Cloud Engineer (Azure, Terraform)

Company Description

Welcome to This Australian Life.

From the millions of Australians we protect, to those that make it happen every day at TAL, people really are what we’re all about. We want to grow with you. Achieve with you. And support you to do your best work. That's why we're focused on developing leadership, promoting diversity, rewarding excellence and retaining great talent. 

We're always looking for people who want to go further with us. People who do what’s right, aim high, and work smart. Why not see where we can go? 

Job Description

As an Azure Cloud Engineer you will be joining our Cloud Engineering Platform team to help our customers and partners whilst building sustainable digital platforms and leading a market uplift in our adoption of Cloud. Working closely with product owners, senior leaders, partners and other IT teams, you will manage dependencies and remove impediments to effectively deliver project features and on-going operational support.

What will you be responsible for?

• Translating business objectives into streams of work, aligning technology and business strategy
• Providing advice and thought leadership to ensure successful design and implementation of technology strategies
• Working closely with Tech leads to implement Archetype patterns and best practices.
• Working with Cyber team to implement security principals.
• Working closely with product owners, IT stakeholders and other leaders to deliver initiatives and products utilising agile methods
• Developing and maintaining processes and practises essential to quality and traceability
• Fostering a culture of ownership, innovation and quality in development activities
• Managing operational requirements with the team including incident management and minor production updates
• Empowering and supporting product owners and delivery teams to invest in application health, balancing application and platform ownership responsibilities with delivery
• Empowering staff to take accountability for delivery, risk and issue management and assisting the team to improve delivery velocity
• Building strong relationships with internal stakeholders, third parties and other delivery, infrastructure and operational teams to enable efficient delivery
• Working with People & Culture and training partners to plan and create a Cloud training curriculum for technical & non-technical TAL teams
•  Being a Cloud Evangelist, engaging with developers, architects and senior management to increase awareness and adoption of Cloud across TAL while demonstrating quantifiable business value
• Running regular knowledge sharing sessions and keep everyone at TAL informed.

Qualifications

What are we looking for?

• Exceptional communication skills
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Results oriented with an ability to drive high operational efficiency
• Analytically rigorous with a high attention to detail
• An ability to constructively challenge stakeholders on their needs to determine the best solution
• At least three years’ experience in a Cloud Engineering or comparable role, delivering innovative products and continuous improvements to customers
• A strong technical background, including experience with Azure, AWS or GCP Cloud platforms, .Net, SQL Server and NoSQL technologies
• Extensive experience with Terraform cloud to create and maintain infrastructure as code in Azure.
• Establish and document terraform development best practices and guardrails.
• An experienced azure network focused Engineer that has had experience in deploying Azure & hybrid solutions.
• Strong Cloud Architecture experience across Azure, AWS or GCP, container frameworks (Docker, Kubernetes) including establishing and maturing enterprise governance practices.
• Strong experience implementing DevOps and CI/CD (Azure DevOps) practices in delivery teams, including automated build. 

Additional Information

At TAL we value diversity in all its forms and are committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable culture for all our people. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, individuals from all backgrounds, including those with caring responsibilities, people living with disability, and individuals from the CALD and LGBTQI+ communities to apply. Even if you don’t check every box in the criteria above, we encourage you to apply today or get in touch with us here.

To provide you with the best experience, we can accommodate you at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team at any time.

TAL is recognised by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency as an Employer of Choice. We are proud to be a member of Diversity Council Australia and the Australian Network on Disability. For information on our reconciliation journey, take a look at our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.
We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across and pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging.

Everyone at TAL has a responsibility to do the right thing and is accountable for the way they conduct themselves. Our expectations are that you follow the principles set out in our Code of Conduct when you come to work every day. Risk management is everyone’s responsibility.

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