Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

nib; Newcastle City Council; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

50% health insurance discount

Volunteer leave via nib Foundation

Well Program and fitness discounts

Job summary

nib is seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer in Newcastle, NSW, Australia. You will design, build and evolve secure, scalable cloud environments across AWS, leveraging IaC, automation and modern DevOps practices to support continuous delivery for people and business systems.

This hands-on role requires strong Terraform, AWS CDK, PowerShell, Bash and Python skills, plus a collaborative mindset to mentor team members and shape cloud strategy across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience building secure, scalable AWS cloud environments.
• Experience automating cloud infrastructure and deployments with IaC.
• Ability to mentor engineers and drive design decisions across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and evolve secure, scalable cloud platforms across AWS.
• Lead cloud solution implementations and optimize performance and security.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to architecture decisions and best practices.

Skills

AWS cloud engineering

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Collaborative stakeholder engagement

Tools

Terraform

AWS CDK

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Job description

## Senior Cloud Platform EngineerApply: Newcastle, Australia: Full time: Posted Yesterday: JR105305**About this role***This is 12 month Fixed Term Contract as Senior Cloud Platform Engineer.*You'll play a critical role in designing, building and evolving secure, scalable and high-performing cloud environments that power our business. Working across AWS, you'll partner closely with delivery teams to ensure cloud infrastructure supports modern engineering practices, enables continuous delivery and delivers a seamless experience for customers and employees.This is a hands-on engineering role where you'll leverage Infrastructure as Code, automation and cloud-native technologies to build resilient platforms that are secure, cost-effective and built for scale. You'll lead the implementation of cloud solutions, optimise performance, strengthen security, and help shape the future of our cloud capabilities.Beyond the technical delivery, you'll mentor other engineers, contribute to technical design and architecture decisions, and champion cloud best practices across the organisation.**About you**You’re a highly experienced cloud engineer with a passion for building secure, scalable and resilient platforms that enable teams to deliver great outcomes. With strong expertise across AWS, you bring deep hands-on experience designing, automating and optimising cloud environments using Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines and modern engineering practices.You'll have a strong background working with complex, business-critical systems and be comfortable across cloud infrastructure, networking, security, automation and observability. Your technical toolkit includes technologies such as Terraform, AWS CDK, PowerShell, Bash, Python and modern DevOps platforms, with a focus on creating reliable, efficient and highly available solutions.We're looking for someone who combines strong technical capability with a collaborative mindset. You'll enjoy partnering with engineers and stakeholders, solving complex problems, leading technical initiatives and mentoring others to elevate team capability. Experience with cloud security, cost optimisation, platform automation, GitOps and continuous improvement will set you up for success in this role.*Don't tick every box? If this role excites you and you bring relevant experience, we'd still love to hear from you.***Who we are**nib is a leader in private health insurance, disability support and health services, reshaping the industry through bold innovation, strategic disruption and trusted partnerships. We deliver great value health insurance and support services to protect, connect and empower you to access healthcare when and where you need. We have a mission and vision of people enjoying better health. Through our success, we aspire to more prosperous and sustainable communities, helping members and travellers make more informed healthcare decisions and generally live healthier lives. **Diversity, equity and inclusion**We embrace a flexible working environment and welcome candidates who reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate. We're committed to an environment where everyone has the autonomy and freedom to be their authentic selves, every day. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people living with disability, veterans, LGBTQIA+ as well as culturally diverse community members to apply for open roles. nib Group is committed to creating an accessible recruitment process and employment experience. If you identify as a person living with disability and require adjustments to our online application, recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, or would like this advertisement in an alternative format, please contact us at nibemployment @nib.com.au. **Working at nib**Our hybrid working model offers flexibility to work from home or our purpose-built office Hubs, designed for focus, connection, and collaboration. We’re committed to coming together with purpose. Other benefits to support you at work (and play) include:* 50% discount on employee health insurance* The opportunity to give back to the community through paid leave for volunteering through nib Foundation* Support *your better health* – whatever that looks for you - through our nib Well Program and corporate fitness discounts* undefined **The fine print**All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Successful applicants will be required to complete a background check (including criminal history and bankruptcy check) prior to commencement of employment. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work. ***Next steps: If successful, you will receive an email from Sapia inviting you to complete an online, chat***‐***based assessment.***