Sovereign Cloud Architect — Defence & GDC/GKE Specialist

Alois Uk; Tasmania; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Alois UK seeks a Cloud Architect to support high-assurance engagements across sovereign cloud and defence programs in Australia. You will design and deploy GDC/GKE architectures, implement GitOps workflows, and ensure security and compliance across edge, on-prem, and air-gapped environments.

Responsibilities include building IaC pipelines with Terraform, integrating with Defence data centres, and authoring runbooks and ADRs aligned to Defence standards.

Qualifications

• Australian Citizenship with active NV1 clearance or eligibility for higher clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and secure Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) patterns across multi-tenant and air-gapped environments.

Skills

GKE

Anthos Config Mgmt

Terraform

GitOps

Istio

IAM / Security

Edge Computing

Stakeholder Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Istio

VMware

Job description

Alois UK seeks a Cloud Architect to support high-assurance engagements across sovereign cloud and defence programs in Australia. You will design and deploy GDC/GKE architectures, implement GitOps workflows, and ensure security and compliance across edge, on-prem, and air-gapped environments.

Responsibilities include building IaC pipelines with Terraform, integrating with Defence data centres, and authoring runbooks and ADRs aligned to Defence standards.