Your new company

A global technology organisation partnered with Microsoft and GitHub, delivering large ‑ scale cloud ‑ migration, DevOps and application ‑ modernisation programs for enterprise and government clients. The business is expanding its cloud engineering capability across ANZ to support secure transformation in regulated environments.

Australian Citizenship with NV1/NV2 clearance is essential.

Your new role

As the Technical Architect – GitHub / DevOps, you will lead enterprise migrations from Azure DevOps to GitHub Enterprise and support broader application ‑ modernisation across Azure PaaS. Acting as a senior technical leader, you’ll guide teams across migration strategy, DevOps automation, CI/CD uplift and cloud ‑ native hosting, ensuring secure and compliant outcomes across hybrid and cloud environments.

Key responsibilities include:

Leading end ‑ to ‑ end Azure DevOps → GitHub migrations using GEI or equivalent tooling

Validating post ‑ migration repos, issues, pull requests and metadata

Driving application modernisation across Azure App Services, Functions, AKS and containers

Analysing configurations, dependencies and performance

Troubleshooting migration and deployment issues with GitHub and internal teams

Maintaining documentation, validation checklists and remediation logs

Implementing monitoring via Log Analytics and Azure ‑ native tools

Providing architecture leadership and mentoring for engineering teams

Shaping migration strategies with stakeholders and customers

What you'll need to succeed

12+ years across software development and cloud architecture

Strong experience with GitHub Enterprise, Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions CI/CD

Azure PaaS expertise: App Services, Functions, AKS, ACI

Development experience in .NET, Java, Node.js or Python

Strong containerisation knowledge (Docker, Kubernetes)

Scripting skills in PowerShell, Bash or Python

Experience with API integrations and large ‑ scale repo migrations

Strong troubleshooting, documentation and stakeholder skills

Relevant certifications (GitHub, Azure DevOps)

NV1 or NV2 clearance (mandatory)

What you'll get in return

Work within a fast ‑ growing Microsoft & GitHub partner ecosystem

Exposure to secure, high ‑ impact public ‑ sector transformation

Structured career development and global certifications

Influence modern DevOps and GitHub engineering practices at scale

Hybrid work flexibility and an inclusive culture

Competitive remuneration and long ‑ term project opportunities

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or contact Grant White via email grant.white@hays.com.au. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. At Hays, we value diversity and are passionate about placing people in a role where they can flourish and succeed. We actively encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply.