Cloud Platform Lead: Azure & AWS, Automation & FinOps

Bank Australia Limited; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

14% superannuation

Staff benefits for mental/physical wel

24/7 free counselling

Free flu vaccinations

Discounted gym memberships

Study assistance

Paid parental leave

Volunteer leave

Bereavement leave

Gender affirmation leave

Bonuses on annual leave

Job summary

Bank Australia Limited is seeking a Lead Specialist, Cloud Platform to lead the cloud platform team across Azure and AWS, driving standards, governance and cost-effective operations.

You will partner with security, architecture and business stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, automated cloud services, champion FinOps and cloud security, and empower teams through automation and self-service capabilities. This is a role within a purpose-led bank that values inclusion and resilience.

Qualifications

• Extensive leadership in cloud engineering, infra or tech ops.
• Advanced experience with Azure; strong AWS knowledge.
• IaC, automation and DevOps practices across platforms.
• Experience implementing cloud security, identity & access management, resilience and DR.
• Proven ability to lead technical teams and coordinate vendors/ MSPs.
• Strong cloud cost management and FinOps understanding.
• Excellent stakeholder management and ability to communicate complex concepts.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; balancing stability, security and delivery.
• Relevant cloud qualifications or certifications; ITIL, FinOps or hybrid cloud experience valued.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Cloud Platform team; set priorities and drive improvements across Azure and AWS.
• Define standards, governance and reusable patterns to enable secure, scalable cloud adoption.
• Oversee health, performance, resilience and lifecycle management of cloud services.
• Promote IaC, automation, DevOps and self-service capabilities.
• Implement and maintain cloud security, risk controls; partner with security and architecture teams.
• Lead cloud cost optimization and FinOps, with forecasting and usage insights.
• Support major incidents, DR, business continuity and service management.
• Build strong relationships with technology, security, finance and project stakeholders.

Skills

Cloud platform leadership

Azure expertise

AWS knowledge

Infrastructure as Code

DevOps practices

Automation

FinOps

Stakeholder management

Security controls

Education

Cloud certifications (Azure/AWS)

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Job description

Bank Australia Limited is seeking a Lead Specialist, Cloud Platform to lead the cloud platform team across Azure and AWS, driving standards, governance and cost-effective operations.

You will partner with security, architecture and business stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, automated cloud services, champion FinOps and cloud security, and empower teams through automation and self-service capabilities. This is a role within a purpose-led bank that values inclusion and resilience.