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At NCS Australia, we believe in doing technology services better. Our commitment to quality, focus on people, and willingness to challenge traditional thinking set us apart. Our team brings this belief to life by partnering with our clients and communities to make tomorrow together.

We are committed to creating an environment that prioritises innovation, collaboration, and purposeful work. Our diverse team is empowered to make a meaningful impact with curiosity, creativity and resilience to shape better outcomes. Join us and accept the challenge of creating a better tomorrow.

Please note this would be a 3 month contract with likely extensions

We are seeking a highly skilled Azure Architect to lead the design and delivery of high-performing, secure, and resilient cloud solutions. In this pivotal role, you will serve as the technical engine driving our Azure strategy forward, ensuring our platforms are built to handle the demands of a modern enterprise.

You won’t just be designing on a whiteboard; you will be deeply integrated with our engineering teams, translating complex architectural visions into tangible, production-ready reality. By leveraging cutting-edge DevOps methodologies and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), you will help us eliminate manual overhead and build a culture of automated, repeatable excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Solution Design: Create robust Azure architectures across application, data, and integration layers, ensuring they are built for performance and scale.
• Hands-on Implementation: Build and deploy Azure environments utilizing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and automated DevOps pipelines.
• Security & Compliance: Embed security, identity management, and compliance standards into the DNA of every solution.
• Technical Guidance: Provide direct leadership and mentorship to delivery teams, ensuring best practices are followed during implementation.
• Collaboration: Partner with the Lead Architect to refine target-state designs and ensure technical alignment across the squad.
• Optimization: Proactively troubleshoot complex technical hurdles and optimize cloud performance to ensure cost-effectiveness and reliability.

Key Skills & Experience

• Azure Expertise: Extensive hands-on experience across a broad range of Microsoft Azure services.
• Cloud-Native Design: Deep understanding of modern application and platform architecture.
• Automation & DevOps: Proficient in CI/CD workflows and IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, Bicep, or Azure DevOps).
• Security Mindset: Proven track record of implementing security-focused designs in a cloud environment.
• Problem Solving: Strong analytical skills with the ability to resolve complex technical issues in production-grade environments.

Desirable Skills

• AI Integration: Practical knowledge of Azure AI capabilities, including intelligent application design and AI model integration.

Why join us: 

NCS Australia is where you can feel at home, nurturing your talents and skills as we make tomorrow together, one day at a time. Our benefits include paid parental leave, initiatives focused on your well-being and discounted health insurance. You will also enjoy discounts on various products and services and be regularly recognised and rewarded for high performance. We are committed to your career development through our Capability Fingerprint, industry and partner training programs, special interest groups, and an AI-driven learning platform. No matter where you are in your career, we offer meaningful work and opportunities for growth.

NCS Australia is an equal-opportunity employer, and we take pride in our commitment to valuing and supporting our people and the communities we serve.We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Veterans, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

At NCS Australia, we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply. 

Agencies:

We’ve got this. We request that you do not contact NCS employees outside of the Talent Acquisition team. NCS exclusively accepts resumes from agencies on our preferred supplier panel through the NCS Agency Portal. Agencies that submit resumes must have a valid fee agreement and be assigned to the particular requisition by the Talent Acquisition team. Any resumes that are submitted outside of this process will become the sole property of NCS. If a candidate is hired outside of this process, no fee or payment will be given.

Work rights and background checks: 

To be eligible for a position with us, applicants will need to have valid work rights for Australia and be willing to undergo a comprehensive background checking process, including probity and police checks