Senior Cloud Solution Architect

We Are Hiring A New Senior Cloud Solution Architect!!!

Locations: Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide or Perth (Hybrid)

Contract: 12 Months + Extension Options

Hybrid Working (Following an initial onboarding period)

Security Clearance: Must be able to obtain an Australian Government Baseline Security Clearance

We are seeking experienced Senior Cloud Solution Architects to join a major enterprise digital transformation program delivering next-generation cloud platforms and AI-enabled solutions.

This is an exciting opportunity for senior cloud professionals with extensive experience designing and delivering enterprise cloud solutions across Microsoft Azure and/or Amazon Web Services (AWS). You’ll play a pivotal role in architecting secure, scalable, and highly available cloud environments that support Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Generative AI workloads.

Working alongside architecture, cyber security, infrastructure, and engineering teams, you’ll help establish enterprise cloud capabilities, develop reusable architectural patterns, implement governance frameworks, and deliver cloud platforms that align with strategic business objectives. This role offers the opportunity to work on complex, large-scale cloud transformation initiatives while influencing cloud strategy, architecture, and technology direction across a modern enterprise environment.

Key Responsibilities

As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will:

Design and implement secure, scalable cloud solutions across AWS and/or Microsoft Azure

Lead the deployment of greenfield cloud environments and enhance existing brownfield cloud platforms

Design and maintain highly available cloud infrastructure supporting Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Generative AI services

Develop secure-by-design cloud architectures using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles

Lead cloud migration activities, including AI workload migration, data migration, platform integration, and solution optimisation

Implement cloud governance, security controls, networking standards, and resource management frameworks

Collaborate with architecture, cyber security, and infrastructure teams to establish enterprise cloud standards and reusable design patterns

Design end-to-end cloud solutions that align with business objectives, enterprise architecture, and ICT strategy

Produce architecture documentation, solution designs, technical recommendations, and implementation guidance

Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and knowledge sharing across cloud engineering teams

Support DevSecOps practices, CI/CD automation, and continuous improvement initiatives

Drive innovation while ensuring compliance with security, governance, and regulatory frameworks

Resolve complex cloud platform issues and provide expert technical guidance across large programmes

Key Skills & Experience

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

Extensive hands-on experience designing and implementing enterprise cloud solutions using Microsoft Azure and/or Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Proven experience delivering greenfield and brownfield cloud environments, incorporating Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and secure-by-design principles.

Strong experience designing, deploying, and optimising cloud infrastructure supporting Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Generative AI services.

Experience migrating enterprise applications and AI workloads to public cloud platforms, including architecture, platform integration, data migration, and workload optimisation.

Strong knowledge of enterprise cloud networking, including Azure VNets, AWS VPCs, routing, hybrid connectivity, Network Security Groups (NSGs), security groups, subnets, and NAT Gateways.

Experience implementing cloud governance, identity and access management (RBAC/IAM), security guardrails, and cloud security services such as AWS Security Hub and Azure Security Center.

Hands-on experience with DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, and automation technologies including Azure DevOps, AWS CodePipeline, PowerShell, Python, and Bash.

Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills, with the ability to influence architecture decisions across large and complex programs.

Experience designing and supporting cloud networking, including:

Azure VNets

Network Security Groups (NSGs)

Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs)

Subnets

Routing

NAT Gateways

Hybrid connectivity

Why Join This Opportunity?

This is an outstanding opportunity to contribute to one of Australia’s largest enterprise cloud transformation programmes while helping shape the future of AI-enabled government services.

You’ll work alongside experienced architects, cloud specialists, cyber security professionals, and infrastructure teams delivering secure, scalable cloud solutions that support millions of users.

If you’re passionate about cloud engineering, AI platforms, and enterprise architecture - and enjoy solving complex technical challenges - we’d love to hear from you.

Pay: $115,000.00 – $225,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person