Cloud Lead

**CLOUD LEAD**

**This opportunity offers**:

- Ongoing employment
- Full time role & 35 hour working week
- RFS Level 10/11
- Attractive annual salary $131,213 - $144,591 p.a. plus 12% superannuation
- Location: Sydney Olympic Park (hybrid/flexible working arrangements considered)

**Looking for more information?**

**Join Our Team: Protect, Serve, and Make a Difference**

We are the Rural Fire Service (RFS), a dedicated community of volunteers providing fire and emergency services to approximately 95% of NSW. When you work with the RFS, you join a passionate team committed to protecting our neighbours, the wider community, and the environment from the threat of bushfires and other emergencies. With over 70,000 volunteer members and staff, we embody the spirit of mutual respect, support, friendship, and camaraderie. We are one team with many players, united by a single purpose. If you share our passion for community service and environmental protection, we want to hear from you Become a part of our mission to safeguard lives and our cherished NSW landscapes.

**What you’ll be doing**:
**To thrive in this role, you will have**:

- Hands-on technical leadership in AWS cloud architecture and knowledge of Azure platform.
- Expert in CDK-based infrastructure automation using TypeScript, C#
- Knowledge of core network infrastructure such as Cisco, F5
- A passion for public service and community impact
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills

If you are interested in finding out more about this opportunity, please access the **Role Description** and our **organisation structure**.

**Why work for us?**
- Corporate uniform available
- Attractive leave entitlements including **4 weeks**annual leave per year, plus more
- Free access to our Member Assistance Program (MAP) for all RFS members, and their immediate family
- Salary packaging options available
- One ‘Agreed Absence’ leave day per calendar month
- Ongoing learning and professional development programs (RFS is a Registered Training Organisation giving you access to various internal courses)
- Partnership with Fitness Passport for eligible RFS staff and their families to access more than 845 gyms and pools

**You'll also get to enjoy**:

- Easy access to Sydney Olympic Park Train Station, bus services and parking facilities
- Local eateries and childcare facilities
- Sydney Olympic Park Entertainment and Sports Precinct, including Accor Stadium, Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Showgrounds, and Bicentennial Park
- Eligible staff are invited to join the local Sydney Olympic Park **Connected Membership** program, at an additional cost

**To ignite your RFS journey**:

- A **cover letter** in PDF format, addressing how you meet the essential requirements of the role, outlining your suitability and why you are interested in this opportunity;
- Can you walk me through implementing a blue-green deployment strategy with AWS CDK, including your approach to automated provisioning, traffic management, and health monitoring with rollback capabilities? What programming language would you choose for the IaC implementation and why?
- Can you describe a scenario where you had to integrate Cisco network infrastructure with F5 load balancing in a hybrid cloud environment? What challenges did you face in terms of routing, security policies, and automation, and how did you resolve them?

**Important recruitment Information**
- A **recruitment (talent) pool** may be created through this recruitment process to fill future ongoing, temporary, casual and term, full time or part time opportunities.
- We value a diverse and inclusive workplace and are committed to ensuring our employees represent the diversity of communities that we serve.
- Learn more about how RFS members support communities across NSW below_

**Vacancy Reference: R25/207**

This may not be the role for you, however you can check out other vacancies in the RFS **here**, or consider **volunteering** with your local Brigade.