Seniot Infrastructure Cloud Engineer
Aurec Group · Canberra ACT · onsite
About the Opportunity- Join a high-performing engineering team within a prominent Federal Government department, driving critical infrastructure, platform, and cloud modernization initiatives across enterprise environments.
- Play a pivotal role in assessing, designing, and configuring secure hybrid infrastructure patterns as the department transitions to a cloud-ready Microsoft Entra ID platform and Zero Trust framework.
What's on Offer- Contract/Engagement: Initial 12-month contract + 12-month extension option.
- Location & Flexibility: Canberra, ACT.
Role & Responsibilities- Assess and document infrastructure, platform, and cloud dependencies affecting identity synchronisation, modern authentication, and application migration sequencing.
- Design, implement, and maintain secure hybrid infrastructure patterns across Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, retained legacy services, and target integrations.
- Evaluate endpoint and access impacts across hybrid-joined devices, Intune co-management, Windows Hello for Business, Citrix, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), and remote-access services.
- Prepare, configure, and manage development, test, UAT, and production environments required for integration testing and migration rehearsals.
- Coordinate network, firewall, DNS, certificate, proxy, load-balancing, and connectivity requirements for application SSO migrations.
- Automate repeatable configuration activities using standard scripting practices while developing detailed as-built documentation, SOPs, controlled deployment run sheets, and recovery plans.
Skills & ExperienceTo be successful in this position, you will ideally bring:
- Technical Toolkit: Deep technical expertise across Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, AD FS, MIM, Microsoft Intune, Windows Hello for Business, Citrix/VDI, SASE/Zero Trust frameworks, and core network controls (DNS, firewalls, load balancers, certificates).
- Experience: Extensive experience as a Senior Infrastructure or Cloud Engineer evaluating, configuring, and supporting complex hybrid enterprise infrastructure and identity transitions within large-scale or government environments.
- Core Capabilities: Proven capability in infrastructure automation, environment configuration, controlled deployment execution, operational handover, and technical troubleshooting.
Eligibility & Clearance Requirements- Security Clearance: Due to the nature of this environment, candidates must hold a current Baseline security clearance.
How to ApplyTo express your interest in this exceptional opportunity with Aurec, please click "Apply Now" and submit your updated resume (in Word format).
For a confidential discussion or to learn more about our Federal Government project pipeline, please contact Justin Antioch at (02) 5109 0902 or via email at