About the Organisation
Our client is a Federal Government organisation responsible for supporting the growth and innovation of Australian industries through the delivery of critical digital services and technology solutions. The organisation operates a large and complex ICT environment and is committed to delivering secure, modern and user-focused technology platforms that support business and government outcomes.
About the Role
We are seeking experienced Senior Cloud Architects and Cloud Engineers to support the delivery of a range of enterprise ICT initiatives within a large and complex technology environment.
Working as part of multidisciplinary teams, you will provide architectural leadership, cloud engineering expertise and technical guidance across the design, implementation and optimisation of cloud-based solutions. You will play a key role in developing enterprise cloud platforms, driving best practice architecture, and ensuring solutions align with government standards and organisational objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop enterprise-level cloud platform architectures across Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.
- Design high-level and detailed cloud solution architectures.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to cloud engineering teams.
- Conduct impact analysis of business and stakeholder requirements.
- Ensure solutions align with government architecture standards and best practices.
- Support the design, build, automation and deployment of cloud-based systems.
- Collaborate with business owners, architects, developers, testers and project teams to deliver fit-for-purpose solutions.
- Contribute to CI/CD, infrastructure as code, testing and platform automation initiatives.
- Promote modern architecture principles, reusability and user-centred design practices.
- Provide leadership, strategic thinking and stakeholder influence across programs and projects.
- Minimum five years' experience implementing and managing cloud technologies and solutions.
- Strong experience designing and implementing cloud-based solutions using:
- Azure App Services
- Azure Functions
- Azure Logic Apps
- Azure SQL
- Azure Service Bus
- Azure API Management
- Experience using Azure DevOps for source control, Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD deployments.
- Strong understanding of:
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Azure Key Vault
- Azure Monitor
- Application Insights
- Azure networking and security services
- Virtual Networks, Private Endpoints and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Experience integrating cloud platforms with third-party systems, including Dynamics 365 environments.
- Ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders across geographically dispersed teams.
- Experience delivering secure and reliable solutions within Agile multidisciplinary environments.
- Technical leadership across project and operational environments.
- Experience developing application, integration or infrastructure platform architectures.
- Experience designing and documenting architectures for large-scale enterprise environments.
- Exposure to AWS and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Initial 12-month contract.
- Two potential 12-month extension options.
- Remote working arrangements available, subject to operational requirements and approval.
Australian Citizenship is mandatory.
Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Baseline Security Clearance.
Submissions close COB Thursday the 24th of September 2026.
Please call Lisa Berjak on 0480 011 550 for any further information. Candidates will need to be willing to undergo pre-employment screening checks which may include, ID and work rights, security clearance verification, and any other client-requested checks.
Why partner with Whizdom?
We’re Whizdom. We view you as an extension of our strong, dependable brand and have differentiators which really are different! The Whizdom way:
We pay our contractors same day you submit your timesheet!
We are Level 3, DISP certified and have signed the Veteran Employment Commitment and been awarded the highest level of compliance to this important initiative, proactively assisting veterans transitioning from the forces to civilian roles. We’ve been lucky enough to win industry awards for our high level of process compliance and are ISO 9001 certified. Our commitment to reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions has been accredited in line with large global organisations.
We value diversity and welcome applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people living with a disability.
Our team of talented people are passionate about your experience, doing the right thing always, with a focus on your long-term career goals. We even give you a best in industry merch pack! Even if this role isn’t the exact fit for you, we would love a chat, contact us to find out more!
