Senior Cloud / DevOps Engineer Eightcap · Melbourne · DevOps & Release Pay not stated 3w ago

Devopsroles; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Wellness perks

Drinks on Fridays

Parental leave

Job summary

Eightcap in Melbourne seeks a Senior Cloud/DevOps Engineer who treats infrastructure as software—versioned, reviewed, tested and released. You will own the health, security and evolution of our AWS estate powering trading services, client apps and internal systems.

You will design multi-account AWS environments with Terraform, own CI/CD in GitHub Actions, enforce least-privilege security and automate compliance for ISO 27001 and SOC 2, while driving incident response and mentoring the team

Qualifications

• Significant hands-on experience designing, building and operating production AWS workloads (multi-account, VPC, IAM, EC2, Lambda, Fargate, RDS, CloudWatch).
• Expert-level Terraform: reusable modules, remote state, refactoring live infrastructure without downtime.
• Strong GitHub Actions experience across application and infrastructure pipelines, with secure credential handling.
• A genuine software engineering background in Python, Go, TypeScript or C#, with tests, code review and release discipline.
• Demonstrable cloud security engineering, including least-privilege IAM, RBAC, SSO, MFA, secrets management and CSPM tooling (Wiz).
• Experience automating compliance evidence against ISO 27001, SOC 2 and the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
• Track record leading incidents and post-incident reviews under real change control.
• Clear communication skills, including writing design docs and explaining trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Availability for an on-call rotation and occasional out-of-hours maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Own the Cloud Platform: Design, build and operate multi-account AWS environments, with Terraform as the backbone for changes.
• Build the paved road: Own CI/CD in GitHub Actions and boilerplates for services to ship production-ready environments.
• Engineer security: Apply least-privilege IAM, secrets management and CSPM tooling, embedding security into pipelines.
• Automate compliance: Build continuous evidence and controls against ISO 27001, SOC 2 and AWS Well-Architected.
• Own observability and reliability: Run CloudWatch, define SLOs, lead incident reviews and runbooks.
• Lead without the title: Set platform standards and mentor the team on cloud and security practices.
• Partner across the business: Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, Product Engineering and Trading Platform Operations.

Skills

AWS workloads

Terraform

GitHub Actions

CI/CD

Security engineering

Incident response

Communication

On-call readiness

Education

Software engineering degree

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

AWS IAM

Job description

Eightcap operates at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and global financial markets. Headquartered in Melbourne with a global footprint spanning the UK, Cyprus, and Bulgaria, we build the high-performance infrastructure that connects the world to CFD markets - reliably, securely and with precision.

We're after an engineer who treats infrastructure as software: versioned, reviewed, tested and released. Someone who is as comfortable reviewing a Terraform pull request as they are tracing a production latency spike, and who leaves every codebase, pipeline and security posture better than they found it. The Senior Cloud / DevOps Engineer will own the health, security and evolution of the AWS estate that our trading services, client-facing applications and internal systems run on.

To drive real impact in this role, you will:

• Own the Cloud Platform: Design, build and operate our multi-account AWS environments, with Terraform as the backbone for every change, from modules to drift detection to plan-and-review.
• Build the Paved Road: Own CI/CD in GitHub Actions and build boilerplates for .NET, Go and Python so teams can ship standardised, production-ready environments with minimal friction.
• Engineer Security In: Apply least-privilege IAM, secrets management, network controls and CSPM tooling like Wiz, and embed scanning and policy-as-code directly into pipelines.
• Automate Compliance: Build continuous evidence and controls against SOC 2, ISO 27001 and the AWS Well-Architected Framework, so audit readiness is always on, not a scramble.
• Own Observability and Reliability: Run the CloudWatch stack, define SLOs, lead incident response and post-incident reviews, and keep runbooks sharp enough for another engineer to follow.
• Lead Without the Title: Set platform standards, review infrastructure and pipeline changes from other engineers, mentor the team on cloud and security practice and help shape the roadmap.
• Partner Across the Business: Work closely with Infrastructure and Security, Product Engineering squads and Trading Platform Operations to keep the estate secure, resilient and easy to build on.

Requirements

What You'll Bring:

• Significant hands-on experience designing, building and operating production AWS workloads, including multi-account setups, VPC networking, IAM, EC2, Lambda, Fargate, RDS and CloudWatch.
• Expert-level Terraform, including authoring reusable modules, managing remote state and refactoring live infrastructure without downtime.
• Strong GitHub Actions experience across application and infrastructure pipelines, with secure credential handling.
• A genuine software engineering background in at least one general-purpose language (Python, Go, TypeScript or C#), with tests, code review and release discipline as habit.
• Demonstrable cloud security engineering, including least-privilege IAM, RBAC, SSO, MFA, secrets management and remediation using CSPM tooling such as Wiz.
• Experience automating compliance evidence against ISO 27001, SOC 2 and the AWS Well-Architected Framework
• A track record leading incidents and post-incident reviews under real change control.
• Clear communication skills, including writing design docs and explaining trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Availability for an on-call rotation and occasional out-of-hours maintenance.
• Bonus if you hold an AWS Professional or Security certification, have worked in a regulated financial services environment (ASIC, FCA or CySEC), have exposure to trading platforms, low-latency systems or market data, or have contributed to a pen test remediation or certification cycle.

Benefits

What's it like to work at Eightcap?

We have built a performance-driven environment where you're given the autonomy to drive change and the accountability to own the results. We provide a space for the ambitious, adaptable and collaborative to deliver outcomes that fuel our success while building the skills and experience that defines a career.

We also support you through:

• Ongoing investment in your career development, including technical and professional training.
• Wellness and lifestyle perks, such as monthly corporate massages.
• Drinks every Friday.
• Parental leave entitlements.
• Staff referral bonus programme.
• Annual flu vaccinations.
• Purchased leave.
• Novated leasing options for vehicle financing and management.
• A great CBD location with easy access to public transport.
• A multicultural, collaborative and supportive team culture.
• Being part of exciting new projects for the company.
• Regular social activities.