Cloud Engineer

Hatch; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Australian Payments Plus in Sydney, NSW, is seeking a mid-level Cloud Engineer to support and evolve the cloud and infrastructure that underpin Australia's digital payments platforms. This hands-on role focuses on provisioning, configuring, operating and optimizing secure, reliable infrastructure across cloud and hybrid environments.

You’ll work across day-to-day operations, automation, performance, security and change to keep services resilient.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience supporting cloud and hybrid infrastructure in an enterprise setting.
• Deep understanding of cloud IaaS/PaaS, virtualization, storage and automation tooling.
• Experience monitoring, diagnosing issues and supporting install, maintenance and change.

Responsibilities

• Provision, deploy and configure cloud and infrastructure services per standards and security rules.
• Monitor performance, availability and security events; troubleshoot and maintain reliability.
• Automate routine sysadmin tasks to improve efficiency and consistency.
• Support controlled changes, configuration management and storage activities safely.
• Collaborate with engineers and service teams to improve procedures and outcomes.

Skills

Cloud platforms

Automation/scripting

Monitoring

Change control & security

Collaboration

Tools

Infrastructure automation tooling

Job description

This is a Cloud Engineer role with Australian Payments Plus based in Sydney, NSW, AU

== Australian Payments Plus ==

Role Seniority - mid level

More about the Cloud Engineer role at Australian Payments Plus

Life @ AP+:

We are one connected team in pursuit of one inspiring purpose – to unite people and technology to power better experiences. Each of us has a part to play in making that happen. You’ll be encouraged to bring your big ideas forward and make a difference through your work. Taking steps forward in your career whilst still having room for fun, friendships, and flexibility in your daily life.

We’re driven by our core values: lead with heart, learn for tomorrow and live our legacy. A purpose like ours takes the inspired impact of an incredible team. Ready to change the game? We’re ready to help you do it.

The Purpose

As a Cloud Engineer at AP+, you'll help run and continuously improve the cloud and infrastructure services behind Australia's digital payments platforms. This is a hands‑on engineering role focused on provisioning, configuring, operating and optimising secure, reliable infrastructure across cloud and hybrid environments. You'll work across day‑to‑day operations, automation, performance, security and change to help keep critical services resilient and ready for what comes next.

Key Responsibilities The Role Owns

• Provision, deploy and configure cloud and infrastructure services in line with architecture standards, security requirements and operational procedures.
• Monitor infrastructure performance, availability and security events, troubleshoot operational issues and help maintain reliable, high‑performing services.
• Own core operational activities including system maintenance, patching, backups, restorations, installation, testing and decommissioning of infrastructure components.
• Automate routine system administration and infrastructure activities using scripting and standard tooling to improve efficiency, consistency and reliability.
• Support controlled infrastructure change, configuration management and storage activities, ensuring changes are assessed, documented and implemented safely.
• Work closely with engineers, service management teams and stakeholders to improve operational procedures, infrastructure standards and service outcomes.

You’ll likely be a strong fit for this role if you have:

• Hands‑on experience supporting and operating cloud and/or hybrid infrastructure within an enterprise environment.
• Deep understanding of cloud platforms and services, including IaaS/PaaS, alongside virtualisation, storage and infrastructure automation tooling.
• Practical experience monitoring infrastructure, diagnosing operational issues and supporting system installation, maintenance and change activities.
• Ability to automate repeatable administration tasks using scripting and standard tools, with a mindset focused on reliability and continuous improvement.
• An understanding of configuration management, change control and security practices, ideally within a regulated, critical or high‑availability technology environment.
• A collaborative, disciplined approach to engineering and documentation, and can work effectively across technical and service teams to deliver dependable infrastructure outcomes.

What Happens Next

At AP+, we believe in the power of passion, pride and purpose. Our team is driven by a shared mission to make a difference in the world of payments, and we're proud to work together towards this common goal.

We want to remove all barriers to inclusion, so if you need advice or support with your application, we’re here to help. Please reach out to [e-mail]. We also encourage you to let us know your pronouns at any point during the recruitment process.

AP+ are not partnering with Recruitment agencies for this role.

Before we jump into the responsibilities of the role. No matter what you come in knowing, you’ll be learning new things all the time and the Australian Payments Plus team will be there to support your growth.

Please consider applying even if you don't meet 100% of what’s outlined

Key Responsibilities

• Provisioning and configuring
• Monitoring performance
• Automating system administration

Key Strengths

• Cloud infrastructure management
• Automation and scripting
• Monitoring and troubleshooting
• Configuration management
• Collaboration
• Cloud platforms knowledge

Why Australian Payments Plus is partnering with Hatch on this role.

A Final Note: This is a role with Australian Payments Plus not with Hatch.