Cloud & Infrastructure Strategy Leader

RACQ; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

RACQ is seeking a strategic Technology leader to set the direction for Infrastructure and Cloud, balancing reliability with delivery priorities and long-term sustainability. You will lead a high-performing team, drive platform engineering, automation and observability, and strengthen security, resilience and incident response.

You’ll partner across the business to simplify cloud and infrastructure delivery, manage budgets and vendor relationships, and champion modern engineering practices in a

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership of enterprise infrastructure, cloud or platform services.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure and enterprise infrastructure technologies.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams and developing capability.
• Sound knowledge of ITIL-aligned service management, operational risk, controls and resilience.
• Experience with automation, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code and platform engineering.
• Strong stakeholder management, influencing, financial management, vendor and contract-management capability.
• Relevant qualifications or certifications in cloud, infrastructure, ITIL or FinOps will be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Infrastructure and Cloud strategy, roadmap and end-to-end service portfolio.
• Develop a high-performing team through coaching, clear direction, accountability and capability building.
• Oversee cloud, enterprise infrastructure, platform engineering, automation and observability services.
• Strengthen service health, resilience, security, risk controls and major-incident response.
• Drive modern engineering practices, including Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, automation and platform engineering.
• Manage budgets, FinOps, vendors, contracts and technology investments.

Skills

Leadership

Azure expertise

DevOps

Infrastructure as Code

Platform engineering

Stakeholder management

Vendor & contract management

Education

Cloud/IT infrastructure certifications

ITIL certification

FinOps certification

Job description

RACQ is seeking a strategic Technology leader to set the direction for Infrastructure and Cloud, balancing reliability with delivery priorities and long-term sustainability. You will lead a high-performing team, drive platform engineering, automation and observability, and strengthen security, resilience and incident response.

You’ll partner across the business to simplify cloud and infrastructure delivery, manage budgets and vendor relationships, and champion modern engineering practices in a