Lead Cloud Self-Service Engineer (IDP/DevEx)

LAB3; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 166,000 - 277,000; Part time

Job summary

LAB3 is seeking a Principal Engineer – Cloud Self-Service Delivery in Sydney/Melbourne to lead IDP/DevEx infrastructure efforts. This contract role focuses on automating cloud onboarding and provisioning, linking DevOps, security, and identity capabilities for a regulated enterprise.

You will guide a hands-on engineering team, shaping scalable patterns and ensuring seamless self-service experiences across platforms. Hybrid on-site presence is required a few days per week.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering automated cloud onboarding and self-service tech.
• Strong knowledge of Azure with multi-cloud experience (GCP/AWS) preferred.
• Experience in regulated environments and banking is beneficial.
• Hands-on leadership with ability to guide engineering and delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical enablement and integration of cloud services across development, DevOps, security, identity and governance platforms.
• Design and improve automated, code-driven cloud onboarding and provisioning services.
• Connect multiple development toolsets and delivery pipelines to create a seamless self-service experience for cloud consumers.
• Troubleshoot complex platform and integration issues while maintaining a strategic view of the wider service ecosystem.
• Shape secure, scalable and reliable cloud-enablement patterns for a highly regulated environment.
• Partner with specialist cloud, security, identity and platform teams to align technical solutions and delivery outcomes.
• Provide Principal-level technical leadership while remaining hands-on with engineering, automation and systems integration.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly and influence stakeholders across the organisation.

Skills

Azure

DevOps

Automation

Systems integration

Cloud security

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

Bamboo

Job description

LAB3 is seeking a Principal Engineer – Cloud Self-Service Delivery in Sydney/Melbourne to lead IDP/DevEx infrastructure efforts. This contract role focuses on automating cloud onboarding and provisioning, linking DevOps, security, and identity capabilities for a regulated enterprise.

You will guide a hands-on engineering team, shaping scalable patterns and ensuring seamless self-service experiences across platforms. Hybrid on-site presence is required a few days per week.