Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Job Category: Technical
Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: Canberra
Work Options: Hybrid

About the Role

We are looking for a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join our growing team of cloud professionals. In this role, you’ll be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining secure and scalable infrastructure solutions across both on-premises and Microsoft Azure environments.

You will lead the end-to-end delivery of infrastructure projects, ensuring high availability, security, and performance through best practices in virtualisation, storage, identity, and automation. You’ll also be a key escalation point for complex issues and play a vital role in mentoring junior engineers and shaping our cloud strategy.

Salary Range: $160,000 – $175,000 per year

What You’ll Be Doing

Design & Architecture

  • Develop scalable, resilient cloud solutions in Azure aligned with business needs.
  • Drive architecture best practices focusing on performance, cost-efficiency, and security.

Deployment & Automation

  • Implement and manage cloud resources using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, ARM, and Azure DevOps pipelines.

Performance & Optimisation

  • Monitor infrastructure performance, optimise resource usage, and reduce operational costs.

Security & Compliance

  • Enforce cloud security policies, conduct security assessments, and ensure alignment with frameworks like ISO 27001, Essential 8, and NIST.

Support & Incident Management

  • Provide advanced troubleshooting for critical cloud issues and implement robust disaster recovery solutions.

Documentation & Collaboration

  • Maintain thorough documentation and support knowledge-sharing across the team.
  • Mentor junior engineers and stay up to date with the latest cloud technologies.

About You

You are a technically strong engineer with a passion for cloud innovation and security. You thrive in complex environments and take pride in delivering high-quality, scalable infrastructure solutions.

Key Skills & Experience

  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Azure, including IaaS & PaaS services.
  • Strong knowledge of cloud security, Essential 8, ISO 27001, and NIST.
  • Hands-on experience with Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation, and Azure DevOps.
  • Scripting proficiency in PowerShell, Bash, or Perl.
  • Solid understanding of networking concepts – VPC, VPNs, subnetting, and load balancers.
  • Experience with containerisation tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Familiarity with SSO, IAM, system hardening, patch management, and logging/monitoring tools.

Certifications (Highly Desirable)

  • AZ-104: Azure Administrator Associate
  • AZ-500: Azure Security Technologies
  • SC-100: Cybersecurity Architect
  • SC-200: Security Operations Analyst
  • SC-300 / SC-400 (Identity & Compliance)
  • AWS Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional (Desirable)

Education & Requirements

  • Tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent industry experience.
  • Must be an Australian Citizen and eligible to maintain a security clearance. 

Why Join Us?

At Willyama, we’re committed to delivering high quality, secure, and innovative cloud solutions that support our client’s mission critical goals. You’ll be joining a values driven team that thrives on collaboration, technical excellence, and making a real impact.

Ready to elevate your career in cloud infrastructure?
Apply now and be part of a supportive, forward thinking engineering team.