Senior Cloud Engineer

Gateway Synergy is looking for multiple highly experienced Senior Cloud Engineer for a federal government agency. An exciting opportunity is open for a rapidly growing project. Be part of a team that makes meaningful changes and improves Australian lives.

The Role
The agency is seeking experienced Cloud Engineers to work within the Chief Technology and Data Officer Branch of the Enterprise Transformation Group.

The Cloud Engineers are responsible for undertaking very complex and sensitive work, under broad direction, utilising expertise across a range of activities relating to IT Infrastructure.

Successful applicants will be primarily focussed on managing and improving the agency's Azure infrastructure, such as Azure resources, Office 365 applications, and the agency's Standard Operating Environments. Additionally, Cloud Engineers may be asked to manage or develop AWS infrastructure.

Please note, candidates must hold an active Baseline security clearance prior to commencement.

The Candidate
Ehe role will be responsible for, but not limited to:

• Under direction of the relevant Director/Program Manager/Team Leaders, the Cloud Engineer’s tasks and responsibilities will be to work on infrastructure tasks such as:
  • Office 365 Mail, File Collaboration, Teams and associated services;
  • Azure AD Identity;
  • Azure Automation;
  • Security Compliance configuration;
  • Migration of users, systems and data;
  • Documentation and handover into Operations.
• Key success indicators will be:
  • Demonstrating evidence-based decision making which is robust and documented;
  • Managing and engaging with risk in all cloud areas of the program;
  • Anticipating and establishing priorities for the cloud components in the program;
  • Identifying and delivering strategic and innovative deliverables in the best interest of the agency;
  • Engaging with agency stakeholders and ensuring their requirements are addressed; and
  • Providing high quality timely advice and guidance to the Program’s management in relation to cloud services.

Criteria
The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a one page pitch to address all criteria specified. This is equal to 5000 characters.

Essential criteria

1. Demonstrated knowledge and experience in implementing enterprise IT solutions consuming Azure services, including some or all of the following: - Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) setup and management - Identity - Entra ID (AAD), Azure B2C and Entra ID Connect - API Management (APIM) - developing APIs, APIM maintenance and infrastructure - Serverless Compute - Azure Functions, Web Apps - Storage - blobs, files shares, queues and tables - Integration - Service Bus and Event Hub - Certificate management - Secrets / Key vault management • Experience in writing Azure DevOps CI/CD YAML pipelines using ARM and Bicep • Experience with managing and migrating solution infrastructure to the Azure platform. • Demonstrated knowledge of risk management principles and processes in context of Infrastructure management. • Cultural fit – you will have: - problem-solving and self-motivated characteristics. - experience working with a geographically dispersed team. - the ability to work with technical and non-technical staff at all levels. - the ability to collaborate with and learn from other team members.
2. To be considered compliant, submissions need to be provided in 1 PDF Document including: Page 1 - a completed copy of the Candidate Submission Guide (to be provided via email to the listed BuyICT email contact address upon RFQ publication): • Provide information for the following items: Candidate Name, Position Title, Opportunity ID, Candidate Availability, Location, Citizenship Status, Security Clearance Level, Planned Leave (exceeding 1 week), Additional Engagements, Submitting Consultant. • Choose an item or check the box that applies to the following options: Previous Agency Employee or Contractor, Current Contractor, Code of Conduct, Submission History, Authority to Represent, Submission Compliancy. • Consultant comments may be added (must be limited to the space provided). Page 2 - A one-page pitch addressing the selection criteria. This should not exceed one page. Pages 3 - 5 - A resume of no more than three pages. We will strictly adhere to the above requirements. Submissions will be deemed non-compliant if they do not meet the listed criteria, if they exceed the 5-page limit or if the rates of submitted candidates

Desirable criteria

1. Highly Desirable: • Intune management and configuration of mobile devices. • Office 365 best practice and configuration in keeping with the DTA blueprint. • Demonstrated experience in telephony solutions at a nationwide/enterprise level, including solutions for calling centre / contact centre metrics. • Demonstrated knowledge and experience in implementing enterprise IT solutions consuming AWS services - including, but not limited to the following: - Landing Zone uplifts - AWS Identity Centre - AWS Audit Manager
2. Desirable: • Relevant graduate qualifications in IT, such as computer science/engineering degree. Industry Cloud Certifications. • Experience with GIT version control and common branching strategies. • Demonstrated experience with power platform automation. • Demonstrated knowledge of IT frameworks, such as ITIL and TOGAF. • Demonstrated knowledge of the Commonwealth frameworks, including ICT frameworks. • Cultural fit – would be good if you have: - The ability to mentor other team members. - The ability to build and maintain effective working relationships across all levels and influence key stakeholder

 
You must submit a CV on application prior to a phone call with Wiliana on 0482 074 845

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