{"id":2538867,"url":"https://alion.io/job/lab3-lead-engineer-cloud-devops","title":"Lead Engineer (Cloud & DevOps)","company":{"id":4423003,"name":"LAB3","domain":"lab3.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/lab3-2","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Dayforce","truth_index":null},"role":"DevOps","role_family":"DevOps","seniority":"lead","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Australia"],"countries":["AU"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":79000,"max_usd":204000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":909},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Azure","optional":false},{"name":"AI Agents","optional":true},{"name":"Azure AKS","optional":true},{"name":"Azure Cosmos DB","optional":true},{"name":"Azure DevOps","optional":true},{"name":"Azure SQL Database","optional":true},{"name":"Bicep","optional":true},{"name":"GitHub","optional":true},{"name":"IAM","optional":true},{"name":"Kubernetes","optional":true},{"name":"Microsoft Defender","optional":true},{"name":"Microsoft Defender for Cloud","optional":true},{"name":"Microsoft Fabric","optional":true},{"name":"PowerShell","optional":true},{"name":"Terraform","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-05T13:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-14","last_verified_at":"2026-10-15T10:34:30Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":9,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":9},"description":"LAB3 is one of the largest Azure engineering practices in the Australasia region with a focus on Cloud & DevOps, Data, IoT & AI, Modern Workplace, Modern Apps & Integration, Security, and Network services. \nWe have an opportunity for a Lead Engineer (Managed Services) with expertise in Cloud & DevOps to lead, deliver & oversee ongoing support to our clients by providing continual service improvement and modernization on a Microsoft Azure platform. You will influence governance, processes, documentation and support internal uplift, with an emphasis on automation. \nPlease note to be successful in your application, you will need to have minimum Baseline Security Clearance (or be an Australian citizen and willing to obtain).\n\nThe Role\nLead technical client engagements around architecture design and strategy. Understand strategic business requirements and drive high level design, consultation, maturity assessments and delivery of appropriate solutions in an Azure cloud environment. \nDesign, advise and implement state-of-the-art technical patterns on Azure that address clients’ requirements for scalability, reliability, security, operations, and performance. Provide deep reviews and deliverables whilst engaging as a SME. \nIdentify and nurture growth opportunities within existing clients. Recommend client value creation initiatives and implement industry best practices, \nCommunicate and present discoveries to Senior Management and Executive stakeholders (including C-Suite & Directors), as required. \nPartner with Project Leaders to provide technical input into scheduling, estimating activities and project delivery, as required \nSupport our pre-sales teams in driving documentation, written requirements, and transformative direction. Interact with technical delivery, project, and sales teams \nHelp setup proof-of-concept prototypes that assess the feasibility of solutions and demonstrate to our clients how technology can be leveraged. \nIdentify, interpret, and communicate meaningful insights, conclusions, cost estimations, workshops, presentations, and report to clients \nRun workshops and cloud adoption activities with our customers as necessary. \nProvide technical leadership and be a role model to engineers by providing onboarding support, influencing development plans, mentoring, educating, and encouraging best practice regarding designs and delivery execution processes. \n\nThe Ideal Candidate\nWill have high-end technical skills in Azure cloud & DevOps and on-prem environments, combined with a proactive client focus and excellent communication skills. \nCommercially aware, with a client-first mindset.\nA passion for continuous improvement, an instinct for spotting areas of improvement and the initiative to do something about it.\nStrong documentation discipline with a methodical approach to process. You follow established frameworks rigorously, and when you find a gap, you don't wait to be asked to fill it.\nMicrosoft Azure certifications are a plus.\nExperience across a combination of the following: \nMicrosoft Cloud Adoption Framework, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Foundry, AI Agent workflows, Azure IaaS/PaaS/SaaS, Azure Networking (vWAN, Hybrid, hub and spoke), Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Azure IAM, Privilege Identity Management (PIM) and RBAC Design, Azure DevOps / GitHub, IaC – Terraform, ARM Templates, Bicep, Azure Containers (ACR, ACA, ACI, AKS), Azure Integration (Logic Apps, API Management etc.) and Microservices, Azure Functions, Key Vault & Backups, Azure Policy, Governance and Compliance, Management Groups & Subscription Management, PowerShell module creation and management, Secure Azure SQL solutions (Azure SQL, Cosmos dB, Azure SQL MI) & Cloud Storage, Microsoft Fabric and Capacities, Cloud identity, Security, Governance, Licensing, Azure Backup.\n\nWhat’s in it for you?\nBe part of a team that leverages modern technologies to solve real problems and provides top levels of customer satisfaction\nWork with a Microsoft Partner of the Year award winner with multiple specialisations\nBe supported by experienced peers and leaders that value technical expertise and encourage innovation, with clear career pathways and ongoing learning\nEnjoy a supportive workplace that promotes inclusion, flexibility, diversity, and celebrates differences.\nTake advantage of a flexible hybrid workplace and bring balance to your life.\nThrive in a community with strong values #BeTrue #TeamUp #StandOut #ThinkAhead #FearLessAchieveMore","description_format":"text","description_chars":4494,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Growth opportunities"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Australia","iso":"AU","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-14T15:08:02Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":75,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.795,"p_room":0.945,"age_days":9,"expected_fill_days":24,"reasons":["conf:3","win:mid"],"computed_at":"2026-10-15T05:46:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/lab3-lead-engineer-cloud-devops","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/lab3-lead-engineer-cloud-devops.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-15T12:09:46Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":18656,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-16T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4423003},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4423003"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Flab3-lead-engineer-cloud-devops"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Flab3-lead-engineer-cloud-devops"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Flab3-lead-engineer-cloud-devops"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/lab3-lead-engineer-cloud-devops\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Flab3-lead-engineer-cloud-devops"}]}