Cloud Engineer

• Location: Brisbane City, Queensland
• Remote: Hybrid
• Type: Contract
• Job #18840

About the role

Step into a hands-on AWS Cloud Engineer contract within a large, complex public-sector environment. You will support high-availability services, deliver automation uplift, and partner with delivery teams via a matrix model.
 

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deliver secure, scalable AWS and hybrid-cloud services
• Resolve incidents, service requests, defects, and performance issues
• Build automation via Terraform and scripting, plus serverless components
• Provide technical input for plans, estimates, risks, and delivery steps
• Maintain clear documentation for support, audit, and service continuity

Highly desirable criteria

• Recent hands-on AWS delivery across EC2, S3, EBS, VPC, AWS Organisations, IAM; automation via Terraform, PowerShell, Python; serverless and messaging via Lambda, SQS; strong fault-find skill across AWS and hybrid environments.

Desirable criteria

• Active Directory and Windows Server 2016/2019, Azure AD; awareness of the Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM); AWS database services (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB); Linux admin; AWS Admin certification; exposure to Exchange / Exchange Online; Queensland Government experience.

Skills and experience

• Proven cloud ops + project delivery in a complex ICT environment, strong stakeholder comms, sound security mindset, and a practical approach to reliability and service health.

Contact Details

For a confidential chat, please contact Mur on 0436 438 272 or via email at mur@exclaim-it.com.au and we would be more than happy to provide you with additional information and assist in the application process.