Senior Cloud Engineer - 12 Months Fixed Term
Brisbane, Australia Hybrid
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About the role
As a Senior Cloud Engineer , you’ll play a pivotal role in driving a secure-by-design and automation-first culture across our Cloud and Productivity ecosystems. Positioned within the Group Security team (which reports into the CISO), this role bridges the gap between high-level security governance and hands-on technical execution. You will be the cloud engineering champion within the security business unit, helping us navigate, harden, and elevate our overall cloud security posture. Working within a collaborative and agile environment, you’ll focus on improving cloud resilience, automating security remediation, and uplifting platform configuration compliance across enterprise environments. This role suits a highly skilled engineer who enjoys solving complex cloud-native challenges, implementing modern security controls, and mentoring team members on secure infrastructure best practices. Our offices are based in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide and Perth. We value the collaboration of being together in person when it matters, but we fully embrace hybrid flexibility. We leave it to you and the team to figure out what work-from-home balance works best! As a Senior Cloud Engineer , you’ll play a pivotal role in driving a secure-by-design and automation-first culture across our Cloud and Productivity ecosystems. You will be the cloud engineering champion within the security business unit, helping us navigate, harden, and elevate our overall cloud security posture.
What you'll bring
- : Citizens and Residents of Australia only.
- Full Time, 12 Months Fixed-Term Position.
- 5+ years of IT experience, with a strong background in Cloud Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, or DevSecOps.
- Deep technical knowledge of AWS and Azure infrastructure, identity access management (IAM), and core cloud-native security frameworks.
- Strong understanding of automation approaches, scripting (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or Bicep).
- Experience with cloud orchestration and provisioning across public cloud platforms with a focus on secure configuration and hardening.
- Hands-on experience with cloud security technologies, configuration compliance, or cloud-focused vulnerability management tools.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, particularly in diagnosing cloud misconfigurations and security risks.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical cloud risks into clear engineering or business solutions.
- Bachelor’s degree in IT, Cyber Security, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Cloud certifications across AWS or Microsoft Azure (especially security specialties, e.g., AWS Certified Security – Specialty or Azure Security Engineer).
- Experience mentoring or coaching junior technical team members.