Cloud Engineer (6 months Contract)

We are looking for an experienced Cloud Engineer to support and evolve a secure, scalable cloud environment powering mission-critical financial services applications across Australia and New Zealand. You will play an important part in delivering reliable, high-performing Azure solutions while allowing engineering teams to deploy efficiently. This role reports to Cloud Platform Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain DevOps practices, including Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), to refine deployments.
• Develop, and support cloud solutions, including deployment pipelines, automation, virtual machines, and PaaS services.
• Assess security vulnerabilities, ensuring understanding of security standards.
• Manage and apply cloud network configurations, including Network Security Groups, virtual networks, subnets, and firewall rules.
• Collaborate with teams to lead consistency, reliability, and continuous improvement across environments.
• Monitor and improve cloud usage and costs through efficient provisioning and right-sizing of resources.
• Maintain clear and up-to-date technical documentation for processes.
• Ensure cloud platforms meet availability, performance, and service level requirements.

Qualifications

• At least 7+ years of experience working in Microsoft Azure or AWS

• Intermediate to experience of Azure or AWS including Terraform, Network Security Groups, Entra ID, and Azure Storage.

• Desirable, but not essential: Experience working with Checkpoint firewalls.

• Mandatory: Holds a tertiary education degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

• At least one of the below certifications:

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate
  • Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

• At least one of the below certifications:

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate
  • Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)