Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Senior Cloud Platform Engineer, DCS Insights & Data Accelerator, Flexible working, based in Sydney, Grade 9/10

• Temporary full-time opportunity until 30 June 2024

An exciting ongoing opportunity has arisen for a Cloud Engineer to join the DCS Insights & Data Accelerator Program (DIDA).
The Program is working with the NSW Data & Analytics Centre (DAC) to enhance and scale the NSW DAC Platform as a Service offering. The Data Analytics Centre (DAC) exists to lead a whole-of-government approach to data analytics, to tackle some of the State's most difficult policy challenges. Using data analytics, managed analytics (powered by the DAC's Advanced Analytics Platform), and guided innovations programs, the DAC works to connect data, people and insights to build world-class capabilities in whole-of-government data analytics to improve health and well-being, safety, social, economic and environmental outcomes for the citizens of NSW.
This role will be responsible for working with the NSW DAC Principal Architect to design and implement a future state cloud architecture for the Platform as a Service. This team operates entirely on the cloud, utilizing all major Cloud Platforms. You will be responsible for architecture, design, development, testing, and operations of the platforms. The role provides a lot of opportunity to take ownership and deliver.
What you will be doing:

• Support implementation of data cloud reference architecture, integration patterns, collateral and other reference assets in conjunction with relevant stakeholders and specialists to ensure a sustainable data cloud environment.

• Work closely with DAC security team to implement security on DAC cloud

• Implement migration of customers to future state architecture.

• Support development, deployment, and practical implementation of customer isolated PaaS.

• Execute the hands-on implementation of proposed solutions, and provide technical guidance to teams during the solutions' development and deployment phases.

• Identify, communicate, and mitigate the assumptions, issues, and risks that occur throughout development and migration lifecycle.

To be successful for this role, you need to have:

• Significant Cloud DevOps Engineering background and experience

• Sound knowledge on Cloud Technologies across Azure and AWS.

• Deep technical experience in infrastructure design, build and deployment, including private and public cloud, networking, connectivity, storage, virtualization, and identity.

• Relevant tertiary qualifications and professional certifications

• Demonstrated currency of knowledge in the areas of technical infrastructure, application services and cloud environments

• Demonstrated experience with SaaS/PaaS/IaaS environments

• Dealing with a diverse range of complex matters and highly conceptual issues, to recommend practical solutions, often within limited timeframes

• Translate technical and complex information in simple terms for a diverse set of stakeholders

• Knowledgeable in various technical areas (networking/communications, server operating systems, web servers, application servers, database systems, SaaS concepts etc.

• Knowledgeable in process improvement methods, procedures, metrics development, documentation, and reporting.

• Experience with and knowledge of issue management systems (i.e. Zendesk)

• Ability to lead work activities, an ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner across cross-functional teams assisting in the resolution of service impacting changes

• A high level of initiative and self-motivation coupled with an ability to take the lead and make decisions

• Experience in scoping, defining and managing IT projects from end-to-end.

What we need from you:
An up-to-date CV and a brief cover letter outlining how your skills and experience are aligned to the role.
For enquiries regarding this position, please contact Ben Moody, Program Manager, DCS Insights & Data Accelerator, at Benjamin.moody@customerservice.nsw.gov.au.
Salary Grade 9/10, with the base salary for this role starting at $120859 base plus superannuation
Click to access the Role Description. For enquiries relating to recruitment please contact Afra Ahmed Saied via afrah.ahmedsaied@customerservice.nsw.gov.au.
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Closing Date: Monday, 29th January 2024 (09:59am)
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