Infrastructure and Cloud Lead

** Permanent Full time**:

- ** $123k - $137k + Superannuation**:

- ** Join the Information Technology team**

Hume City Council is one of Australia’s fastest growing and culturally diverse councils. We put the customer and our community at the centre of all that we do, ensuring our services are efficient and accessible.

**What you’ll be doing**:

- Ensure System Reliability and Performance: Maintain and optimize the performance of infrastructure and cloud services to ensure high availability and reliability.
- Security and Compliance: Implement robust security measures and ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
- Cost Management: Optimize costs associated with infrastructure and cloud services, ensuring efficient use of resources.
- Scalability and Flexibility: Design and manage scalable and flexible infrastructure to support business growth and changing needs.
- Innovation and Improvement: Continuously seek and implement improvements and innovations in infrastructure and cloud technologies.
- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity: Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans to ensure business continuity in case of disruptions.
- Team Leadership and Development: Lead and develop the infrastructure and cloud team, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.
- Effectively communicate with stakeholders to align infrastructure and cloud strategies with business objectives.

**The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role**:

- Experience working at the Senior level in Enterprise Infrastructure required
- Strong Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to effectively engage and manage relationships with key stakeholders.
- Team Management**: Essential skills in leading and managing teams to achieve organizational goals.
- Experience working with an automated service desk system and adhering to Service Level Agreements (SLAs)/key performance indicators required
- Expert knowledge of classic networking design, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN, and firewalls.
- Experience with virtualization technologies such as VMware or Hyper-V.
- Experience of Microsoft Azure Cloud operating environments and hybrid cloud architectures..
- Industry certifications in Microsoft and Cloud technologies
- Certification in ITIL4, Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert - Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate or Microsoft Cyber Security Architect
- Strong understanding of infrastructure and security architecture principles, design patterns, and enterprise integration concepts.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

**Why Hume City Council?**

A leader in local government, we’re committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative work environment that is guided by our values:
**We’re better, every day**: We give things a go and value progress over perfection. We have permission to go for it and are expected to reflect and learn.

**We’re in it together**: At Hume, everyone matters. We Welcome and include all. Respect and safety are expected.

**We show up**: We empower and trust others and own our work. We rise to the challenges and are expected to do what we say we will.

**All for Hume**: We strive to achieve our best for the Hume Community. We are proud and passionate about working towards better outcomes and expect they are at the centre of everything we do.

We offer a competitive salary package, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

A child safe organisation and an equal opportunity employer. Council encourages people of all ages, people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.