Senior Infrastrucutre Engineer

Whizdom; South Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Whizdom is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join a high-performing cloud platforms team. You will design, secure, deploy and support cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure environments, working with architects, developers and operations to deliver secure, scalable services.

You will drive automation, operational maturity and continuous improvement while mentoring engineering teams and promoting cloud best practices.

Qualifications

• Significant experience delivering and securing cloud-based infrastructure.
• AWS and Azure security best practices and configurations.
• Experience with IAM technologies including Entra ID, SCIM and AWS IAM.
• Ability to design secure, scalable, highly available cloud services.
• Experience with IaC, CI/CD pipelines and cloud automation.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain secure cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Strengthen identity and access management controls across cloud platforms.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
• Support cloud-native security monitoring and threat detection.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud and networking issues.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to engineering teams.
• Drive continuous improvement and cloud best practices.
• Contribute to technical delivery planning, risk mitigation.

Skills

AWS Cloud

Cloud security

IAM Entra/SCIM

Security tooling

Microsoft Defender

Microsoft Sentinel

Cloud networking

IaC

CI/CD pipelines

Mentoring

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Entra ID

AWS IAM

AWS Security Hub

Microsoft Defender

Microsoft Sentinel

Job description

About the Client

Our client is a well-established Federal Government organisation responsible for delivering critical digital services that support millions of Australians.

As part of a significant cloud transformation journey, they continue to invest in modern platforms, automation, security and operational excellence across their technology landscape.

Joining this team will provide the opportunity to work with contemporary AWS and Azure environments, contribute to large-scale cloud initiatives, and help strengthen the security and resilience of nationally important systems.

About the Role

An opportunity exists for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer with strong cloud security expertise to join a high-performing cloud platforms team.

You will play a key role in designing, securing, deploying and supporting cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure environments. Working closely with architects, developers and operational teams, you will help deliver secure, scalable and highly available cloud services while driving automation, continuous improvement and operational maturity.

Key responsibilities include:

• Designing, implementing and maintaining secure cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Strengthening identity and access management controls across cloud platforms.
• Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation capabilities.
• Supporting cloud-native security monitoring and threat detection solutions.
• Troubleshooting complex cloud and networking issues.
• Providing technical guidance and mentoring to engineering teams.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives and promoting cloud best practices.
• Contributing to technical delivery planning, risk identification and mitigation activities.

What's on Offer

• Initial 12-month contract with extension options.
• Primarily remote working arrangement.
• Opportunity to work on modern AWS and Azure cloud environments.
• Exposure to leading cloud security technologies, automation practices and enterprise-scale platforms.

The Successful Candidate

To be successful, you will bring significant experience delivering and securing cloud-based infrastructure, ideally within complex enterprise or government environments.

You will demonstrate:

• Strong expertise across AWS cloud services and cloud security best practice.
• Experience with Enterprise Identity and Access Management technologies including Entra ID, SCIM and AWS IAM.
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native security tooling such as AWS Security Hub, Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Sentinel.
• Strong cloud networking knowledge within modern cloud environments.
• Experience operating and supporting highly available, scalable cloud solutions.
• Exposure to Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines and cloud automation.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• A collaborative mindset with the ability to mentor and uplift technical teams.
• Experience identifying and managing technical delivery risks while ensuring successful outcomes.

Why partner with Whizdom?

We’re Whizdom. We view you as an extension of our strong, dependable brand and have differentiators which really are different! The Whizdom way:

• We pay our contractors same day you submit your timesheet!
• We are Level 3, DISP certified and have signed the Veteran Employment Commitment and been awarded the highest level of compliance to this important initiative, proactively assisting veterans transitioning from the forces to civilian roles. We’ve been lucky enough to win industry awards for our high level of process compliance and are ISO 9001 certified. Our commitment to reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions has been accredited in line with large global organisations.
• We value diversity and welcome applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people living with a disability.

Location: The role is based in Barton, Canberra ACT.

Office Type: Onsite

Contract terms: 12 months from commencement date, plus 2x 12 month extensions

Estimated Hours: 40 per week

Security Requirements: Due to the nature of this position, candidates must hold a minimum Baseline security clearance.

Candidates will need to be willing to undergo pre-employment screening checks which may include, ID and work rights, security clearance verification and any other client requested checks.

Applications open until 8am 17 September 2026.