Microsoft Hybrid Identity Engineer (Council Infrastructure Modernisation)

Location: Hervey Bay – Onsite preferred, flexible options considered (Onsite required for cutovers/commissioning)
Engagement: 2-Year Contract

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Microsoft Hybrid Identity Engineer to deliver a major infrastructure modernisation programme for a local council.

This is a contract role with high visibility and technical breadth, focused on replacing legacy on-premises systems with secure, cloud-ready solutions.

You will lead hybrid identity, name services and server platform renewals, migrations to Azure, and the implementation of disaster recovery, PKI, observability, DNS/DHCP and HCI server modernisation — all to public sector standards.

This engagement is ideal for a hands-on engineer who enjoys delivering targeted, high-impact outcomes that directly improve community services.

Why Consider This Role?

✔ Deliver measurable public value through council infrastructure modernisation.
✔ Work across a broad technical scope: identity, PKI, DNS/DHCP, DR, HCI and observability.
✔ Lead short-term, high-impact engagements with autonomy and clear milestones.
✔ Contribute to long-term council digital programmes with potential future opportunities.

Scope of Work

• Lead design and migration of Hybrid Active Directory & Azure Entra ID (tenant/domain consolidation, forest redesign).
• Plan and execute staged migration cutovers with rollback and runbooks.
• Modernise service accounts & privileged credentials (managed identities, lifecycle automation).
• Design and deploy PKI (CA hierarchy, templates, automation, revocation).
• Architect and implement Azure Disaster Recovery with failover testing.
• Lead HCI server migrations and onboard to Azure ARC for management and monitoring.
• Design and operate Azure DNS/DHCP at scale (zone architecture, split DNS, IPAM).
• Build unified observability across on-prem and cloud (Azure Monitor + open source stacks such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, OpenTelemetry).
• Deliver procurement-ready specifications, compliance documentation, and acceptance test plans.
• Provide clear handover: runbooks, dashboards, scripts and operational training.

Deliverables

• Target state architecture & migration roadmap
• Procurement-ready technical specifications
• Migration runbooks, rollback plans & acceptance criteria
• PKI design & automation
• Azure DR replication config & failover test reports
• Azure DNS/DHCP automation & IPAM integration
• Observability dashboards, alerting rules & runbooks
• Handover documentation, training materials & support plan

Required Experience

• Proven Hybrid AD & Azure Entra migrations in production environments
• AD Connect, federation/modern auth strategies, troubleshooting syncs
• Credential modernisation (managed identities, privileged access hardening)
• Practical PKI deployment & automation experience
• Azure DR architecture & failover testing
• HCI migration experience (VMware, Nutanix, HPE SimpliVity, vSAN) + Azure ARC
• Strong Azure DNS/DHCP & IPAM design skills
• Observability expertise with Azure Monitor & open source stacks
• Scripting & automation: PowerShell, Azure CLI, ARM/Bicep, Terraform
• Excellent documentation & public sector stakeholder engagement

Desirable

• Microsoft certifications (Azure Administrator, Solutions Architect, Identity)
• PAM, IGA, SCIM, OAuth2/OIDC experience
• Previous contracting within local/state government

Rate

• Daily rate = $1100.00 - 1150.00 per day inc Super or ex GST
• 2-year contract

If you’re a technically skilled Hybrid Identity Engineer who thrives in complex, high-impact public sector modernisation projects, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now to shape the future of council services with modern, cloud-ready infrastructure.

Any questions, please call Iain on 0411 610 620