Senior Azure Cloud Engineer Developer

Azure Terraform Fabric Azure DevOps Baseline Clearance Canberra Contract

Senior Azure Cloud EngineerCanberra Baseline Clearance Required 12-Month Contract + Extensions
Your new companyThis Federal Government department delivers critical digital services that support Australia's agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors. Operating within a large-scale enterprise environment, the team is responsible for modern cloud, data and analytics platforms that enable secure, data-driven decision-making across the organisation.
Your new roleAs a Senior Azure Cloud Engineer, you will play a key role in the design, implementation and ongoing support of enterprise Azure cloud environments and modern data platforms. Working alongside architects, data engineers and platform specialists, you will help deliver secure, scalable and highly available cloud services that support mission-critical business outcomes.
Key responsibilities include:

• Designing, deploying and supporting Azure cloud infrastructure
• Developing Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform
• Building and maintaining Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines
• Supporting Azure networking, governance, security and identity services
• Managing and optimising enterprise Azure environments
• Working across Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Azure Storage and Azure SQL
• Troubleshooting complex production issues and performing root cause analysis
• Contributing to automation, platform uplift and continuous improvement initiatives
• Producing technical documentation and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams

What you'll need to succeedTo be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Strong experience supporting enterprise Azure environments
• Hands-on expertise with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices
• Experience building and maintaining Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines
• Strong knowledge of Azure networking, governance, security and Entra ID
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory and modern data platforms
• Understanding of cloud operations, monitoring and platform optimisation
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Baseline security clearance or the ability to obtain and maintain one

What you'll get in returnYou'll join a high-performing team working on modern cloud and data platform initiatives that support nationally significant services. This contract offers a long-term engagement, interesting technical challenges and the opportunity to work across some of Microsoft's latest cloud and data technologies.
What you need to do nowIf you're an experienced Azure Cloud Engineer looking for your next Canberra contract opportunity, apply now or contact George Pinkerton at Hays Technology for a confidential discussion.