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12 Month Contract 
Hybrid Working 
Macquarie Park 
 
We're looking for a hands-on, proactive AWS Cloud Architect to join our team and help shape the future of our cloud infrastructure. You'll work across a complex, regulated environment — including data privacy, compliance, and governance obligations common in higher education — and be expected to get things done, not just advise from the sidelines. 
 
The role:

• Act as a technical lead and go-to expert, collaborating with IT teams, security, research groups, and executive stakeholders 
• Drive cloud adoption strategies across faculties and administrative units, balancing innovation with compliance 
• Proactively identify and resolve infrastructure risks, performance bottlenecks, and cost inefficiencies before they become problems 
• Define and enforce cloud governance frameworks, tagging strategies, FinOps practices, and security baselines 
• Lead cloud migrations from on-premises systems, including legacy academic and student management platforms 
• Mentor engineers and contribute to a cloud-literate culture across the organisation 

 
The Skills: 

• 5+ years of hands-on AWS architecture 
• Deep expertise in AWS security services (IAM, GuardDuty, Security Hub, Config, CloudTrail) 
• Strong grasp of networking — VPCs, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, hybrid architectures 
• Practical knowledge of compliance frameworks relevant to education and research data 
• Experience with IaC tools — Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK 

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