Senior Cloud Engineer (Azure)

Salary: $800 – $900 per day

Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Engineer with a strong Azure background to join their enterprise IT team on a 10-month contract (with likely extension), supporting a high-priority cyber risk remediation program of work.

This is a hands-on infrastructure engineering role, you'll be building and maintaining Terraform modules, deploying Azure Landing Zones, and acting as the core infrastructure enablement partner for a business-critical security uplift initiative.

The Role

• Build and maintain reusable Terraform modules aligned to the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) for Azure Landing Zone deployments

• Translate infrastructure patterns into code-driven, reusable IaC blueprints

• Deliver foundational technical controls supporting the cyber risk remediation program — including network origin isolation, host hardening baselines, and identity platform alignment

• Manage core Azure services: compute, networking, firewalls, App Services, Logic Apps, storage, and databases

• Support complex cloud networking topologies (hub-and-spoke, hybrid, vWAN)

• Manage cloud-native services including WAF, DNS, and load balancing

• Contribute to cloud cost optimisation and FinOps practices embedded in IaC

• Provide incident resolution support for high-criticality production issues

• Maintain CI/CD pipelines (YAML) for consistent, repeatable infrastructure builds

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years' experience as an Azure Cloud Engineer

• Strong IaC experience with Terraform, Azure DevOps, and GitHub

• Hands-on experience designing and managing IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS in Azure

• Solid networking expertise (DNS, WAF, load balancing)

• Windows/Linux administration and troubleshooting skills

• Experience resolving high-criticality production incidents

• Degree in IT, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field

Nice to Have

• Exposure to cyber security programs or cyber risk remediation work

• Experience with Google Cloud (GKE, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, VPC, IAM)

• Azure certifications (Administrator, Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer)

• GCP certifications (Associate Cloud Engineer, Professional Cloud Architect, Cloud Digital Leader)

The Details

• Engagement: 10-month contract, strong likelihood of extension

• Location: Sydney preferred (Melbourne considered), 3 days per week in office

• Rate: $900 per day

• Focus: This engagement is dedicated to the client's cyber risk remediation program of work

If you're a Terraform-strong Azure engineer who's ready to embed into a well-resourced security remediation program, apply now or reach out for a confidential discussion.