Senior CloudOps Engineer - AWS -Microsoft
HybridMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaHybridFull TimeSenior LevelEnterprise
Full TimeSenior LevelEnterprise
Job Summary
Lead incident response, problem management, and root cause analysis for critical issues while operating as a technical escalation point for delivery and operations teams. Drive automation and infrastructure-as-code using CloudFormation or Terraform to build, consult, and deploy new cloud solutions. Provide performance, security, and cost optimization recommendations for AWS environments within Microsoft-centric ecosystems. Manage and optimize highly available, scalable, and secure AWS solutions, including hands-on production support on a 24*7 roster-based on-call rotation.
Required Qualifications
- Senior CloudOps Engineer role
- Deep AWS expertise
- Ability to operate as a technical escalation point for delivery and operations teams
- Strong experience in AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, Lambda, etc.)
- Solid understanding of networking concepts (VPNs, Direct Connect, DNS, hybrid architectures)
- Experience supporting Windows Platform in AWS
- Strong scripting and automation skills (PowerShell, Python, Bash)
- Hands-on experience with monitoring and logging tools (CloudWatch, Splunk, LogicMonitor, etc.)
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or CloudFormation)
- Strong grasp of cloud security best practices and compliance frameworks
- Proven experience in managed services or enterprise support environments
- Strong background in Level 3 support / escalation handling
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and resolve Critical production issues
- Experience with ITIL practices
- Valid work rights for Australia
- Willingness to undergo a comprehensive background checking process, including probity and police checks
- Willingness to work Ops and afterhours production support (24*7) roster-based on call
Desired Qualifications
- Experience designing, implementing, and supporting highly available, scalable, and secure AWS solutions
- Experience managing and optimising AWS environments for clients operating within Microsoft-centric ecosystems (e.g., Windows Server, Active Directory, Azure integrations)
- Providing performance, security, and cost optimization recommendations for cloud services
- Capability enhancements
- Building, consulting and deploying new cloud solutions
- Leading incident response, problem management, and root cause analysis for critical issues
- Hands-on in developing code, driving automation and infrastructure-as-code
- Strong consulting skills
- Curiosity and a desire to add value
- ITIL certification
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