CloudOps Engineer

PRA; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 160,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

PRA is seeking a hands-on Cloud Operations Engineer to help build and run its cloud platforms across AWS & Azure. You will own infrastructure as code, keep multi-cloud environments secure, reliable and cost-effective, and collaborate with application teams and vendors.

You'll help introduce better automation tools and practices and build a community of practice around the technologies the team has chosen, including AI-enabled automation.

Qualifications

• Hands-on infrastructure as code experience, especially Terraform.
• Experience building, deploying and supporting workloads in AWS and/or Azure.
• Containerisation experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Competency in at least one scripting language, plus CI/CD and change control.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and clear written communication.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Terraform IaC

AWS/Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Scripting

CI/CD

Documentation

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

• Salary: $160k-$170k + bonus [CONFIRM: + super or inc super]
• 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