including Defender for Cloud and Sentinel.

Skills

Azure

IAM

Security

Microsoft 365

Compliance

Education

Microsoft cloud certifications

Tools

Azure AD

Intune

Job description

Look forward to working with Australia’s leading and most trusted provider of Employee Management Services, making the benefits of salary packaging, novated leasing, and fleet management readily available to employers and their employees.

Working at Smartgroup offers more than a job. It is a dynamic workplace that matches the enthusiasm for the work you do and ambition for an exciting fast-paced career. We have all been hired for a purpose and a reason.

Every day you will be part of a team that helps support fellow Australians - many working in essential services, corporates, government, and not-for-profits - to take home more money in their pay packets.

Join a team where you’ll play a key role in shaping and securing a modern cloud environment. As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you'll lead the lifecycle management of Identity and Access across cloud and hybrid platforms, helping deliver secure, scalable, and resilient technology solutions. Working within the Infrastructure Team, you’ll collaborate across technology and security functions to strengthen cloud security, governance, and operational excellence.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain secure, scalable cloud and hybrid infrastructure solutions using Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 technologies.
• Drive the adoption of cloud services across the organisation, ensuring security, governance and compliance requirements are embedded from the outset.
• Lead Identity and Access Management (IAM) initiatives, including Azure Active Directory, Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), RBAC and Privileged Identity Management (PIM).
• Implement and optimise cloud security solutions including Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel and Endpoint Protection technologies.
• Automate infrastructure deployment and management through Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD practices to improve consistency and efficiency.
• Partner with architecture, development and security teams to enhance cloud security, compliance, reliability and operational performance.

Skills and experience

You'll bring:

• Demonstrated hands-on experience working with Microsoft Azure cloud platforms and services.
• Strong expertise in Identity and Access Management, including Azure AD/Entra ID, SSO, MFA, RBAC and privileged access controls.
• Experience supporting cloud security, monitoring and governance through services such as Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Sentinel and Azure Policy.
• Knowledge of Microsoft 365 and Intune for endpoint management, compliance and device administration.
• Exposure to data governance, compliance and information protection technologies including Microsoft Purview and DLP capabilities.
• Relevant Microsoft cloud, security, compliance or identity certifications, or equivalent industry-recognised qualifications.

What’s in it for you?

Smart team members enjoy a range of benefits designed to support flexibility, wellbeing, reward, and growth:

• Smart Leave, an additional week of leave each year
• Free lunch every week
• Up to 20 weeks Paid Parental Leave with superannuation contributions and a Return-to-Work Bonus
• Make a Difference Days – paid days off to volunteer for the community and environment
• Salary packaging and novated leasing benefits (of course!)
• Free flu vaccinations
• Employee Share Plan

Grow with Purpose

At Smart, we’re driven by purpose and performance. We support individual and team growth via varied learning opportunities, open communication, and leaders who work to get the basics right – quality and regular one to ones, clear goals and success metrics, and growth conversations.

Show us you have what it takes

If this sounds like the opportunity for you and you have something to offer, we’d love to hear from you.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Everyone belongs and is welcome at Smart. We welcome people from diverse backgrounds to join our team, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, veterans, people with disability, people who identify as LGBTQ+, all gender identities, and people of any socioeconomic status, age, race, national origin or ethnicity.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion is reflected in the external recognition we’ve received, including being named:

• WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality since 2019
• DCA Inclusive Employer 2025 – 2026
• Silver Employer on the Australian Workplace Equality Index

We’re also members of the Reconciliation Action Plan network, with a RAP at Innovate level.

Please note: all successful candidates will be required to complete background checks including a police clearance prior to confirmation of employment. Candidates must have unlimited Australian work rights to be considered for this role.