Cloud Engineer

Exclaim IT · Brisbane QLD 4000 · Contract
Posted 8d ago

Cloud Engineer

Exclaim IT
~$90k - $120k(Estimated)
Approximately 7-month initial contract | Possible contract extension
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KEY POINTS WE FOUND
  • Hands-on AWS Cloud Engineer contract role in a public-sector environment.
  • Design and deliver secure, scalable AWS and hybrid-cloud services.
  • Build automation via Terraform and scripting, and provide technical input for delivery steps.

  • Location: Brisbane City, Queensland
  • Remote: Hybrid
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #18840

About the role

Step into a hands-on AWS Cloud Engineer contract within a large, complex public-sector environment. You will support high-availability services, deliver automation uplift, and partner with delivery teams via a matrix model.
 

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and deliver secure, scalable AWS and hybrid-cloud services
  • Resolve incidents, service requests, defects, and performance issues
  • Build automation via Terraform and scripting, plus serverless components
  • Provide technical input for plans, estimates, risks, and delivery steps
  • Maintain clear documentation for support, audit, and service continuity

Highly desirable criteria

  • Recent hands-on AWS delivery across EC2, S3, EBS, VPC, AWS Organisations, IAM; automation via Terraform, PowerShell, Python; serverless and messaging via Lambda, SQS; strong fault-find skill across AWS and hybrid environments.

Desirable criteria

  • Active Directory and Windows Server 2016/2019, Azure AD; awareness of the Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM); AWS database services (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB); Linux admin; AWS Admin certification; exposure to Exchange / Exchange Online; Queensland Government experience.

Skills and experience

  • Proven cloud ops + project delivery in a complex ICT environment, strong stakeholder comms, sound security mindset, and a practical approach to reliability and service health.

Contact Details

For a confidential chat, please contact Mur on 0436 438 272 or via email at mur@exclaim-it.com.au and we would be more than happy to provide you with additional information and assist in the application process.

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Skills

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Active directoryAmazon elastic block storageAmazon elastic compute cloudAwsAws admin certificationAws database services (rds, aurora, dynamodb)Azure adExchange / exchange onlineIamLambdaLinux administrationPowershellPythonReliability and service healthS3Security mindsetServerlessSqsStakeholder communicationTerraformVpcWindows server 2016/2019

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