Senior Cloud Platforms Lead - Multi-Cloud & DevOps

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation; Canberra; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, seeks a Cloud Platforms Technical Lead to shape the multi-cloud strategy across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform. You will drive secure, scalable cloud services that power world-class research and enterprise operations while leading a high-performing DevOps team.

You will balance strategic leadership with hands-on engineering, set technical standards, and mentor engineers across research and enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent experience) in conjunction with demonstrated achievement in senior technical leadership roles in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or IT architecture.
• Demonstrated deep technical expertise in at least two major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) with proven ability to design and implement complex, multi-cloud infrastructure solutions at enterprise scale.
• Ability to define technical strategy, architecture standards, and engineering practices that drive quality and consistency across a team of cloud platform engineers.
• Proven experience providing technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams, including conducting architecture reviews and driving decisions.
• Hands-on delivery alongside strategic leadership, maintaining technical credibility while influencing organisational direction.
• Proven ability to foster cross-organisational relationships and collaborate with senior stakeholders.
• Track record as a technical leader in cloud platform engineering within a research or scientific computing organisation.
• Multiple cloud certifications at professional/expert level across at least two cloud providers.
• Experience with distributed systems design, microservices, and large-scale infrastructure automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead CSIRO’s cloud strategy across AWS, Azure & Google Cloud Platform.
• Drive secure, scalable & cost-effective cloud services that power world-class research.
• Lead a high-performing DevOps team & shape the future of cloud innovation at CSIRO.
• Collaborate with Team Lead on technical vision, strategy, and roadmap for the Cloud Platforms Team.
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to engineers, including architecture reviews and standards adoption.

Skills

Cloud leadership

Multi-cloud expertise

DevOps automation

Mentorship

Security incident response

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, seeks a Cloud Platforms Technical Lead to shape the multi-cloud strategy across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform. You will drive secure, scalable cloud services that power world-class research and enterprise operations while leading a high-performing DevOps team.

You will balance strategic leadership with hands-on engineering, set technical standards, and mentor engineers across research and enterprise environments.