1 Senior Azure/MS 365 Cloud Engineer

Closes in 7 daysSubmission deadline: 22 October 2026, 11:59 PM Australia/Sydney

About this tender

This Tender is invited by the Issuer. Overview The Department of Finance (Finance) is undertaking an Approach to Market (ATM) process to procure an Azure / MS 365 Cloud Engineer, listed on BuyICT APS Job Family Framework as Infrastructure Engineer (Senior – EL1 equivalent). The Role The Government Services Branch (GSB) in the Department of Finance has a need for an Azure / Microsoft 365 Cloud Engineer. This role will primarily be focused on supporting and improving the GovTEAMS services but may be asked to support products across the four teams in the branch, with priorities as directed by the GSB Assistant Secretary. The role will have the following major responsibilities: Support, manage and improve GovTEAMS PROTECTED and GovTEAMS OFFICIAL M365 tenancies and related Azure services Monitor and manage the security aspects of the above, in alignment with the Department and GovTEAMS security requirements Support potential migration activities associated with the PROTECTED Platform, which will be an extension to the existing GovTEAMS PROTECTED Platform and will enable agencies on lower than PROTECTED networks to access essential government applications at the PROTECTED level in a secure environment Instructions to Tenderers The Department of Finance will not consider or invite additional sellers to this RFQ. Unsolicited emails and requests will not be answered.

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