[Hiring] Senior Cloud Architect @XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd

Role Description

This is a remote position.

The Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR) strives to encourage the sustainable growth of Australian industries including the delivery of a national innovation system to drive knowledge creation, international competitiveness and greater productivity.

The CIO Group provides a range of enabling services and operations delivery to the department and to Australian businesses and are seeking experienced and motivated Cloud Engineers and/or Architects with a minimum of 5 years' experience to assist with the delivery of various ICT Projects across the CIO Group.

Key duties and responsibilities

• Develop enterprise level cloud platform architectures for MS Azure and M365;
• Develop high level solution architectures for cloud-based systems;
• Develop detailed architecture guidance for cloud engineers;
• Provide impact analysis of user/stakeholder requirements;
• Ensure that the enterprise and system solutions maintain adherence to whole-of-government standards;
• Provide technical guidance and input into the design and build of cloud-based systems;
• Liaise with cross-functional teams including business owners, scrum masters, business analysts, developers, enterprise architects & testers to produce solutions in accordance with stakeholder requirements and project objectives;
• Liaise with the department’s Service Experience team to ensure architectural decisions incorporate user experience considerations;
• Liaise with ICT Engagement and Enterprise Architecture to ensure alignment to target architectures and technology;
• Provide expertise and assistance in platform automation – testing, continuous integration and deployment;
• Promote key enterprise architecture principles as applicable to cloud platforms – re-use before buy/build, configure over customise, open data/access over siloed functionality;
• Promote and provide assistance to ensure solutions align with the DTA’s Digital Service Standard;
• Be strategic, a leader and influencer;
• Undertake additional duties as required.

Qualifications

• Cloud experience: Demonstrated experience in cloud-based solution implementation with technologies including:
  • Azure App Services, Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps, Azure SQL, Azure Service Bus and Azure API Management;
  • Azure DevOps for code development, management, repositories, Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD deployments;
  • Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Key Vault, Azure Monitor and Application Insights;
  • 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.
• Cultural fit:
  • 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 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: Demonstrated experience 5yrs+ implementing and managing cloud systems and technologies. The Cloud Architect/Engineer will:
  • 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.

Requirements

• 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.