Senior Cloud AI Engineer| AUS HYBRID | Federal Government Client | Australian Citizens Only |

3 days ago

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Cbite Recruit Full-time $170,000 - $230,000/year

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Our Federal Client is seeking Senior Cloud AI Engineers (EL1 equivalent) to deliver complex AI/cloud application projects across the Technology and Digital Program Group. Engineers will design, implement and operate AI/ML environments across on-premise, public cloud and hybrid platforms.
Specialise in cloud-native or public cloud AI platforms, building secure-by-design solutions using reusable patterns and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
Collaborate with Data Scientists, Architecture, Cyber Security and Core Data teams to establish governance, platform capabilities and best practices.
Operate with a high degree of autonomy while maintaining strong stakeholder engagement and compliance with agency processes.

5+ years hands-on experience as a Cloud AI Engineer across greenfield and brownfield AI/ML environments.
OpenShift, OpenShift AI, Kubernetes, RBAC, operators, AI pipelines, model serving and monitoring.
Containers and platform engineering using Docker/Podman, registries, image scanning and secure supply chain practices.
Linux administration, networking, DNS, TLS, load balancing and cloud connectivity.
DevOps, GitOps, CI/CD, Terraform, Ansible, Tekton, GitHub/GitLab/Azure DevOps and Argo CD.
Python scripting, AI/ML integration and automation.
MLOps, Generative AI, LLMs, Hugging Face, RAG, vector databases and AI agents.
GPU engineering including NVIDIA GPUs and CUDA.
AWS and/or Azure cloud AI services, APIs, observability, security, governance and FinOps.

Design, build and maintain secure, scalable and highly available infrastructure supporting AI, ML and Generative AI workloads.
Lead implementation, optimisation and operation of enterprise AI solutions.
Develop solution architectures for greenfield and brownfield cloud environments.
Provide technical leadership, documentation and guidance to APS teams.
Lead integration, migration and platform modernisation initiatives.
Apply DevSecOps, security, compliance and governance controls.
Drive innovation, continuous improvement and stakeholder engagement.
Resolve complex technical issues and prepare architecture and solution documentation.

Candidates must address all criteria in a one-page pitch (up to 5000 characters).