Cloud Engineer

Australian Payments Plus Limited; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

AP+ (Australian Payments Plus Limited) seeks a hands-on Cloud Engineer to run and continuously improve our cloud and infrastructure services behind Australia's digital payments platforms. This is a hands-on role focused on provisioning, configuring, operating and optimising secure, reliable infrastructure across cloud and hybrid environments.

You will work across day-to-day operations, automation, performance, security and change to help keep critical services resilient and ready for what comes

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience supporting and operating cloud and/or hybrid infrastructure within an enterprise environment.
• Understanding of cloud platforms (IaaS/PaaS), virtualization, storage, and infrastructure automation tooling.
• Experience monitoring infrastructure and diagnosing issues.
• Ability to automate routine admin tasks with scripting and standard tools.
• Understanding of configuration management, change control and security practices.
• Collaborative approach across technical and service teams.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

Hybrid cloud

Automation scripting

Security best practices

Monitoring and troubleshooting

Change management

Collaboration across teams

Job description

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.

If you're a hands-on cloud engineer who enjoys making infrastructure more secure, reliable and automated - and wants to work on technology that Australians rely on every day - we'd love to hear from you.

If you’re ready to be a game changer, please submit your application. The Talent Acquisition team will endeavour to review your application and notify you of the outcome within the next two weeks.

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.