Cloud Specialist

Job Description

Support and enhance Hydro Tasmania’s hybrid cloud infrastructure. Drive performance, security, and innovation across critical IT platforms.

• Manage hybrid cloud platforms and support critical IT infrastructure.
• Option to be based out of Hobart or Melbourne.
• Annual salary reviews to foster growth & recognising achievements.

With the help of over 30,000 people over 100 years, we have built, maintained, and refurbished hydropower infrastructure across Tasmania. We’re fuelling the future of energy with the power of the past, and we need skilled and reliable people to join us!

We support applications from all members of our community for equitable access to our employment opportunities. We are open to discussing workplace flexibility in all our vacancies, to ensure we can attract the best candidates and accommodate individual needs, differences, disabilities and working arrangements, even in ways we have not thought of. Our merit-based recruitment practices are founded on building diversity by fostering an inclusive, flexible and equitable workplace. For more information about Hydro Tasmania please visit our website www.hydro.com.au/careers

About the role

To put it simply…You’ll use your technical infrastructure experience to help deliver Hydro Tasmania’s future energy vision, supporting the design, implementation, and operation of both cloud and on-premise systems that are critical to keeping our business running efficiently and securely.

As a Cloud Specialist, you will…

• Manage and maintain enterprise IT systems across public and private cloud environments.
• Contribute to infrastructure project delivery and ongoing operational support.
• Monitor systems, respond to incidents, and ensure performance and security compliance.
• Automate processes to increase operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with internal teams and vendors to ensure seamless service delivery.
• Help shape strategy and guide technical teams with your experience and leadership.

More information can be found on the attached Position Description: PD - FIN - IT - Cloud Specialist - HT4 - May 2025.pdf

Who are you?

You’re a tech-savvy all-rounder with experience across both on-premise and cloud infrastructure. With relevant qualifications and over five years in enterprise IT, you bring proven skills in virtualisation, Azure/AWS, automation (PowerShell/Python), and system monitoring. You’re confident managing projects and daily operations, with a strong grasp of networking, security, and backup solutions. Your proactive approach, flexibility, and experience in IT service management make you well-equipped to support and evolve our critical infrastructure platforms.

Haven’t convinced you yet?

In addition to a competitive remuneration package, this role offers a range of employee perks, including generous parental leave, electricity discounts, and many other benefits designed to suit different needs. We highly value flexibility and understand that it means different things to different people, so we are open to discussing what this looks like for you. You’ll be working alongside a supportive team of industry experts, fostering both collaboration and continuous professional development.

As an endorsed employer for women, Hydro Tasmania is ranked in Work180's Top 101 Employers for Women, recognising employers who are leading the way in areas like representative leadership, flexible work, and pay equity.

You can explore our commitment to diversity and inclusion on our Work180 page here: www.work180.com/en-au/for-women/employer/hydro-tasmania

Let’s get applying!

Attach your resume and a cover letter outlining what skills and experience you can bring to this role. We will be running an agile recruitment process and will engage with suitable candidates as soon we have reviewed their applications.

Recruitment agencies: we respectfully ask that no agency resumes be presented at this stage.