Cloud Engineer

• Opportunity to work with different cloud infrastructure to meet various organisational needs 
• Collaborative and supportive team environment 
• This is an Ongoing Full-time position  

About the Role
The Cloud Engineer is responsible for the design, implementation, maintenance and management of cloud infrastructure and services, mainly within Microsoft ecosystem, including roadmap activities such as cloud migration and transformation and the delivery of modern workplace applications, to meet current and future organisational needs.

We are seeking someone with strong technical skills and experience to support and build the cloud infrastructure and assist with various uplift projects within the Technology group. This is an exciting time to spread your wings and continue to build on your expertise. 

The role is an Ongoing Full-time position.  

About the NSW Electoral Commission

The New South Wales Electoral Commission delivers trusted and independent systems, processes, oversight and engagement that support democracy in New South Wales. Our vision is to maintain confidence in the integrity of the democratic process and make it easy for people to understand and participate.

Our work includes:

• Running and regulating elections
• Communicating and engaging with current and future voters, key NSW community stakeholders and NSW election participants; and
• Investigating possible offences and enforcing electoral and lobbying laws such as the Electoral Act 2017 and the Electoral Funding Act 2018.

What we offer

• Opportunity to work on large scale events and assist your local community  
• Career development opportunities through study and face to face training
• Access to self-paced expert-led training via LinkedIn Learning
• Employee Assistance Program for wellbeing support 
• Staff social events to connect with colleagues  
• Work/Life balance (35 hour working week), flex leave, generous holidays and leave conditions
• Access to Fitness Passport for eligible staff 
• Free annual flu vaccination
• Convenient CBD location, access to public transport

Key knowledge, experience and essential requirements

• Extensive experience in cloud engineering from designing, securing, deploying, managing and supporting secure hybrid cloud infrastructure. and be part of cloud migration, security hardening, hybrid identity implementation projects.
• Extensive experience working with Azure cloud platform in both Azure Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) delivery models of Azure resources for compute, storage, networking, identity and monitoring.
• Extensive experience in managing and administering various Microsoft 365 services including: Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, OneDrive, MS Planner, Whiteboard, MS Forms and inTune.
• Demonstrated experience working with endpoint management solutions and supporting identity access management solutions that include: Defender suites, inTune MDM, Entra ID, hybrid identity, single sign-on (SSO), Conditional Access Policies, Privileged Identity Management, Role Based Access Control (RBAC) and Multi Factor Authentication (MFA).
• Demonstrated understanding of cloud computing concepts and architecture, cloud security best practices and tools, and serverless functions and platforms (eg. ASD's Blueprint for Secure Cloud, Azure Cloud Adoption Framework, Azure Functions, Cloudflare, etc).
• Strong technical background and proven experience in Windows servers and core services (Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, GPO, Hyper-V, PKI/Certificate Lifecyle Management, Always On VPN, System Centre Suites, Bitlocker Management, etc).
• Demonstrated experience in managing SIEM/SOAR solution such as Microsoft Sentinel and understanding of Kusto Query Language (KQL) for data analysis.
• Demonstrated experience of scripting and automation languages (eg. PowerShell, Bicep/ARM Templates, Terraform, etc).
• Knowledge of DevOps, Version Control, CI/CD, Infrastructure as a Code (IaC), containerization and orchestration tools and practices.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in information technology or related fields and/or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Politically neutral with no current or past affiliation to political parties or lobbyists/campaigners.
• Satisfactory criminal record check result.

How to apply
As part of your application, you will be asked to respond to the two targeted questions:

1. Share an example of how you quickly adapted to a new technology or tool in your cloud engineering experience. How did you apply your knowledge to improve outcomes? (maximum 300 words)
2. Describe a time you were able to engage effectively with stakeholders and achieve technical outcomes, utilising your expert knowledge of complex hybrid cloud infrastructure. (maximum 300 words)

You should include a covering letter summarising your skills, knowledge and work experience, along with an up-to-date resume which clearly detail your skills and experience as relevant to this role. 

For further information regarding the role please download the Role Description.

Applying for a role in the NSW Public Service

For more information on how to apply for a role in the NSW Public Service, please refer here.

The NSW Electoral Commission embraces diversity and inclusion and is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the population of New South Wales. We welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds and encourage women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQIA+, people with disability, mature-age people, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this role. 

If you have any questions about applying or would benefit from an adjustment to the recruitment process to help you perform your best, please contact For more information on recruitment adjustments visit I Work for NSW Adjustments for individual needs.

Applications received and completed after closing time will not be considered for selection. 

The selection process will include a range of assessment techniques to assist in determining your suitability for the role.

For further information, contact NSW Electoral Commission's Talent team on

Other Information

Your employment will be subject to National Criminal Records Check to determine your suitability for employment.  

The NSW Electoral Commission is committed to maintaining public confidence in the integrity of the electoral system. The Commission requires all its employees to refrain from membership of any political party and from engaging in political activity which could be seen as reflecting adversely on the strict political neutrality of the Commission. To maintain political neutrality, applicants for roles with the Commission who are, who have been or who may be perceived to be or have been connected with political activities may also be ineligible for appointment and should disclose such information as part of their application. This does not include voting in a Commonwealth, State or Local Government election, which is compulsory in NSW.  The Commission's Political Neutrality Policy may be viewed on its website.

A talent pool may be created from this recruitment action for ongoing and temporary roles of the same work classification that may become available for filling over the next 18 months.

This role is based in at our Elizabeth Street, Sydney office with a hybrid work arrangement. 

Applications Close: Monday, 1st December 2025 @ 11.59pm