About the role We're looking for a passionate and skilled Cloud Engineer to join our Enterprise Delivery team. This role focuses on managing the technologies and standards for Cloud Services and AWS EFTPOS payment systems. As a key member of the team, you'll be responsible for deploying, managing, and assuring these systems at both a high and detailed level. What You'll Do: Collaborate with stakeholders to define cloud infrastructure solutions aligned with agile, automated, and cloud-first principles. Manage, maintain, and optimise AWS-based production systems, ensuring performance, security, and scalability. Configure, release, and monitor infrastructure using AWS native services. Implement and maintain logging, metrics, and monitoring tools. Troubleshoot system and application issues across cloud environments. Ensure systems undergo thorough testing and meet quality benchmarks before deployment. Enhance system security by applying cloud security best practices. Recommend improvements to processes, tools, and technology to drive better performance and cost efficiency. This role may be part of an on-call roster for incident response and resolution, depending on team needs. What You'll Bring: Strong understanding of Amazon Web Services (AWS) – including deployment, configuration, and management of cloud infrastructure (experience with Azure or GCP also beneficial). Solid grasp of DevOps concepts and hands-on experience with tools like Jenkins, Ansible , and cloud-native services . Familiarity with networking concepts including route tables, firewalls, DNS, and NAT. Knowledge of RESTful Web Services , XML , and JSON . Confident communication skills – both verbal and written. Experience working within Agile / SAFe environments. Strong skills in automation , especially in: Build & deployment pipelines using BitBucket / Jenkins / GitLab / AWS CodeCommit. Infrastructure automation using CloudFormation , AWS CDK , or similar (Terraform and Ansible are a bonus). Proficiency in at least one programming language such as JavaScript, TypeScript , or Java . Practical understanding of modern DevOps practices in a cloud environment. AWS or Azure certifications are a bonus but not mandatory. What’s in it for you? Inclusive paid parental leave, up to 14 weeks for the primary care giver All Optus employees have access to resources, webinars and support via the ‘Parents at Work portal’ Own your own growth by accessing an extensive online and facilitator led learning catalogue – even earn a MBA micro-credential via OptusU (University) Connect at work through one of our employee-led volunteer groups: Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network, Express Yourself (LGBTQIA), United Veterans and Yarn Network Vibrant campus life, variety of facilities including restaurants, cafes, gymnasium, GP, and post office Free Optus bus from Macquarie University Metro Station (every 6-8 minutes); morning and afternoon! Keen to see what it’s really like to work at Optus? Search OptusLife on LinkedIn to go behind the scenes! At Optus, we are strengthened by others and that means valuing diversity and saying ‘yes’ to embracing individual differences. We are committed to ensuring that our application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, individuals with a disability, individuals identifying as being part of the LGBTQIA community, individuals who may have served in the armed forces or who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. If you require any adjustments or accessibility support to participate fairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email or call and we will be in touch. For more information on Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Optus, please visit > LI-HM1