Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Automation Engineer

At NCS Australia, we are more than a technology services company—we are a team of innovators, problem-solvers, and creators shaping the future. With a strong presence across the APAC region, we partner with government and enterprise organisations to tackle complex challenges and deliver solutions that drive real, lasting impact. We are passionate about unlocking value through technology.

We’re looking for a senior engineer to lead infrastructure automation across our on‑prem and Azure environments. You’ll design and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) foundations, build scalable CI/CD pipelines, and champion cloud governance and security controls that enable fast, reliable delivery.

In this role, you will:

• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to provision, update, and scale both on‑premises and Azure-based infrastructure.
• Design and implement Azure landing zones, including core networking, RBAC, policies, and security baselines aligned with cloud best practices.
• Develop and enhance CI/CD pipelines across Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions to support automated testing, gated approvals, and consistent deployment patterns for both infrastructure and applications.
• Leverage Ansible and other configuration management tools to standardize server builds, manage patching workflows, and ensure configuration drift is minimised.
• Collaborate closely with DevOps, platform, and application engineering teams to deliver secure, reliable, and scalable environments while uplifting engineering practices across the organisation.
• Implement cloud governance frameworks, including tagging standards, policy enforcement, cost controls, monitoring, observability, and secrets management.
• Contribute to reusable IaC modules, engineering standards, and high‑quality documentation, as well as coach teams on Git workflows, automation best practices, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code—Terraform (modules, state, workspaces), preferably across on‑prem and Azure.
• Hands‑on experience with Azure services (compute, networking, storage, identity); ARM/Bicep familiarity is a plus.
• Strong CI/CD background: pipelines, artifact/versioning, approvals, multi-environment deployments, Git branching/PR workflows.
• Configuration management with Ansible (roles, playbooks, inventories), and integration with pipelines.
• Solid understanding of networking (VNet design, subnets, routing, DNS), security controls (RBAC, Key Vault, Defender), and cloud governance (Azure Policy, cost mgmt, tagging).
• Proven collaboration across DevOps, platform, and application engineering—clear communication, stakeholder alignment, and a delivery mindset.

Nice‑to‑have

• Experience with integration solutions using Azure services (Logic Apps, Azure Functions, API Management, etc.) is a plus.
• Experience with GitOps (Argo CD/Flux), containers (AKS), or service mesh (Istio).
• Scripting in Python/Go or PowerShell for automation.
• Exposure to incident response, SRE practices, or FinOps in Azure.

Why you’ll love it here

• Impactful work modernising infrastructure and delivery pipelines.
• Supportive team culture and opportunities to mentor and be mentored.
• Flexible, hybrid working in Melbourne.
• Competitive package, plus learning & certification support (e.g., Azure certs).

Additional Information

NCS Australia is where you can feel at home, nurturing your talents and skills as we make tomorrow together, one day at a time. Our benefits include paid parental leave, initiatives focused on your well‑being and discounted health insurance. You will also enjoy discounts on various products and services and be regularly recognised and rewarded for high performance. We are committed to your career development through our Capability Fingerprint, industry and partner training programs, special interest groups, and an AI‑driven learning platform. No matter where you are in your career, we offer meaningful work and opportunities for growth.

NCS Australia is an equal‑opportunity employer, and we take pride in our commitment to valuing and supporting our people and the communities we serve. We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Veterans, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community. At NCS Australia, we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply.

Work rights and background checks

To be eligible for a position with us, applicants will need to have valid work rights for Australia and be willing to undergo a comprehensive background checking process, including probity and police checks.