CloudOps Engineer

Professional Recruitment Australia; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 160,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Professional Recruitment Australia in Melbourne is seeking a hands-on Cloud Operations Engineer to build and run cloud platforms across AWS and Azure. You will own infrastructure as code day to day, keeping a busy multi-cloud environment secure, reliable and cost-effective while collaborating with application teams and vendors.

Join a team shaping AI-enabled automation for cloud operations, contributing to automation tools and practices and building a community of practice around the

Qualifications

• Hands‑on IaC experience with Terraform.
• Experience with AWS and/or Azure.
• Containerisation with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Programming/scripting language experience with CI/CD.
• Strong troubleshooting and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide first and second-level support for cloud issues.
• Build and maintain cloud infrastructure as code using Terraform.
• Help deliver cloud projects from design and cost analysis through to build.
• Introduce and improve automation tools, including AI-enabled automation.
• Participate in on-call support rotation.

Skills

AWS/Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Scripting language

CI/CD

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Professional Recruitment Australia – Melbourne VIC

$160,000 - $170,000 a year

Full time, Permanent

Hybrid

2mo ago , from Professional Recruitment Australia

• Location:Melbourne, 4 days a week in the office
• Growth:help shape AI-enabled automation for cloud operations

• Salary:$160k-$170k + bonus
• Location:Melbourne, 4 days a week in the office
• Growth:help shape AI-enabled automation for cloud operations

About the opportunity

A large national organisation is looking for a hands‑on Cloud Operations Engineer to help build and run its cloud platforms across AWS & Azure. This is a role where you'll own infrastructure as code day to day, keeping a busy multi‑cloud environment secure, reliable and cost‑effective, while working closely with application teams and vendors.

It's also a chance to get in early on how AI-enabled automation can change cloud operations. Alongside core platform work, you'll help introduce better automation tools and practices, and build a community of practice around the technologies the team has chosen.

The role

• Provide first and second‑level support for cloud issues, troubleshooting across the infrastructure
• Build and maintain cloud infrastructure as code using Terraform
• Help deliver cloud projects from design and cost analysis through to build
• Introduce and improve automation tools and processes, including AI-enabled automation
• Take part in the team's on‑call support rotation

What you'll bring

• Hands‑on infrastructure as code (IaC) experience, especially Terraform, building secure, reusable, version‑controlled infrastructure
• Experience building, deploying and supporting workloads in AWS and/or Azure
• Containerisation experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Competency in at least one scripting or programming language, plus CI/CD and change control experience
• Strong troubleshooting skills and clear written communication, including technical documentation

Great to have

SRE and observability, AWS ECS, cloud security and cost management, Entra ID/IAM/DNS, or experience with 24/7 mission‑critical systems.

Culture

• Close collaboration with application teams and vendors
• A team that values finding better ways of working and owning its impact
• Room to share knowledge and help build a community of practice