Associate Cloud Engineer

Insignia Financial; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Insignia Financial is hiring two Associate Cloud Engineers in Melbourne to join our Cloud Technology team. You will help build and maintain cloud infrastructure, automate processes and support enterprise-scale platforms.

We value curiosity, initiative and a genuine interest in cloud technology. No university degree is essential; relevant certifications, projects or practical work are encouraged.

Qualifications

• Genuine interest in cloud environments with hands-on experience.
• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure).
• Familiarity with Linux and scripting (Python preferred).
• Security fundamentals within cloud environments understood.
• Ability to take ownership and work independently when needed.
• Willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain cloud infrastructure and platforms.
• Develop and improve automation patterns for quality and efficiency.
• Support development teams to enhance cloud capabilities.
• Maintain platform performance, availability and scalability.
• Align cloud environments with security and risk requirements.
• Contribute to automated monitoring and cloud compliance.
• Create technical documentation and showcase outcomes.

Skills

Cloud experience

Ownership mindset

Curiosity to learn

Education

No degree required

Tools

Python

Linux

Job description

The opportunity to join our team

We have two new opportunities for Associate Cloud Engineers to join our Cloud Technology team.

These roles offer a great environment to build your technical capability, learn from experienced engineers and gain hands‑on experience supporting cloud platforms at enterprise scale. You'll contribute to meaningful cloud projects while developing practical skills across infrastructure, automation, security and platform engineering.

You'll join a friendly team that values curiosity, initiative and a genuine interest in cloud technology. There will be plenty to learn, so these roles will suit people who are motivated to develop, comfortable taking ownership of their work and keen to build a long‑term career in cloud engineering.

What You'll Do

• Implementing and maintaining cloud infrastructure and platforms
• Executing and improving automation patterns to support quality and efficiency
• Supporting development teams to build their cloud capability
• Helping maintain platform performance, availability and scalability
• Managing cloud environments in line with security and risk requirements
• Contributing to automated monitoring and cloud compliance
• Writing technical documentation and showcasing the outcomes of your work

What You Bring To This Role

• A genuine interest in cloud environments and some hands‑on cloud experience
• Exposure to cloud, ideally AWS or Google Cloud (as this aligns with our environment), however Azure exposure is good too.
• Familiarity with Linux and a scripting language, ideally Python
• Cloud certifications, personal projects or other practical examples that demonstrate your interest and capability
• An understanding of security fundamentals within cloud environments
• Intellectual curiosity and an eagerness to learn new technologies
• The ability to take ownership, work independently and ask the right questions when support is needed
• The motivation and adaptability to thrive in a fast‑paced learning environment

A university degree is not essential. We're more interested in the experience, certifications and practical work you've completed, whether professionally, through study or in your own time. If you have a GitHub repository or portfolio of projects, we'd love to see it as part of your application.

Why join us?

This is an opportunity to accelerate your development in a team that genuinely enjoys helping people learn. You'll be surrounded by experienced cloud engineers, gain exposure to enterprise-scale platforms and have the chance to contribute to projects that support critical technology services across the business.

If you're looking for a role where you can deepen your cloud engineering skills, take on new challenges and continue learning every day, we'd love to hear from you.

Find the better way

What gets us excited about working here? Helping people feel good about their money as one of Australia’s leading financial wellbeing organisations. From those starting out to those retiring. As your team, we’ll show up for you and together we will create financial wellbeing for every Australian. Because we know people who are confident about their financial future live better lives.

If this sounds like your kind of career, you sound like our kind of person. With us, you’ll do work that builds your technical know‑how and challenges our entire industry to move forward. Along the way, you’ll be free to explore new ideas and technology, solve problems in a team, and independently to get great things done. Around here, we like to call it “putting our fingerprints on the future”.

People-inspired tech

Deep expertise combined with creativity can take on the trickiest of problems. Join our team of brilliant minds and mentors as we explore our way to innovation and apply technology in more human ways than ever.

Applicants will be required to provide evidence of their eligibility to work in Australia, and at a minimum be required to undertake police and basic credit checks as a condition of employment.

Please note that applications from agencies will not be considered at this time.

We acknowledge and celebrate the richness that individual differences bring to our team. If you need assistance or an adjustment during the application process, please reach out and let us know.