Senior Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer – Cloud | Federal Contract

Australian citizenship required. No PR or Work Visa holders. Must be able to obtain Baseline security clearance.

1. A tailored resume in docx format
2. Individual responses to each criterion (maximum 3000 characters per criterion)

• RFQ ID: LH-07248
• Agency: IP Australia
• Closing Date: Wednesday, 05 August 2026 – 11:59pm (Canberra time)
• Estimated Start Date: Tuesday, 01 September 2026
• Initial Contract Duration: 12 Months
• Extension Term: 12 months
• Number of Extensions: 2
• Experience Level: Senior - EL1 equivalent
• Security Clearance: Must be able to obtain Baseline security clearance
• Location of Work: Remote
• Working Arrangements: Most of the work can be done remotely from home, there is a requirement to come to the Canberra office 2-3 times a year for 2-3 days. If Canberra based there is the option to undertake hybrid and work from the IPA office. Due to the nature of the work, there will be requirements to work outside of normal office hours.
• Maximum Hours: 40 hours per week

Innovation Technology Group is looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer who will work in our cloud operations team designing, deploying and maintaining clouds and the associated networking in AWS. As part of the cloud operations team, you will continue to deliver a host of modern, government leading cloud systems and services.
To succeed in this role, you will need to be an experienced IT professional with significant recent experience in implementing AWS and/or Azure cloud-based infrastructure solutions, ideally in a Commonwealth Government context.

• → Working with stakeholders to deliver stable and secure software and environments, that align to IP Australia's reference architecture.
• → Designing, developing and maintaining Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Development (CD) pipelines.
• → Deploying and servicing cloud initiatives as needed in accordance with best practices throughout the development lifecycle.
• → Administering and optimising cloud environments in accordance with IP Australia's technical and security guidelines.
• → Educating teams on the implementation of new cloud-based initiatives and associated best practice.
• → Investigate, analyse, troubleshoot, and resolve issues with IP Australia's cloud environments and initiate improvement opportunities based on learning
• → Maintaining processes, procedures, and documentation necessary for effective maintenance of environments
• → Maintains an understanding of responsibilities under the Work Health & Safety Act 2011 (WHS Act) and a commitment to promoting a healthy and safe workplace
• → Demonstrates attitudes and behavior's responsive to workplace change and culturally fit with diverse teams (including participates in and encourages others to participate in change and contribute to successful outcomes)
• → Excellent communication skills

The specific duties cover designing, implement and operate IP Australia's secure, scalable, highly available and fault-tolerant Cloud-based solutions including:

• Cloud-based physical and virtual networking
• Infrastructure as a Service compute workload
• Cloud-native container platforms
• Storage services and gateways
• Serverless resources
• Security Services
• Cloud native database management
• Migration of on-prem applications to Cloud environments
• Provide technical support and co

The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a response to each criterion. Each response is limited to 3000 characters.

1. Demonstrable working knowledge of the AWS Cloud Platform and the services and policies required to maintain reliability and security of all accounts. 25%
2. Demonstrable experience in networking in a modern cloud deployment. 20%
3. Demonstrated experience with continuous improvement in new and emerging technologies 20%
4. Well-developed communication skills and the ability to mentor and guide people to uplift their cloud skills. 15%
5. Demonstrated experience in technical delivery including identifying technical and delivery risks 20%

We know the government ICT market and we keep things straightforward. We take time to understand your background, your goals and the type of role that suits you. We believe transparency is about more than rates and our margins are fair and always disclosed.

1. Fair, disclosed margins
2. Clear communication at every stage
3. Honest advice on fit and competitiveness
4. Visibility on submissions and process status
5. A professional and respectful experience

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1. PAYG through Pinaka
2. Third-party payroll
3. Self-employed (own ABN)

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