Senior Cloud Engineer

Senior Cloud Engineer

• Permanent full-time role
• Based in our new North Sydney head office
• Hybrid working flexibility

Pacific National (PN) is the largest private provider of diversified rail freight services in Australia. We haul a variety of freight including coal, intermodal containers, steel, and a range of bulk commodities and materials that keep the region’s economy, businesses and households running.

An Opportunity has presented itself for a Senior Cloud Engineer to join our dynamic IT Infrastructure team and be an integral part of our Cloud Engineering offering. In this role, you will apply your expertise to ensure the high performance, stability, and security of our critical applications and services.

Reporting to the IT Infrastructure Manager, the Senior Cloud Engineer will contribute to Pacific National’s Cloud Strategy and Roadmap, and work on and manage the lifecycle of cloud engineering projects.

Key Responsibilities and Skills include:

• Provide technology leadership in the Cloud Engineering Space.
• Infrastructure as Code. Proficiency in tools like Bicep, Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates or Terraform for automated infrastructure deployment. Ability to define and manage infrastructure as code for scalability and consistency.
• Azure DevOps: Proficiency in using Azure DevOps YAML pipelines for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD). Experience with source control, building pipelines, and release management.
• Support the Pacific National IT Cloud Infrastructure environment.
• Manage the end-to-end life cycle of Cloud Engineering projects. These projects not only require the maintenance of our existing environment but also include a need to improve and adjust our environment to meet the technology needs of our business.
• Azure Cloud Management: Configure and manage Azure resources, virtual machines, and networks. Optimise cloud infrastructure. Monitor and troubleshoot Azure services and applications.
• Networking: Ensure seamless connectivity and optimize network configurations for cloud services. Collaborate with the network team to troubleshoot and resolve network-related issues affecting cloud services.

To be successful in this role you will have 3 or more years’ experience in an enterprise IT setting with IaC experience, you will bring a deep knowledge of Azure services combined with a good grasp of on-premise infrastructure architecture. You will have proficiency in Azure DevOps and be a proactive problem-solver, an adaptable team player and comfortable taking ownership in a fast-paced environment. A tertiary qualification in Computer Science or related field and Azure or Microsoft certifications will be highly regarded.

We are seeking applicants who share our values: Make it simple, Share More, Kindness, Gratitude, Curiosity, and Own it. These values help us achieve strong connections with everyone we work with and play an important part in motivating us all to do our best work.

We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for women, and you can visit our Work180 page Pacific National | WORK180 Endorsed Employer to find out more including a list of all of our benefits and policies. 

Do you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process?

If you need an adjustment in the recruitment process, please outline at the time of your application.

Closing date

Applications close on the 9^th of February 2024

Next steps

Are you ready to be part of our future?

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To find out more about Pacific National, our benefits and opportunities we offer, visit our careers page: www.pacificnational.com.au/careers        

Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of​ the land on which we work, live and rail.​ We pay respect to Elders past, present, and future and to the​ continuation of cultural, spiritual, and educational practices​ of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.