Technical Specialist Cloud & Hosting - Design & ImplementationHybrid

Why work for Cenitex 

Cenitex supports a modern, agile and productive public sector, and is driven by the Government’s commitment to a digital Victoria and better outcomes for the community. Cenitex’s purpose is to be the Victorian Government’s trusted IT Partner. We know uniting the best technology and the brightest individuals is the key to our success and we know it is our people who bring our values to life and contribute to the success of our customers, organisation and their colleagues. 

Our People promise is that we treat our employees as people, not workers. We provide an exceptional life experience, and we focus on the feelings, not just the features that match employee needs. We do this by providing deeper connections, having a shared purpose, an inclusive environment, providing interesting work and allowing flexibility. 

Culture and Benefits 

Cenitex provides employees with essential support through all that life presents and want our employees to bring their whole selves to work. We encourage and support professional development and offer a flexible working environment with a focus on employee work-life balance. Here’s a taste of what’s on offer:  

• Flexibility - spans where, when and how we work best  
• Hybrid working - offers employees to work remotely 3 days a week, however it all starts with a conversation and from a place of flexibility 
• Employee discounts - up to 10% across 500 retailers 
• Automatic salary increases  
• Centrally located - state-of-the-art offices and end of trip facilities in the heart of CBD 
• Inclusive parental and carers leave entitlements  

We are proudly a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for all women and strongly encourage females to apply to the role. 

About the role

As a Technical specialist, you will provide CenITex and its customers with expert technical advice and knowledge within the managed Cloud platforms and Active Directory environments. The role will work and collaborate closely with Customers, Solution Designers, Architects, Technology Leads and Service Leads in the Infrastructure Services teams. On-call support is a requirement, for afterhours fault rectification, based on a rostered schedule.  

• Should be able to act as a subject matter expert in Azure and/or AWS to provide deep technical expertise around design & advice to both new and existing customers.
• You have been working with Cloud IaaS and PaaS and a Technical certification in Azure / AWS at an administrator / architect level.
• Have proven experience in contributing to and leading projects related to Cloud automation, optimization and security,
• Have proven experience in deployment of cloud resources using automation tools (e.g. Terraform, Azure DevOPS pipelines).
• Have a strong concept scripting and automation using PowerShell, NodeJS, Python, Bash.
• Have proven capability to understand client capabilities, application-based architecture best practices, commercial models and other requirements which will help customers plan and execute their transformations to AWS or Azure cloud.
• Have experience in enterprise level Active Directory Services (Windows 2016 and above) in a hybrid on-premises and cloud hosted environment.
• Strong understanding of identity and access management principles, authentication protocols and security best practices such as MFA and Conditional Access.
• Have excellent communication and organisational skills, and the ability to stay focused on completing tasks and meeting goals within a busy workspace.
• Certification in AWS and/or Azure as DevOps Engineer or Solution Architect is a plus.
• Have experience in transitioning of large technical environments, and a proven background working with ITIL aligned processes (incident, problem, change and release)

Successful applicant will have the opportunity to: 

•  The role will work and collaborate closely with Customers, Solution Designers, Architects, Technology Leads and Service Leads in the Infrastructure Services teams.
•  Build relationships across diverse functions and customers to understand needs and capabilities. 
•  Contribute to continuous improvement including updating technical documentation.  

For more information about the role and the numerous employee benefits, check out the Position Description and EVP document by clicking the “Apply Now” button.  

You can also watch some great videos of our staff here www.cenitex.vic.gov.au/careers to get a better idea of what it could be like to be a part of the Cenitex team.

Our Commitment to Diversity

Cenitex is proud of its diverse group of employees with a unique mix of skills and talent. We believe diversity and inclusion enhances our workforce capability and culture in delivering outstanding technology services and solutions for our customers. We embrace differences in gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, religion, and sexual orientation.

Cenitex is an equal opportunity employer. We highly encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, abilities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

We encourage and support professional development and offer flexible working environment with a focus on employee work-life balance. We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for all women.

To apply 

Cenitex is a fast-moving organisation with lots to deliver - so we may not always wait until the job ad expires before reviewing applicants. As a result, you should submit your application as soon as possible.

To apply, simply complete an application through our LiveHire system.

Note: applicants are not required to provide a separate document addressing the Key Selection Criteria. 

For any further questions or support contact Cenitex.recruitment@cenitex.vic.gov.au.