Senior Cloud Architect / Cloud Engineer in Canberra

Our Federal Government client is looking for multiple Senior Cloud Architects / Cloud Engineers for a contract role with an initial 12-month engagement and likely further extensions. They are looking for someone, preferably based in Canberra, ACT in a hybrid capacity but will also consider, for a suitable candidate, someone from an Australian capital city, also working in a hybrid capacity from their state-based office. For this latter engagement, ad-hoc travel will be required to Canberra from time to time.

Mandatory Requirements:

• All candidates must be an Australian citizen and hold a current Baseline clearance OR be able to obtain Baseline clearance.
• All candidates must have at least 5 years' relevant local working experience in the field.

Cloud Experience:

• Demonstrated experience in cloud-based solution implementation with technologies including Azure DevOps for code development, management, repositories, Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD deployments.
• Integrating cloud-based systems with third-party systems, including Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM.
• Azure networking, security and identity management capabilities including Virtual Networks, Private Endpoints and Role Based Access Control.
• Ability to work with geographically dispersed teams.
• Ability to work with technical and non-technical staff at all levels.
• Ability to collaborate and mentor team members to promote team harmony.

Agile Experience:

• Experience working with Agile multi-disciplinary teams to deliver secure, user-friendly and reliable solutions that meet stakeholder, citizen, and business expectations.
• Ability to pragmatically change direction and scope as new information is discovered and challenges or opportunities present themselves.

Technical Skills:

• Liaise with cross-functional teams to develop and manage enterprise and application-level architectures for MS-Azure.
• Provide impact analysis and technical guidance in design and development of project work aligned with WoG Standards.
• Demonstrated track record of technical leadership across project and operational tasks.
• Demonstrated experience and understanding of cloud-based technologies and architectures.
• Demonstrated experience in application and integration, or infrastructure platform architecture.
• Minimum 3 years' experience designing and documenting architectures for large, complex enterprise systems.
• Experience with AWS and/or GCP is desirable but not essential.

Notes: Detailed job description is available upon request. Your daily rate will depend on skills and experience. Start date for this assignment is anticipated to be mid-October 2026. Full-time requirement, standard 8 hours per day (40 hours per week) and flexible/hybrid working arrangements will be considered. The successful candidate must provide a one-page summary of their alignment with the key criteria specified above (up to 5000 characters). Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.