Engineer, Google Cloud

Deakin partnership; Geelong; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Hybrid work options

Job summary

Deakin University is seeking an Engineer, Google Cloud to support delivery and optimisation of Google Cloud services across the University. You will coordinate provisioning, configuration and governance-aligned improvements, working with technical teams and stakeholders to enhance performance and reliability.

Key tasks include analysing cloud environments, identifying improvements, maintaining compliance, and steering projects with a strong emphasis on collaboration and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Degree with substantial relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proven experience delivering and building complex cloud environments, esp. GCP; AWS/Azure desirable.
• Strong Python development skills, especially Cloud Functions, for guardrail systems.
• Analytical with ability to coordinate or lead complex work and influence stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and perform system administration across Google services.

Responsibilities

• Analyse complex cloud environment to understand functional design.
• Identify opportunities for improvement and implement change through proper channels.
• Ensure cloud environment compliance and availability.
• Prioritise work and evaluate progress to deliver outcomes.
• Provide constructive feedback to support team capability.
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships.
• Ensure clarity of roles, responsibilities and expectations within teams.
• Seek and respond to feedback to improve services.
• Contribute to planning and delivery aligned to priorities.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Stakeholder management

Independent work

Problem solving

Governance & compliance

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

GCP

AWS

Azure

Python

Cloud Functions

Workspace

Play Console

My Business

Search Console

Analytics

Tag Manager

Job description

Job no: 578796
Work type: Full-time
Location: Flexible
Categories: Information Technology

• Flexible location offered at Burwood or Geelong Campus + hybrid work arrangements
• Full-time and continuing

About the role:

TheEngineer, Google Cloud supports the delivery and optimisation of Google Cloud and Google Services across the University. The role coordinates Google Service provisioning, configuration and continuous improvement, ensuring solutions arereliable, compliant, efficient and aligned with governance standards. It works independently with technical teams and stakeholders to integrate services, improveplatform performance, reliability, and customer experience.

As an Engineer, Google Cloud, you will:

• Analyse complex cloud environment to understand the functional design.
• Identify opportunities for improvement and implement change through appropriate channels
• Ensure cloud environment compliance and availability.
• Prioritise work and evaluate progress to deliver outcomes
• Provide constructive feedback to support team capability
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships
• Ensure clarity of roles, responsibilities and expectations within teams
• Seek and respond to feedback to improve services
• Contribute to planning and delivery aligned to priorities

To be successful, you’ll have:

• Degree with substantial relevant experience, extensive technical/administrative management expertise, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Proven experience delivering and building complex cloud environments, particularly usingGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP), with AWS/Azure experience desirable.
• Strong Python development skills, particularly in creating scripts andCloud Functions, with the ability to develop complex and effective cloud guardrail systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated ability to coordinate or lead complex work and influence stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and perform system administration across Google services, includingGCP, Workspace, Play Console, My Business, Search Console, Analytics, and Tag Manager.

Applications for this position close on Wednesday, 16 September 2026 at 11:55pm.

Benefits for working with us!

At Deakin, we offer more than just a job - we offer a lifestyle. Across our campuses in Geelong, Melbourne, and regional Victoria, you’ll find everything you need to thrive: on-site childcare, gyms, medical centres, cafes, accessible public transport, and convenient parking. Enjoy flexible working arrangements that support your work-life balance, generous leave entitlements including extended parental leave and the option to purchase additional time off, plus a wide range of staff discounts on travel and more. Our health and wellbeing services, ongoing professional development opportunities, and inclusive, supportive culture make Deakin a place where you can grow - whether you're working remotely or immersed in the vibrant energy of campus life.

Make an Impact with Us

Together we aim to take Deakin forward, strengthening our progressive University through the digital work we do. Whether it's empowering students, enabling teaching staff, or supporting researchers, the work you do here matters. Your achievements contribute to making a positive difference in the lives of the people and communities we serve.

So that you can focus on making a positive impact, Deakin Digital Services lays the foundations for you to be your best self, grow and evolve and work with exceptional people.

Be Your Best Self

As a unique person we understand that showing up as the best version of yourself takes commitment to your personal wellbeing. That’s why we foster a supportive environment where you can manage your work to balance your productivity, engagement and wellbeing. Our approach to flexible working empowers you to achieve your best.

Grow & Evolve

Being in the higher education sector, ours is an environment of knowledge sharing and seeking. With us you can grow your capability through formal and informal learning and continuously improve, deepen and broaden your expertise. With many digital roles and teams under the one umbrella, there’s opportunity to expand your skillset, solve new problems and evolve your career. When YOU thrive, WE thrive.

Join Us

As a member of our dynamic team, you’ll help deliver digital services and solutions alongside supportive, inclusive and talented humans from within the team, and more broadly across the University. We are a powerful collective of diverse skillsets, strengths and experience and our practices promote an environment of collaboration where your unique contribution is welcomed and valued. When you join Software Engineering you join one of the most exciting teams within Deakin. Visit Why Work at Deakin to view the overarching benefits of working with Deakin.

Are you ready to make an impact with us?

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientation, and genders.

Pre-employment safety and suitability checks:

In accordance with the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence, appointment to this role is subject to successful completion of relevant pre-employment checks, including Working With Children Checks and candidate gender-based violence declarations.

Candidates may be asked to declare whether they have been investigated for an allegation of Gender‑based Violence, or determined to have engaged in conduct that constitutes Gender‑based Violence during the course of their previous employment, or otherwise in a legal process. A declaration is not required from individuals who have experienced gender‑based violence. A ‘Yes’ response does not automatically exclude a candidate from employment, and any information provided will be treated confidentially and considered only for relevance to the role and the University’s safety obligations.

Advertised: 02 Sep 2026 AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: 16 Sep 2026 AUS Eastern Standard Time