Senior AWS Cloud Engineer — AI-Driven, Secure & Scalable Infra

Maurice Blackburn Lawyers; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Maurice Blackburn Lawyers is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to own the AWS landscape, drive architecture and roadmaps, and ensure secure, scalable operations for client-facing services. You will balance innovation with strong governance and enable teams to deploy safely at speed.

You will implement AI-enabled operational tooling, strengthen security controls, and reduce costs through automation and improved reliability. Melbourne-based role with strong collaboration across the.Connect team.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and running production AWS environments.
• Infrastructure as code with reusable modules and safe deployments.
• IAM, networking, encryption and secrets management.
• Observability, incident response and recovery testing.
• CI/CD and automation with policy controls and rollback.
• Hands-on experience with AI agents and risks like data leakage.
• Proven gains in reliability, efficiency, security or cloud cost.
• Degree in CS/IT or equivalent; AWS certs helpful.

Responsibilities

• Own our AWS landscape: architecture, technical roadmap and continuous improvement.
• Build and run scalable multi-account AWS foundations with infrastructure as code.
• Design and troubleshoot networking, DNS, certificates and connectivity across AWS and firm platforms.
• Build agent-assisted security monitoring and run authorised testing for risks like prompt injection and unsafe tool use.
• Improve observability, incident response and recovery, and turn recurring issues into tested automation.
• Create secure environments for AI agents, with clear controls on data, tools, network access, resources and audit trails.
• Build CI/CD and self-service pathways so teams can deliver safely and quickly.
• Cut manual effort and cloud costs, and prove the savings.

Job description

Maurice Blackburn Lawyers is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to own the AWS landscape, drive architecture and roadmaps, and ensure secure, scalable operations for client-facing services. You will balance innovation with strong governance and enable teams to deploy safely at speed.

You will implement AI-enabled operational tooling, strengthen security controls, and reduce costs through automation and improved reliability. Melbourne-based role with strong collaboration across the.Connect team.