Azure Cloud Platform Lead | Transform & Scale

Fred. Olsen Ltd; Ipswich City; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

AXA Health Private Medical

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Pay

Discounted Travel

Cruise Concessions

Boost Benefits discounts

Job summary

Fred. Olsen Ltd is seeking a Cloud Platform Lead to shape and deliver its cloud transformation. You will design, build, and govern Azure-based platforms, embedding automation, security, and scalable patterns across the organisation.

The role involves leading platform engineering, landing zones, and cross-tower enablement, with a focus on cost governance and resilient operations in a platform-led operating model.

Qualifications

• Strong experience designing and engineering Azure cloud platforms.
• Delivery of cloud transformation / migration programmes.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM) and DevOps practices.
• Solid understanding of networking, identity, and security in cloud environments.
• Experience in ITIL-aligned service organisations and FinOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and engineering of Azure cloud platforms and landing zones.
• Define engineering standards, automation, and governance across platforms.
• Drive cloud migration and modernisation initiatives with IaC and DevOps.
• Ensure secure, cost-efficient, and scalable platform delivery across towers.
• Collaborate across Applications, Infrastructure, and Data teams for hybrid/cloud-first models.

Skills

Azure cloud platforms

Cloud transformation

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

CI/CD pipelines

FinOps and cost optimisation

Networking and security in cloud

Platform engineering

Data platforms and analytics workloads

Multi-entity / shared service models

ITIL-aligned service organisations

Education

Azure certifications (AZ-104, AZ-305)

ITIL v4 Foundation (or working towards)

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Fred. Olsen Ltd is seeking a Cloud Platform Lead to shape and deliver its cloud transformation. You will design, build, and govern Azure-based platforms, embedding automation, security, and scalable patterns across the organisation.

The role involves leading platform engineering, landing zones, and cross-tower enablement, with a focus on cost governance and resilient operations in a platform-led operating model.