Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

Contract – Senior AWS Cloud Engineer
Your new company
Join one of Australia’s largest insurance companies as it undertakes a major transformation program. You’ll be part of the Cloud & Facilities team within Infrastructure Platforms, working on high‑level, impactful security and cloud projects. The environment is enterprise scale, with opportunities to influence architecture, processes, and cloud security posture.

Your new role
  • Title context: Cloud Engineer working across public and private cloud infrastructure.
  • Core responsibilities: Build applications for and deploy to cloud; manage AWS cloud controls including transit gateways and Terraform modules; develop Infrastructure as Code and deploy to large, secure cloud environments.
  • Collaboration & delivery: Work with cross‑functional teams to map processes, re‑engineer workflows, and optimise cloud costs; operate in an Agile and DevOps‑focused environment; maintain and improve software assets while following change management and corporate standards.
  • Resilience & ops: Support disaster recovery and availability planning, address operational risks, and identify automation opportunities.
What you'll need to succeed
  • Technical skills: Strong Python and Terraform experience; strong AWS knowledge (preferred over Azure); working familiarity with Azure.
  • Supporting skills: Intermediate experience with Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, and Django.
  • Practical experience: Hands‑on examples of process mapping, re‑engineering, cloud development, and deploying at enterprise scale.
  • Context fit: Experience in large government or enterprise environments; financial services experience is a bonus.
  • Ways of working: Comfortable in Agile and DevOps practices and following corporate change-management processes.
What you'll get in return
  • Impactful work: Opportunity to contribute to a major transformation and high‑visibility security projects at enterprise scale.
  • Team and culture: Be part of an innovative Cloud & Facilities team under Infrastructure Platforms, with cross‑team collaboration and learning opportunities.
  • Career upside: Exposure to large‑scale cloud architecture, security controls, and enterprise processes that strengthen your cloud engineering and platform experience.


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Summary

Job Type
Contract
Industry
Technology & Internet Services
Location
QLD - Brisbane CBD
Specialism
Software Development
Ref:
2963844

Talk to a consultant

Talk to Callum Marsland, the specialist consultant managing this position, located in Sydney City
Level 13, Chifley Tower, 2 Chifley Square

Telephone: +61 2 8226 9828

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