Senior Cloud Engineer

The Clean Energy Regulator is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Engineer to help ensure the health, reliability, security and observability of its core platform hosted in Microsoft Azure. This role will work closely with internal delivery teams and the agency’s managed service provider to build and operate deployment pipelines, improve platform performance and resilience, and enable safe, efficient production releases. The successful candidate will bring strong hands-on Azure engineering capability, sound operational judgement and a collaborative approach. They will proactively identify emerging issues, provide practical technical advice to developers, architects and support teams, and leave the platform and its supporting documentation in a stronger, more sustainable state. Key duties and responsibilities Key responsibilities Design, implement and maintain monitoring, alerting and dashboards across all environments using Application Insights, Log Analytics and Azure Monitor, enabling issues to be identified and addressed before they affect users. Build, maintain and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines for applications, infrastructure and Dynamics 365 using GitHub Actions and Octopus Deploy, in alignment with DevSecOps standards and security controls. Improve the reliability and efficiency of releases across environments, including deployment slots, rollback and hotfix pathways, release automation and reduction of deployment time and friction. Manage the lifecycle of SSL certificates, client secrets and application registrations across all environments, including automated expiry tracking, alerting and rotation. Develop and maintain platform configuration as code so environments are consistent, repeatable, secure and auditable. A good understanding of Azure services offering, including troubleshooting, performance improvement, capacity management and cost optimisation. Implement, secure and support integrations with third-party systems and APIs using services such as Azure API Management, Azure Front Door, Web Application Firewall and Azure Service Bus. Coordinate or support the resolution of platform and deployment incidents, facilitate post-incident reviews and drive agreed actions through to completion. Build effective working relationships across delivery, architecture, cyber security, operations and managed service provider teams. Provide technical guidance and mentoring on Azure services and deployment pipelines, and produce clear, maintainable documentation that supports knowledge transfer and operational continuity. Criteria The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a response to each criterion. Each response is limited to 3000 characters. Essential criteria 1. Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, supporting and improving enterprise Microsoft Azure services. 2. Demonstrated experience building and maintaining YAML-based CI/CD pipelines, such as GitHub Actions, to deploy applications and infrastructure across multiple environments 3. Strong experience designing and implementing Azure monitoring, observability and alerting solutions using Application Insights, Log Analytics, Kusto Query Language and Azure Monitor. 4. Demonstrated experience automating infrastructure deployment using infrastructure-as-code technologies such as Bicep or Terraform. 5. Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify issues proactively, communicate clearly and manage competing priorities with minimal direction Desirable criteria 1. Experience with Azure Key Vault and automated certificate and secret management. Experience with Azure API Management, Azure Front Door, Web Application Firewall and Azure Service Bus. 2. Experience establishing performance baselines and conducting performance or load testing. 3. Experience with, or an interest in, AI-assisted operations and engineering tooling. Experience with Octopus Deploy, .NET 8 or later, and Microsoft Dynamics 365. 4. Experience working in a Scaled Agile Framework environment or another lean, multidisciplinary delivery environment. 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 00 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