Infrastructure Automation Lead

RACV Limited; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangement

Insurance discounts (home and car)

RACV Club membership

Discounts with corporate partners

Diversity and inclusion support

Job summary

RACV Limited is seeking a hands‑on Technical Leader to drive infrastructure automation across on‑premises and hybrid cloud environments. You will shape automation strategy, mentor engineers, and partner with Security and Architecture teams to modernise delivery and reduce operational complexity.

Reporting to the Technology Platforms Manager, you’ll lead design, implementation and continual improvement of automation capabilities.

Qualifications

• Strong experience designing and implementing infrastructure automation solutions.
• Experience across hybrid environments including on‑premises and cloud platforms.
• Strong Azure experience, with exposure to AWS beneficial.
• Hands‑on experience managing Windows Server and Linux environments.
• Knowledge of IaC and configuration management tools (Bicep, Terraform, Ansible).
• Experience supporting enterprise infrastructure including monitoring, incident and change.

Responsibilities

• Driving automation across infrastructure provisioning, configuration, patching and lifecycle management.
• Developing and evolving Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management practices, standards and reusable templates.
• Improving platform provisioning, management, resilience, and operational efficiency through automation.
• Acting as the technical authority for infrastructure automation and modern engineering practices.
• Providing technical leadership, coaching and mentoring to engineers across the infrastructure team.
• Contributing to solution design and architecture while remaining hands‑on with engineering and delivery activities.
• Partnering with security teams to embed security and compliance controls into automated infrastructure solutions.
• Participating in a shared on‑call roster to support critical platforms and services.

Skills

Infrastructure automation

Hybrid environments

Azure

Terraform

Ansible

Bicep

Windows Server

Linux

Monitoring

Security & compliance

Mentoring/leadership

Tools

Dell hardware

Job description

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Join our team of business professionals doing meaningful work in an organisationthat’sever evolving. Work with people who care and expand your career with opportunities only a diverse business can provide. With license to see things through your way, and theoptionto split your time between office and home, RACV is whereyou’llmake a difference.

About theopportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for a hands-on technical leader who thrives on automation, modern infrastructure practices, and mentoring engineering teams. You'll play a key role in shaping RACV's infrastructure automation strategy across on-premises and hybrid cloud environments while helping uplift capability across our Technology Platforms team.

Reporting to the Technology Platforms Manager, you'll lead the design, implementation and continual improvement of infrastructure automation capabilities across RACV's technology environment. Working closely with Infrastructure, DevOps, Security and Architecture teams, you'll help reduce operational complexity and modernise the way infrastructure is delivered and managed.

Key responsibilities include

Driving automation across infrastructure provisioning, configuration, patching and lifecycle management.

Developing and evolving Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Configuration management practices, standards and reusable templates.

Improving platform provisioning, management, resilience, and operational efficiency through automation.

Acting as the technical authority for infrastructure automation and modern engineering practices.

Providing technical leadership, coaching and mentoring to engineers across the infrastructure team.

Contributing to solution design and architecture while remaining hands‑on with engineering and delivery activities.

Partnering with security teams to embed security and compliance controls into automated infrastructure solutions.

Participating in a shared on‑call roster to support critical platforms and services.

What you’ll need to be successful

Strong experience designing and implementing infrastructure automation solutions.

Experience working across hybrid environments, including on‑premises infrastructure (ideally Dell) and cloud platforms.

Strong Azure experience, with exposure to AWS beneficial.

Hands‑on experience managing the full lifecycle of Windows Server and Linux operating systems environments.

Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, configuration management and orchestration tools such as Bicep, Terraform, Ansible or similar technologies.

Experience supporting enterprise infrastructure, virtualisation, compute, storage and platform services including monitoring, incident and change.

Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to communicate technical concepts to a broad audience.

Strong skills in problem solving, providing technical guidance, and capability uplift.

A passion for mentoring others and process improvement.

There’sso much on offer when you join RACV

A flexible, informal work environment that supports balance between work and home

Generous discounts on home and car insurance policies and RACV roadside care

RACV Club membership and great discounts across RACV resorts

Monthly‑updated discounts from a wide range of corporate partners

At RACV, we believe diversity and inclusion are essential to our continued success. We want our people to feel welcomed, supported and valued for who they are and what they bring. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or in the role, please let our Talent Acquisition team know.