Senior Cloud Engineer

Salt; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt in Melbourne is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to join a high-performing team driving enterprise-scale cloud transformation. This is a hands-on role for an experienced engineer who enjoys building secure, scalable cloud platforms, leading technical initiatives, and influencing best practice across engineering teams.

You’ll work on cloud architecture, automation, governance, cost optimisation and platform engineering initiatives in a modern AWS environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with designing secure and resilient cloud environments.
• Strong programming and automation skills in Python.
• Proficient in networking concepts and distributed systems.
• Experience with DevOps practices and Agile delivery methodologies.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Designing, deploying and improving scalable AWS cloud solutions.
• Building automation using Python and Infrastructure as Code
• Driving cloud security, governance and operational excellence
• Partnering with engineering, cyber and development teams to deliver enterprise outcomes
• Providing technical leadership, mentoring and promoting DevOps best practices

Skills

AWS

Python

Networking

Distributed systems

DevOps

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Job description

We’re partnering with a leading Australian organisation to find a Senior Cloud Engineer to join a high-performing team driving enterprise-scale cloud transformation.

This is a hands-on role for an experienced engineer who enjoys building secure, scalable cloud platforms, leading technical initiatives, and influencing best practice across engineering teams. You’ll work on cloud architecture, automation, governance, cost optimisation and platform engineering initiatives in a modern AWS environment.

What you’ll be doing

• Designing, deploying and improving scalable AWS cloud solutions
• Building automation using Python and Infrastructure as Code
• Driving cloud security, governance and operational excellence
• Partnering with engineering, cyber and development teams to deliver enterprise outcomes
• Providing technical leadership, mentoring and promoting DevOps best practices

What we’re looking for

• Strong AWS experience (5+ years) designing secure, resilient cloud environments
• Python development and automation skills
• Solid understanding of networking, Internet protocols and distributed systems
• Experience with DevOps, Agile delivery and modern engineering practices
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

This is an opportunity to join a business investing heavily in cloud capability, where you’ll have real influence over platform direction, engineering standards and future technology strategy.