Cloud Engineer: Secure, Automated Infra for Payments

Australian Payments Plus; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Australian Payments Plus is seeking a hands-on Cloud Engineer to run and improve cloud and infrastructure services behind Australia’s digital payments platforms. This role focuses on provisioning, configuring, operating and optimising secure, reliable infrastructure across cloud and hybrid environments.

You’ll work on day-to-day operations, automation, performance, security and change to keep critical services resilient and ready for what comes next.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience supporting and operating cloud and/or hybrid infrastructure in an enterprise environment.
• Deep understanding of cloud platforms and services (IaaS/PaaS), virtualization, storage, and automation tooling.
• Practical experience monitoring infrastructure and diagnosing issues; supporting installation and change activities.
• Ability to automate routine tasks using scripting and standard tools for reliability and improvement.
• Knowledge of configuration management, change control and security practices in critical environments.
• Collaborative, disciplined engineering approach and strong documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Provision, deploy and configure cloud and infrastructure services per architecture standards and security requirements.
• Monitor performance, availability and security events; troubleshoot and ensure high-performing services.
• Own operational activities: maintenance, patching, backups, restorations, installation and decommissioning.
• Automate routine admin and infra activities to improve efficiency and reliability.
• Support controlled infrastructure change, ensuring changes are documented and safely implemented.
• Collaborate with engineers and service teams to improve procedures and outcomes.

Skills

Cloud experience

Hybrid infrastructure

IaaS/PaaS

Automation tooling

Scripting

Monitoring

Security practices

Change management

Documentation

Job description

Australian Payments Plus is seeking a hands-on Cloud Engineer to run and improve cloud and infrastructure services behind Australia’s digital payments platforms. This role focuses on provisioning, configuring, operating and optimising secure, reliable infrastructure across cloud and hybrid environments.

You’ll work on day-to-day operations, automation, performance, security and change to keep critical services resilient and ready for what comes next.