Seniot Infrastructure Cloud Engineer

Aurec; Canberra; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurec is seeking a Senior Infrastructure/Cloud Engineer for a prominent Federal Government department in Canberra. You will assess, design, and configure hybrid infrastructure patterns to support cloud readiness and a Microsoft Entra ID platform with a Zero Trust framework.

Responsibilities include coordinating network, security, and authentication integrations, automating deployments, and delivering detailed documentation for handover, testing, and recovery planning.

Qualifications

• Baseline security clearance required.
• Extensive experience with hybrid enterprise infrastructure in government environments.

Responsibilities

• Assess and document infrastructure, platform, and cloud dependencies affecting identity synchronisation and migrations.
• Design, implement, and maintain secure hybrid infrastructure across Entra ID, AD, and integrations.
• Evaluate endpoint impacts across hybrid-joined devices, Intune, Windows Hello for Business, Citrix/VDI, and remote access services.
• Prepare, configure, and manage environments for development, test, UAT and production testing.
• Coordinate network, firewall, DNS, certificates, proxy, and load balancer requirements for SSO migrations.
• Automate configuration tasks and develop as-built docs, SOPs, deployment run sheets, and recovery plans.

Skills

Microsoft Entra ID

Active Directory

AD FS

MIM

Intune

Windows Hello for Business

Citrix/VDI

Zero Trust

DNS

Firewalls

Load Balancers

Certificates

Job description

About the Opportunity

• Join a high-performing engineering team within a prominent Federal Government department, driving critical infrastructure, platform, and cloud modernization initiatives across enterprise environments.
• Play a pivotal role in assessing, designing, and configuring secure hybrid infrastructure patterns as the department transitions to a cloud-ready Microsoft Entra ID platform and Zero Trust framework.

What's on Offer

• Contract/Engagement: Initial 12-month contract + 12-month extension option.
• Location & Flexibility: Canberra, ACT.

Role & Responsibilities

• Assess and document infrastructure, platform, and cloud dependencies affecting identity synchronisation, modern authentication, and application migration sequencing.
• Design, implement, and maintain secure hybrid infrastructure patterns across Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, retained legacy services, and target integrations.
• Evaluate endpoint and access impacts across hybrid-joined devices, Intune co-management, Windows Hello for Business, Citrix, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), and remote-access services.
• Prepare, configure, and manage development, test, UAT, and production environments required for integration testing and migration rehearsals.
• Coordinate network, firewall, DNS, certificate, proxy, load-balancing, and connectivity requirements for application SSO migrations.
• Automate repeatable configuration activities using standard scripting practices while developing detailed as-built documentation, SOPs, controlled deployment run sheets, and recovery plans.

Skills & Experience

To be successful in this position, you will ideally bring:

• Technical Toolkit: Deep technical expertise across Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, AD FS, MIM, Microsoft Intune, Windows Hello for Business, Citrix/VDI, SASE/Zero Trust frameworks, and core network controls (DNS, firewalls, load balancers, certificates).
• Experience: Extensive experience as a Senior Infrastructure or Cloud Engineer evaluating, configuring, and supporting complex hybrid enterprise infrastructure and identity transitions within large-scale or government environments.
• Core Capabilities: Proven capability in infrastructure automation, environment configuration, controlled deployment execution, operational handover, and technical troubleshooting.

Eligibility & Clearance Requirements

• Security Clearance: Due to the nature of this environment, candidates must hold a current Baseline security clearance.