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Recruitment Consultant | ICT & Business Support Services | Security Cleared Specialist

Infrastructure-Platform Consultant – Azure Cloud Operations

About the client:

Our client is a global consultancy engaged in delivering high-performance cloud infrastructure solutions across government and enterprise sectors. This role is central to maintaining and evolving Azure-based platforms to ensure stability, compliance, and operational excellence.

About the role:

We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure-Platform Consultant to lead a geographically distributed team supporting Azure-hosted environments. The role combines hands-on engineering, technical leadership, and service delivery oversight. You'll be responsible for ensuring platform health, driving best practices, and collaborating with stakeholders to meet evolving business and compliance needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor a team of Azure platform engineers across multiple sites.
• Act as L3 escalation point for infrastructure incidents and performance issues.
• Review and approve infrastructure changes, automation scripts, and configurations.
• Enforce Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and governance standards.
• Coordinate patching, backup validation, and performance monitoring.
• Integrate monitoring tools (Azure Monitor, Dynatrace) for proactive issue detection.
• Collaborate with architects and security teams on hardening and modernisation.
• Maintain system documentation, runbooks, and knowledge base articles.
• Participate in CAB meetings and support audit and compliance activities.
• Coach junior engineers and support team development initiatives.

Required Experience:

• 4+ years managing infrastructure in Microsoft Azure environments.
• 2+ years leading or mentoring technical teams.
• Strong experience with RHEL and Windows Server VMs.
• Proficiency in Azure IaaS services and patching tools.
• Familiarity with Azure Monitor and Dynatrace.
• Solid troubleshooting across compute, network, and OS layers.
• Understanding of ITIL processes and service management.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA).
• Experience in government or regulated environments.
• Exposure to infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or ARM templates).

What's on offer?

This is a contract role based in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, or Ballarat, commencing as soon as available. You'll work on a high-impact Azure platform supporting critical workloads in a secure and regulated environment.

How to Apply

Please upload your resume to apply. We will be in touch with further instructions for suitably skilled candidates. Please note that you may be required to complete selection criteria to finalise your application.

Candidates must be Australian Citizens with an active AGSVA Baseline Clearance (NV1 preferred or eligible). Pre-employment screening may include ID and work rights verification, security clearance validation, and other client-requested checks.

Seniority level

• Seniority levelMid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment typeContract

Job function

• Job functionInformation Technology
• IndustriesIT System Design Services, IT Services and IT Consulting, and IT System Custom Software Development

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