Senior Cloud Engineer

Reporting to the Hosting Team lead, the Senior Cloud Engineer is responsible for maintaining the majority of the department’s virtual servers in both internal and external environments. 

Responsibilities of the EL1 may include:

• Maintaining AWS and VMWare based cloud servers:
  • Troubleshooting failures.
  • Applying patches and upgrades.
  • Identifying opportunities for optimisation.
• Provide advice on upcoming opportunities/changes in the industry.
• Mentor and train junior staff members.
• Manage competing priorities to focus on completing the most critical work first such as Production system outages. Escalate issues to senior management if required, for example, Emergency Change Requests.
• Resolve complex issues related to Cloud Installations. Raise and manage Technical Support cases where vendor assistance is necessary. 
• Recommend and implement appropriate solutions and enhancements to ensure improvements in system security, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders, to identify opportunities, achieve outcomes and facilitate cooperation.
• Represent team at meetings and conferences.
• Conduct daily health checks.
• Project management for upgrade and installations, management of team activities.

Please note, under section 22(8) of the Public Service Act 1999, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the APS unless the Agency delegate has agreed, in writing.

This is a designated security assessed position. The successful candidate will have the ability to obtain and maintain a Negative Vetting 1 security clearance. 

This selection process may be used to establish a merit pool. The pool might be accessed to fill ongoing and non-ongoing vacancies for similar roles in the Department over the next 18 months.

We are the department that helps job seeking Australians find safe, secure, and well-paid work while we ourselves strive to be a model employer. We provide the framework for fair and productive relationships between employers and employees. We also oversee skills development and training initiatives to support those entering the workforce or retraining to take advantage of emerging employment opportunities. Secure jobs are vital—driving future economic growth and providing people with the certainty. We focus on connecting Australians who are starting, advancing or changing their career with the relevant skills, knowledge and experience to gain or regain employment. Our work directly contributes to shaping the employment landscape. It is our unique purpose to help people realise their potential and we want you to be part of it. Underpinning our important work is our focus on culture. We recognise that how we do things is equally important as what we achieve. Our workplace is one where different perspective are encouraged, people feel a sense of belonging and draw on the expertise of their peers. Our people demonstrate the APS Values, which includes being open, thoughtful, curious and candid. We also value employee wellbeing and developing leadership through investment in capability.