Senior Infrastructure Engineer – Cloud Security | Federal Contract

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Australian citizenship required. Must be able to obtain Baseline security clearance.
Location: Canberra (Remote).
What to Submit

- A tailored resume in docx format.

- Individual responses to each criterion (maximum 3000 characters per criterion)

RFQ Details

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RFQ ID: LH-07768

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Agency: IP Australia

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Closing Date: Friday, 18 September 2026 at 11:59pm Canberra time

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Estimated Start Date: Monday, 19 October 2026

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Initial Contract Duration: 12 months

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Extension Term: 12 months

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Number of Extensions: 2

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Experience Level: Senior – EL1 equivalent

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Security Clearance: Must be able to obtain Baseline

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Location of Work: Canberra

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Working Arrangements: Primarily remote from home, with attendance at the Canberra office required 2–3 times a year for 2–3 days. Canberra-based personnel may work in a hybrid arrangement from the IP Australia office. Work outside normal office hours will be required.

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Maximum Hours: 40 hours per week

Job Details

IP Australia’s Innovation Technology Group is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to join its cloud platforms team. The role will deploy, maintain and secure cloud platforms and associated networking across AWS and Azure.

The successful candidate will help improve the security, reliability and operational maturity of the agency’s cloud platforms by strengthening identity controls, cloud-native security monitoring, infrastructure automation and staff capability.

The role requires significant recent experience implementing AWS cloud-based infrastructure solutions. Azure experience is advantageous, ideally within a Commonwealth Government context.
Key Duties and Responsibilities

- Working with stakeholders to deliver stable and secure software and environments that align with IP Australia’s reference architecture.

- Designing, developing and maintaining Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Development (CD) pipelines.

- Deploying and servicing cloud initiatives in accordance with best practices throughout the development lifecycle.

- Administering and optimising cloud environments in accordance with IP Australia’s architectural, technical and security guidelines.

- Collaborating with and mentoring teams on new cloud-based initiatives and associated best practice.

- Investigating, analysing, troubleshooting and resolving issues within IP Australia’s cloud environments.

- Undertaking continual improvement activities based on identified opportunities.

- Maintaining the processes, procedures and documentation required for effective environment maintenance.

- Maintaining an understanding of responsibilities under the Work Health & Safety Act 2011 and promoting a healthy and safe workplace.

- Responding constructively to workplace change and working effectively with diverse teams.

- Providing technical support and consultative advice to architects, application developers and project teams on cloud technologies and solution designs.

Technical Skills

- AWS and Azure cloud platforms

- Enterprise identity and access management, including EntraID, SCIM and AWS IAM

- AWS Security Hub

- Microsoft Defender Services

- Microsoft Sentinel

- Continuous Integration and Continuous Development pipelines

- Cloud-based physical and virtual networking

- Infrastructure as a Service compute workloads

- Cloud-native container platforms

- Storage services and gateways

- Serverless resources

- Cloud security services

- Cloud-native database management

- Application performance monitoring, security monitoring and system event logging

- Secure, scalable, highly available and fault-tolerant cloud solutions

Selection Criteria
Essential Criteria

- Demonstrable working knowledge of the AWS Cloud Platform and the services and policies required to maintain reliability and security of all accounts. Demonstrated knowledge of Enterprise Identity and Access Management including EntraID, SCIM and AWS IAM 25%

- Demonstrated