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.

We are looking for a special kind of person - a St Vincent’s kind of person. Someone who puts excellence, compassion, connection and caring for other people at the heart of everything they do.

We are looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer to deliver, operate and continuously improve our Azure and hybrid cloud environments supporting Tier 0 clinical and enterprise platforms.

This is a handson senior technical role for an engineer who enjoys ownership, problem solving and working at scale in a regulated, mission critical environment.

The role

Reporting to the Cloud Operations Manager, you will:

Deliver and operate secure, scalable Azure and hybrid cloud infrastructure

Own Infrastructure as Code, automation, patching and monitoring practices

Support high availability, backup and disaster recovery for critical systems

Act as a senior technical escalation point during incidents and outages

Implement security controls aligned with ISO27001 and Essential Eight

Partner with cybersecurity, networking and application teams

Support cloud migrations, platform modernisation and new service delivery

Mentor engineers and contribute to engineering standards and best practices

You’ll have deep technical ownership and a direct impact on the reliability of systems used by clinicians, staff and patients every day.

About you

You’re a technically strong cloud engineer with experience operating enterprise environments. You bring:

5+ years’ handson experience with Microsoft Azure

Strong experience with IaC and automation (Terraform, Bicep, ARM, Azure DevOps)

Solid understanding of Azure networking, identity, security and monitoring

Experience with containers and AKS

Knowledge of backup, DR and resilience patterns

Confident incident management and troubleshooting skills

Effective collaboration with technical and nontechnical stakeholders

Relevant Azure certifications (e.g. AZ104, Solutions Architect, Security Engineer) are essential. Experience in healthcare or regulated industries is highly desirable.

LEADERSHIP & ACCOUNTABILITY

Acts as senior technical SME for Azure and hybrid cloud infrastructure.
Delivers secure, scalable, and high-performance compute, storage, and backup services.
Maintains ownership of infrastructure-as-code deployments, patching, and monitoring.
Leads performance tuning, automation, and operational support activities.
Leads or contributes to infrastructure enhancements aligned with SVHA’s digital health, clinical, and operational objective

STRATEGY & EXECUTION

Contributes to cloud infrastructure strategy and future-state design.
Implements and maintains IaC frameworks using Terraform, Bicep, and Azure DevOps.
Designs and supports cloud services aligned to clinical, cybersecurity, and resilience requirements.
Assists with cloud migration, workload modernisation, and integration of new technologies.

STAKEHOLDER & RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

Collaborates with cybersecurity, network, application, and service delivery teams.
Acts as technical advisor for project teams and cross-functional initiatives.
Engages with vendors and service providers to troubleshoot and optimise solutions.
Contributes to knowledge sharing and supports capability uplift within the team.

GOVERNANCE, RISK & COMPLIANCE

Implements security controls in alignment with Essential Eight and ISO27001.
Maintains Role Based Access Controls (RBAC), Identity and Access Management (IAM), and Azure AD configurations for secure access.
Supports internal and external audit readiness for cloud environments.
Ensures infrastructure remains compliant with SVHA policies and standards.

OPERATIONS & SERVICE MANAGEMENT

Leads day-to-day operations of SVHA’s Azure infrastructure.
Acts as escalation point for major incidents and platform outages affecting cloud services.
Performs system patching, vulnerability remediation, and platform lifecycle activities.
Maintains observability using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and third-party tools.
Owns incident triage, resolution, and post-incident review processes.
Maintains compliance with backup, DR, and supportability requirements.

PROCESS & PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

Monitors infrastructure performance, availability, and utilisation metrics.
Reports on incidents, system health, and cost optimisation opportunities.
Implements improvements based on system insights and root cause analysis.

PEOPLE LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT

Provides mentoring and technical leadership to other cloud and infrastructure engineers.
• Supports a culture of collaboration, documentation, and continuous learning.
• Champions engineering standards, peer reviews, and operational handovers.

EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT & PARTNERSHIPS

Works with cloud providers/partners, managed service providers, and vendors on platform support.
Contributes to evaluation of new tools and services to support platform goals.

CULTURE & VALUES ALIGNMENT

Champions SVHA’s mission and values, modelling ethical conduct, compassion, and inclusiveness.
Centres design and decision-making around the experience of patients, residents, staff and clinicians.

ON-CALL & CLINICAL TECH RESPONSIBILITIES

Participates in after-hours support and on-call roster.
Ensures timely resolution of high-priority incidents affecting clinical systems.
Supports resilience and recoverability of life-critical infrastructure platforms.

Essential

Minimum 5+ years of hands-on experience managing Microsoft Azure cloud environments, including compute, storage, networking, databases, identity, and security.
Advanced expertise in Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, and Azure DevOps for IaC, CI/CD, and platform automation. Scripting proficiency in PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Bash.
Strong working knowledge of Azure security frameworks (RBAC, PIM, Conditional Access, Defender, Sentinel), aligned to ISO27001, Essential Eight, and other compliance standards.
Proven ability to design and support scalable, resilient architectures using Availability Zones, ASR, Azure Backup, and DR strategies.
Deep technical experience with Azure networking: VNets, NSGs, VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, Load Balancers, Azure Firewall, and Network Watcher.
Proficiency in monitoring and cost optimisation using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Budgets, and Advisor.
Demonstrated experience with containers (Docker) and orchestration (AKS), including microservices-based deployments.
Extensive involvement in cloud migrations, platform modernisation, hybrid environments, and legacy workload transformation.
Technical integration experience with Windows Server (2008–2025), AD, GPO, DHCP, DFS, WSUS, file/print services, and Office 365.
Effective stakeholder engagement across cybersecurity, infrastructure, and application domains; able to lead initiatives across complex enterprise environments.

Desirable

Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including presenting technical topics to non-technical audiences.
Demonstrated experience leading technical workstreams or mentoring peers in cloud engineering.
Exposure to multi-cloud environments (AWS, GCP) or hybrid cloud interoperability.
Proficiency with third-party monitoring tools (e.g., PRTG, Dynatrace).
Familiarity with project delivery frameworks including Agile, sprint planning, and backlog management.
Previous experience in regulated healthcare or digital health environments is advantageous.
Background in system architecture, cloud design, or technical leadership roles.
Experience in digital health or regulated clinical environments.

Closing Date:

4 June 2026 11:59pm

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

View Reconciliation Action Plan