Cloud Engineer

• Location: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
• Type: Contract
• Job #17161

About the role

Our Federal Government client is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to join their team and be responsible for the ongoing maintenance and enhancement of the branch’s cloud environment.
 

Key responsibilities

• Design, deploy and maintain cloud infrastructure to support the technology solution, ensuring scalability, reliability, and availability. This will include utilising Azure services and DevOps to deploy changes to production, following best practices for application deployment and configuration.

• Monitor and maintain system uptime by implementing high-availability configurations and responding promptly to incidents, working with developers to integrate additional telemetry where needed.

• Drive improvements and automation through the identification of opportunities for improvements to infrastructure. You will develop initiatives that enhance efficiency, reliability, and performance or reduce cost. This may also include the implementation of automation scripts and tools to streamline repetitive tasks.

• Author, contribute to, and share current-state documentation with relevant teams and stakeholders, including configuration details, and operational procedures.

• Provide production support through troubleshooting and resolving issues as required, including setting up monitoring and alerting systems, incident response, and performing root cause analysis.

Skills and experience

• Demonstrated minimum 5 years’ experience cloud infrastructure and administration experience supporting critical environments.

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Software Development or similar.

• Deep understanding of cloud networking concepts, VPCs, subnetting, VPNs, and similar technologies. Knowledge of network security practices, including the use of firewalls and intrusion detection systems.

• Familiarity with cloud security best practices, tools, and compliance standards. Experience setting up and maintaining security protocols, including (IAM) ID and access management.

• Demonstrated ability to manage and optimise costs associated with cloud resources and services, ensuring efficient utilisation and minimising waste.

• Experience with automated deployment pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) deployment (e.g. ARM Templates, Bicep, Terraform).

Desirable criteria

• Experience working with containerised deployments and orchestration.

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365.

• Experience with Microsoft 365 configuration and management.

• Relevant Microsoft Azure certifications.

• Demonstrated experience working within an Agile environment.

Contact details

For a confidential chat, please contact Tayah on 0498 476 677 or via email at tayah@exclaim-it.com.au and we would be more than happy to provide you with additional information and assist in the application process.