Cloud Principal

Royal Automobile Club of Queensland; Queensland; Presencial; AUD 180.000 - 260.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Free roadside assistance

Employee discounts

Wellbeing resources

Flexible work arrangements

Descripción de la vacante

Royal Automobile Club of Queensland is seeking a Cloud Principal to lead RACQ's cloud evolution, ensuring secure, scalable and governed services. You will guide strategy, architecture, automation and self-service while mentoring teams across engineering, architecture and operations.

You will drive platform engineering, DevOps, CI/CD, and FinOps, with a focus on developer experience, reliability and operational efficiency within a large Australian organization.

Formación

• Experience designing and operating enterprise cloud platforms.
• Strong in Azure, AWS or GCP and cloud architecture.
• Knowledge of security, identity, networking and resilience.
• Hands-on automation, IaC, DevOps and CI/CD practices.
• Platform engineering focus and improving developer experience.
• Migration, modernization, service roadmaps and health metrics.
• Strong coaching and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Azure Solutions Architect and DevOps Engineer certs or equivalent.

Responsabilidades

• Own cloud strategy, roadmaps, standards and engineering practices.
• Develop reusable cloud services, deployment frameworks and self-service.
• Drive platform engineering, DevOps, CI/CD and IaC practices.
• Improve developer experience, delivery speed and reliability.
• Strengthen governance, security, risk, and cost controls.
• Lead FinOps, forecasting and cost governance.
• Establish service health metrics and reporting for investment choices.
• Provide technical leadership for cloud transformation and architecture decisions.
• Coach teams and build cloud capability through communities of practice.

Conocimientos

Enterprise cloud platforms

Azure/AWS/GCP

Cloud security & resilience

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

DevOps & CI/CD

Platform engineering

Mentoring & coaching

Cloud migration & modernization

Herramientas

Terraform

CI/CD tooling

Cloud monitoring tooling

Descripción del empleo

Job Description - Cloud Principal (260000YX)

Job Description

Cloud Principal

Job Number:

260000YX

Description

About the role
You’ll lead the evolution of RACQ’s cloud platforms, ensuring services are secure, resilient, scalable, governed and cost-effective. You’ll combine strategic leadership with practical coaching to build cloud capability across engineering, architecture, delivery and operational teams.

• Own cloud strategy, roadmaps, architecture patterns, standards and engineering practices.
• Develop reusable cloud services, deployment frameworks, automation and self-service capabilities.
• Drive platform engineering, DevOps, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Improve developer experience, delivery speed, service reliability and operational efficiency.
• Strengthen cloud governance, security, risk, compliance and operational controls.
• Lead FinOps, cloud financial management, cost optimisation, forecasting and cost governance.
• Establish service health measures, reporting, dashboards and metrics to guide investment and improvement.
• Provide technical leadership for cloud transformation, modernisation, architecture reviews and key technology decisions.
• Coach teams and build cloud capability through mentoring, knowledge sharing and communities of practice.

About you
You’re an experienced cloud professional who combines deep technical capability with strategic thinking and a collaborative leadership style. You can influence without direct authority, simplify complex challenges and deliver secure, practical and sustainable outcomes.

• Demonstrated expertise designing and operating enterprise cloud platforms.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure, AWS or Google Cloud Platform.
• Knowledge of cloud architecture, networking, identity, security and resilience.
• Experience with automation, Infrastructure as Code, DevOps and CI/CD.
• Strong understanding of platform engineering and developer experience.
• Experience with cloud migration, modernisation, service roadmaps, health metrics and operational reporting.
• Strong coaching, communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Azure Solutions Architect and DevOps Engineer certifications, or equivalent expertise.
• Availability to participate in on-call and out-of-hours support.

Why join RACQ?
RACQ is here to drive a better future for all Queenslanders. With more than 1.7 million members, we’re built on helping people when they need it most. Join our team and play a part in supporting our members to move and live safely, securely and sustainably. We’re evolving with smarter, more sustainable solutions that make a real difference across Queensland. And while our reach is big, we stay small enough to support your career with care. At RACQ, you’ll find a flexible, inclusive workplace where everyone is valued, supported and empowered to thrive. Learn more about our culture and our commitment to diversity and inclusion at About us | RACQ https://www.racq.com.au/about-us

Why you’ll love working at RACQ
At RACQ, we support your work, wellbeing and career through benefits that matter.

• Free RACQ roadside assistance from day one
  Enjoy complimentary RACQ Everyday Roadside Assistance, renewed annually.
• Exclusive employee discounts
  Access discounts across RACQ products and partner offers including banking, insurance, solar, vehicle care, retail and travel.
• Wellbeing that goes beyond the basics
  Take advantage of onsite health checks, flu vaccinations, wellbeing rooms, digital wellbeing resources and discounted private health insurance.
• Flexibility that works for real life
  Our weFLEX approach supports balance, performance and collaboration—whether you’re working from home, the office, or a mix of both.

Successful candidates will be asked to complete background checks to progress their application.