Cloud FinOps & Automation Engineer (AWS/Azure)

VicRoads; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Fitness Passport

Discounts to retailers

Professional development

Flexible working arrangements

16 weeks paid parental leave

Job summary

VicRoads is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and support secure, scalable cloud environments across AWS and Azure. You will develop automation using Terraform/CloudFormation and Python, and collaborate with engineering, security, and operations teams to deliver resilient cloud solutions.

You will optimise costs, enforce governance, and contribute to FinOps initiatives while building robust monitoring, logging, and disaster recovery capabilities.

Qualifications

• Over 7 years of proven experience designing and supporting cloud environments in AWS and Azure.
• Hands-on expertise with Terraform, CloudFormation, or other Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Strong scripting skills using Python, PowerShell, Bash or similar.
• Experience with cloud security controls, IAM, encryption, vulnerability management, and compliance frameworks.
• Experience managing cloud costs, resource optimisation, and cloud governance initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and support cloud infrastructure solutions across AWS and Azure.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Develop automation solutions using Python, Bash, PowerShell, Ansible, and other modern tools.
• Implement cloud security best practices, governance controls, and compliance standards.
• Drive cloud cost optimisation initiatives through resource rightsizing, utilisation analysis, and FinOps practices.
• Develop and maintain monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions to improve service reliability.
• Support cloud backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity capabilities.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, operations, and business teams to deliver cloud solutions and resolve incidents.
• Produce technical documentation, reporting, and recommendations to improve cloud operations and performance.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS

Azure

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Ansible

PowerShell

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

VicRoads is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and support secure, scalable cloud environments across AWS and Azure. You will develop automation using Terraform/CloudFormation and Python, and collaborate with engineering, security, and operations teams to deliver resilient cloud solutions.

You will optimise costs, enforce governance, and contribute to FinOps initiatives while building robust monitoring, logging, and disaster recovery capabilities.