Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Automation Engineer- Azure

Were looking for a senior engineer to lead infrastructure automation across our onprem and Azure environments. Youll design and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) foundations build scalable CI/CD pipelines and champion cloud governance and security controls that enable fast reliable delivery.

In this role you will build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to provision update and scale both onpremises and Azure-based infrastructure. You will design and implement Azure landing zones including core networking RBAC policies and security baselines aligned with cloud best practices. A key part of the role involves developing and enhancing CI/CD pipelines across Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions to support automated testing gated approvals and consistent deployment patterns for both infrastructure and applications.

You will also leverage Ansible and other configuration management tools to standardize server builds manage patching workflows and ensure configuration drift is minimised. Collaboration will be central to your work partnering closely with DevOps platform and application engineering teams to deliver secure reliable and scalable environments while uplifting engineering practices across the organisation.

Additionally you will be responsible for implementing cloud governance frameworks including tagging standards policy enforcement cost controls monitoring observability and secrets management. The role also involves contributing to reusable IaC modules engineering standards and highquality documentation as well as coaching teams on Git workflows automation best practices and continuous improvement initiatives

Qualifications :

Expertise in Infrastructure as CodeTerraform (modules state workspaces) preferably across onprem and Azure.

• Hands-on experience with Azure services (compute networking storage identity) ARM/Bicep familiarity is a plus.
• Strong CI/CD background: pipelines artifact/versioning approvals multi-environment deployments Git branching/PR workflows.
• Configuration management with Ansible (roles playbooks inventories) and integration with pipelines.
• Solid understanding of networking (VNet design subnets routing DNS) security controls (RBAC Key Vault Defender) and cloud governance (Azure Policy cost mgmt tagging).
• Proven collaboration across DevOps platform and application engineeringclear communication stakeholder alignment and a delivery mindset.

Nice-to-have

• Experience with integration solutions using Azure services (Logic Apps Azure Functions API Management etc.) is a plus
• Experience with GitOps (Argo CD/Flux) containers (AKS) or service mesh (Istio)
• Scripting in Python/Go or PowerShell for automation
• Exposure to incident response SRE practices or FinOps in Azure

Why youll love it here

• Impactful work modernising infrastructure and delivery pipelines
• Supportive team culture and opportunities to mentor and be mentored
• Flexible hybrid working in Melbourne
• Competitive package plus learning & certification support (e.g. Azure certs)

Additional Information :

Why join us: 

NCS Australia is where you can feel at home nurturing your talents and skills as we make tomorrow together one day at a time. Our benefits include paid parental leave initiatives focused on your well-being and discounted health insurance. You will also enjoy discounts on various products and services and be regularly recognised and rewarded for high performance. We are committed to your career development through our Capability Fingerprint industry and partner training programs special interest groups and an AI-driven learning platform. No matter where you are in your career we offer meaningful work and opportunities for growth.

NCS Australia is an equal-opportunity employer and we take pride in our commitment to valuing and supporting our people and the communities we are dedicated to attracting retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity ethnicity sexual orientation disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Veterans Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

At NCS Australia we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply. 

Agencies:

Weve got this. We request that you do not contact NCS employees outside of the Talent Acquisition team. NCS exclusively accepts resumes from agencies on our preferred supplier panel through the NCS Agency Portal. Agencies that submit resumes must have a valid fee agreement and be assigned to the particular requisition by the Talent Acquisition team. Any resumes that are submitted outside of this process will become the sole property of NCS. If a candidate is hired outside of this process no fee or payment will be given.

Work rights and background checks: 

To be eligible for a position with us applicants will need to have valid work rights for Australia and be willing to undergo a comprehensive background checking process including probity and police checks

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Contract