Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer

Early Start Australia Pty; Perth; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted health insurance

Salary packaging

Purchased annual leave

Career development

Job summary

Early Start Australia Pty is recruiting a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to support a national network of clinics and hubs across Australia. The role focuses on advanced Microsoft 365, cloud, networking, and security across a distributed environment.

You will lead complex projects, mentor junior engineers, and help shape modern workplace and cloud platform directions. The position requires strong communication with clinicians and business teams and a commitment to continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Senior infrastructure engineering role in a medium to large enterprise.
• Hands-on administration of Microsoft 365 technologies including Entra, Defender XDR, Intune, Exchange Online, SharePoint and Teams.
• Proficiency with Azure compute, storage, networking and security.
• Knowledge of identity and access management incl. Conditional Access and Privileged Identity Management.
• PowerShell scripting and automation.
• Experience supporting enterprise networking, VPNs, firewalls, switching and WiFi.
• Ability to analyse issues, identify root causes and deliver practical solutions.
• Experience delivering technical projects in complex environments.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience with Salesforce and ITSM (ServiceNow).
• Working in multi-site, distributed environments; MTO and SSO knowledge.
• Familiarity with ASD Essential 8 and Microsoft security/compliance features.
• MS certifications and ITIL-related experience.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to design, implementation, support, and continuous improvement of Microsoft 365, cloud, and infrastructure.
• Act as senior escalation point for complex infrastructure, networking, security, and Microsoft 365 incidents.
• Identify risks and recurring issues; implement improvements for security and reliability.
• Lead technical projects from planning to delivery across the organisation.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable tech solutions.
• Create and maintain high-quality architecture diagrams and documentation.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices.
• Contribute to governance, security controls and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Microsoft 365 administration

Azure services

Identity & access management

PowerShell scripting

Networking infrastructure

Security controls

Project delivery

Technical documentation

Mentoring juniors

ITSM (ServiceNow)

Salesforce

Multi-Tenant Organisation (MTO)

Single sign-on (SSO)

ASD Essential 8 knowledge

Education

Microsoft 365 certification

Azure certification

Security certification

Endpoint Administrator certification

ITIL certification

Tools

ServiceNow

Salesforce

Entra

Defender XDR

Intune

Exchange Online

SharePoint

Teams

Job description

Early Start Australia Pty is recruiting a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to support a national network of clinics and hubs across Australia. The role focuses on advanced Microsoft 365, cloud, networking, and security across a distributed environment.

You will lead complex projects, mentor junior engineers, and help shape modern workplace and cloud platform directions. The position requires strong communication with clinicians and business teams and a commitment to continuous improvement.