Senior Azure Cloud Engineer Developer

Digital Business Division The Digital Business Division (DBD) provides retail digital services for export and biosecurity regulation, operations, and compliance at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. This generates a range of efficiencies and delivers best-in-class digital and data products. The division is responsible for a suite of mission-critical systems and services through enterprise data governance and data analysis services. Enterprise Data provides a central capability responsible for coordinating and assuring how data is governed, managed and used across the organisation. It establishes enterprise‑wide standards, frameworks and accountabilities for data quality, stewardship, access, privacy and ethical use, while enabling shared platforms and practices that support consistency and reuse. The unit operates to reduce fragmentation and duplication in data approaches, improve trust in enterprise data assets, and ensure data can be effectively used to support policy development, regulatory activities, service delivery, reporting and emerging analytics and AI use cases. Key duties and responsibilities The Azure Cloud Engineer will be responsible for the implementation, support, maintenance and continuous improvement of the Department's Azure cloud and enterprise data platform environments. The role will work closely with data engineers, platform specialists, architects and business stakeholders to ensure secure, reliable and scalable cloud services that support critical business outcomes. The successful candidate will: Design, deploy, configure and support Azure cloud infrastructure and platform services in accordance with departmental standards and policies. Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions. Develop, maintain and support CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Git-based source control practices. Implement and support Azure networking, identity, security and monitoring services. Support the administration and operation of Azure environments including subscription management, governance controls and platform optimisation. Deploy, configure and support enterprise data platform services including Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Azure Storage, Azure SQL and related analytics services. Monitor platform health, availability and performance, proactively identifying and resolving operational issues. Perform incident investigation, root cause analysis and remediation activities for complex production issues. Contribute to technical documentation, operational procedures, support models and implementation standards. Collaborate with delivery teams to ensure cloud services are deployed using approved patterns and best practices. Support platform uplift initiatives that improve automation, security, resilience, scalability and operational efficiency. Contribute to knowledge sharing across the team through documentation, demonstrations and technical guidance. Participate in on-call, incident response and operational support activities as required. Criteria The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a response to each criterion. Each response is limited to 3000 characters. Essential criteria Weighting 1. Demonstrated experience implementing and supporting Azure cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code, automation and Azure DevOps practices. Weighting: 30% 2. Demonstrated expertise administering and supporting enterprise Azure services including networking, security, identity, governance and operational monitoring. Weighting: 30% 3. Demonstrated experience supporting modern AI, data and analytics platforms, including Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory and associated Azure data & AI services. Weighting: 25% 4. Demonstrated communication, collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to operate effectively within multidisciplinary teams and contribute to knowledge sharing. Cultural fit aligned with the APS purpose, policy objectives and mission of Enterprise Data and Digital Business Division. Weighting: 15% Opportunity summary Sellers can submit Up to 2 candidates Number of sellers invited Between 5 and 10 Number of candidates submitted Fewer than 10 RFQ closing time 01 Weeks 01 Days 06 Hours Send us feedback About Accessibility Privacy Terms of use Disclaimer and copyright An initiative of the Digital Transformation Agency The Australian Government acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and acknowledges their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to the people, the cultures and the Elders past and present. © Commonwealth of Australia