Cloud Engineer

 The University of Tasmania acknowledges the palawa/pakana and Gadigal/Wangal people as the traditional custodians of the land, sea and waters of the areas upon which we live and work. We recognise their valuable contributions and deep connection to country and pay respect to Elders past and present.

• Build and optimise AWS cloud infrastructure
• Implement IaC, CI/CD and containerised solutions
• Ensure platform security, reliability, and scalability

About the Opportunity

Join the AODN as a Cloud Engineer delivering critical cloud-native infrastructure that supports Australia’s national marine science capability. In this role, you will design, build, and optimise secure, scalable, and reliable AWS-based infrastructure that enables the collection, management, and delivery of complex marine and climate data. Working collaboratively with data engineers, software developers, and data scientists, you will develop Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD pipelines, and containerised workloads using modern dev-ops practices.

You will play a key role in evolving automated deployment processes, enhancing system performance and security, and ensuring high availability of data services used by the Australian research community and IMOS international collaborators. This is an opportunity to apply your technical expertise to solve complex challenges while contributing to innovative solutions that make a meaningful impact on marine science and environmental protection.

What’s Required

• Extensive experience in Software Engineering or Cloud Engineering (e.g. AWS) methodologies, tools, and practices. This includes experience with version control systems, continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines (GitHub actions), IaC tools (e.g. Terraform) and containerisation (e.g., Docker, Elastic Container Service).

• Demonstrated experience with cloud systems monitoring and observability technology platforms for software development and deployment lifecycles, including the use of application performance monitoring to diagnose complex issues and support reliable, scalable service operation.

• Expert technical skills in system administration, computer networking and scripting using Unix command line, Bash, Python or other scripting language essential for automating processes.

• Proven understanding of cybersecurity principles, best practices, and common security vulnerabilities relevant to cloud-based infrastructure and software delivery.

• Highly developed technical problem-solving skills and analytical thinking with demonstrated ability to take ownership of complex problems, troubleshooting issues and implement effective solutions.

• Well-developed written and verbal communications skills with the ability to explain complex concepts and solutions to the team as well as non-technical stakeholders.

• Proven collaboration skills to work effectively across cross-functional teams and external consultancies, contributing to the delivery of agreed outcomes in a complex organisational environment.

• A commitment to continuous learning especially in the rapidly evolving domain of cloud computing and cyber-security.

Strongly desirable (but not essential) experience includes expertise in Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions, Scrum Master experience within the Scrum Agile framework, and a proven ability to develop and maintain clear, comprehensive technical documentation. Experience working with GitHub and GitHub Actions to support version control and automation is also advantageous, along with an AWS certification (or equivalent cloud credential).

Qualifications and Licences

• Degree qualifications in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Systems Engineering, combined with significant relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of relevant extensive experience and/or education/training.

Salary details

• Appointment to this role will be at HEO 7 and will have a total remuneration package of up to $130,943 comprising base salary within the range of $101,821 to $111,917 plus 17% superannuation.

How to Apply?

If this role is of interest, we look forward to hearing from you.

• To apply online, please provide your CV and 1-2-page cover letter outlining your interest in the role, skills, capabilities and experience.  
• For current UTAS staff, in submitting your application, you acknowledge you have/intend to discuss your interest in this vacancy with your current manager and understand they may need to be contacted confidentially by the hiring manager as part of the assessment of your application.
• This vacancy is being advertised internally only in the first instance to current staff.   
• Please refer to the attached Position Description Below for full details.

 Position Description Cloud Engineer - April 2026.pdf

• Applications close Sunday 24^th of May 11.55pm Australian Eastern Standard Time

• Interviews with shortlisted candidates are scheduled for Thursday 28th of June 2026. 
• For further information about this position, please contact Mark Richardson – Program Manager AODN via email ma.richardson@utas.edu.au  

To be eligible for this position, you are required to have Australian citizenship, permanent residence or a current valid visa that allows you to fulfill the requirements of this role.

As part of our commitment to a safe and inclusive workplace, employment history and police background checks may be conducted as part of the selection process.