Senior Azure Cloud Engineer (svha)

Job Description

Better and fairer care.  Always.

St Vincent's has been a leader in Australia's health and aged care landscape for more than 165 years. Since our founders, the Sisters of Charity, opened our first hospital in 1857, our services and nearly 30,000 people have been behind some of Australia's most important medical breakthroughs. We are a microcosm of Australia’s health and aged care system and are uniquely positioned to lead and respond to our rapidly changing environment.
 

Reporting directly to the Systems Manager, the Senior Azure Cloud Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions that support the organisation’s strategic goals and business operations. 

You will be pivotal in shaping our cloud strategy, optimizing cloud performance and will drive the modernisation, migration, and optimisation of applications and services to Azure, while also supporting multi-cloud environments as required. A key responsibility is the management and governance of St Vincent’s Azure tenancy, ensuring security, compliance, cost optimisation, and operational efficiency across the platform. 

This is a Full-Time position based in any of our Group Head Offices in Sydney, Brisbane or Melbourne on a hybrid working arrangement.
 

Key responsibilities of the role:

• Azure Management & Cost Optimisation: Oversee Azure resources, ensuring performance, availability, security, and cost efficiency, while managing a $2M annual budget and implementing cost-saving strategies like reserved instances and auto-scaling.

• Service Deployment & Troubleshooting: Deploy and troubleshoot Service Fabric Clusters and applications, manage Azure Landing Zones, and support Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) and hybrid VDI solutions.

• Monitoring & Compliance: Implement proactive monitoring with Azure Monitor and manage disaster recovery strategies. Ensure compliance with security policies, patching, and configuration management using Azure Policy and Defender for Cloud.

• Problem & Risk Management: Lead root cause analysis for cloud incidents and implement long-term solutions. Manage security risks using Azure Security Centre, Sentinel, and Key Vault, and apply Zero Trust principles and RBAC for secure access management.

• Project Leadership & Cloud Modernisation: Drive cloud automation, IaC, and DevOps initiatives, modernise workloads with microservices and containerisation (AKS), and lead Azure migration projects with minimal business disruption.

• Cost Management: Implement cost optimisation strategies, including budgeting, forecasting, and resource tagging to reduce unnecessary spending.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as the technical contact for Azure queries, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and present cloud strategies and optimisation plans to senior leadership.

• Continuous Improvement: Lead initiatives to enhance performance, security, and cost-efficiency while staying updated on the latest Azure technologies and best practices.
   

Things that work for us:

• Azure Cloud Management: 5+ years managing Azure environments, with expertise in Compute, Networking, Storage, Databases, and IAM.

• Automation & Infrastructure as Code: Proficient with Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, Azure DevOps, and automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet).

• Cloud Security & Compliance: Skilled in cloud security practices, using Azure Security Centre and Sentinel, and aligning with compliance frameworks like ISO 27001, GDPR, and HIPAA.

• Networking & Troubleshooting: Expertise in managing Azure networking (VNets, VPN, Firewalls) and troubleshooting with Azure Network Watcher.

• Resilient Architectures & Disaster Recovery: Experience designing fault-tolerant architectures with Availability Zones, Site Recovery, and Backup.

• CI/CD & Containers: Hands-on with Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipelines and containerisation using Docker and AKS.

• Cost Optimisation: Knowledge of Azure Cost Management and cost-optimisation strategies.

• Hybrid Environments & Server Management: Experienced with hybrid cloud environments (Azure AD, O365, VMware, Hyper-V) and managing Microsoft Server and AD services.

• Scripting & Automation: Proficient in PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Bash for cloud task automation.

• A positive, flexible and collaborative working attitude, with experience working with cross-functional teams, promoting a safe and collaborative environment, and a focus on continuous growth and improvement

• Tertiary qualifications in software engineering, computer science, IT and/or a relevant discipline.

Things that work for you:

• Ability to visibly see your impact on the business and its service

• Competitive salary packaging options

• Discounted private health insurance

• Employee Assistance Program for staff and their families

• Access to the Fitness Passport (FP)
   

Why become part of St Vincent’s Health Australia Because you’re like us, you believe in our vision that every person, whoever and wherever they are, is served with excellent and compassionate care, by a better and fairer health and aged care system. Better for all our people, who work tirelessly to provide the highest levels of care and quality of life for our patients and clients. And better support for the local communities we play an important role in and continue to support.
 

Reconciliation Action Plan As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. For further information, visit http://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation

We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.
 

Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.
 

Interested? Apply today and please note - we will be progressing applications throughout the advertising period.
 

Respectfully, no recruitment agencies.

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Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au

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