Cloud Engineer

Preacta Recruitment; North Sydney Council; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Palo Alto NGFW: Firewall Rules

AWS: Private Link, Transit Gateway

Job summary

Preacta Recruitment is seeking a Senior Cloud/Platform Engineer to design, build and operate enterprise cloud and hybrid platform services. You will develop automation, manage CI/CD pipelines, and ensure secure, resilient operations across Azure and on‑prem environments.

You will collaborate with architects, squads and security teams to deliver scalable platform solutions and contribute to digital transformation initiatives.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years hands‑on engineering across Azure and Microsoft 365
• Experience with DevOps toolchains
• Scripting and automation with PowerShell, Bash or Python; IaC tooling (Bicep, ARM, Terraform)

Responsibilities

• Build & Deployment of cloud infrastructure and platform services
• Automation of provisioning and patching via IaC and CI/CD pipelines
• Operations, monitoring, and on‑call support for cloud/platform services
• Collaborate with architects, product owners and security teams
• Apply security, governance, and DR/BC testing in build/run activities

Skills

Azure public cloud

Microsoft 365

DevOps toolchains

Scripting: PowerShell/Bash/Python

Infrastructure as Code: Bicep/ARM/Ter

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Enterprise

Job description

Senior Cloud/ Platform Engineer:

The Cloud and Platform Engineer is responsible for building, automating, and supporting enterprise cloud and platform services in line with agreed architecture, security and technology standards. This hands‑on role delivers and maintains scalable, secure, and resilient cloud‑based and on‑premises platforms, ensuring reliable day‑to‑day operation and seamless integration across business systems and services.

Key responsibilities include:

Build & Deployment: Implement, configure and deploy cloud infrastructure, hybrid environments and platform services in accordance with approved designs, standards and change processes.

Automation & Engineering: Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code, scripts and CI/CD pipelines to automate provisioning, configuration and patching, reducing manual effort and configuration drift.

Operations & Support: Provide escalated technical support, monitoring, performance tuning and lifecycle maintenance of cloud and platform services, including participation in on‑call and after‑hours change activity.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement: Work with architects, product owners, engineering squads, cyber security and external vendors to deliver and run platform solutions that support digital transformation initiatives.

Risk & Compliance: Apply security, regulatory and operational standards in build and run activities, including patching, vulnerability remediation, backup, disaster recovery and business continuity testing.

Requirements:

• Minimum of three to five years' hands‑on engineering experience across Azure public cloud and Microsoft 365
• Demonstrated experience with DevOps toolsets
• Practical scripting and automation experience (for example PowerShell, Bash or Python) and use of Infrastructure as Code tooling such as Bicep, ARM or Terraform
• Good working knowledge of public cloud management, governance, security, resilience and cost optimisation
• Strong troubleshooting skills across hybrid environments, with experience working to defined service levels within an ITSM framework
• Experience working within agile teams and contributing to sprint planning, estimation and delivery
• Azure Integration Services: APIM, Functions, App Service Plans, Data Factory, Service Bus, Logic Apps
• Azure Storage and Databases: Azure SQL Elastic Pool and Databases, Azure Blob, Files and Tables Storage
• Azure Network: vNet, UDR, NSG, Private Links, Private DNS, ExpressRoute
• DevOps: Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Enterprise

Please note this role requires PR or Australian Citizenship.

Bonus

• Palo Alto NGFW: Firewall Rules
• AWS: Private Link, Transit Gateway