Title: Infrastructure Cloud Engineer
Location: Sydney
Permanent Role.
Job Description: This is SME role
Terraform Codingmust with AWS eks or RDS servcies
1. Role Requirements \& Responsibilities
The team aligned on the scope of the Cloud Engineering role, which includes:
Strong expertise in
AWS services
Proficiency in
Terraform
for infrastructure automation
Experience with
GitLab pipelines
, scripting, and automation
Support for both
on-premises infrastructure
(VMware, physical servers) and
cloud platforms
2. Core Technical Skills
Adrian emphasised the need for:
Hands-on experience with
Terraform
, GitLab CI/CD, and scripting (Python/Bash)
Familiarity with
Ansible
for automation (potential expansion)
Building monitoring capabilities across hybrid environments
3. Infrastructure Scope
The team supports:
In-house data centres managed by Alex’s team (VMware, trading platforms)
Cloud environments, primarily
AWS
, with some use of
GCP
Standardisation and automation across both environments
4. AWS Services \& Deployment Tools
Key AWS services in use:
EKS
,
RDS
,
EC2
,
S3
,
Athena
,
DataZone
,
Lake Formation
,
SNS
,
SQS
Helm
is used for Kubernetes add-ons; workload teams manage application deployments
5. Networking \& Security
Use of
VPC endpoints
and limited
VPC peering
Centralised network stack with firewall and load balancer support from the network team
6. Recruitment Process
Candidates will complete a
Terraform coding test
via GitHub
Solutions will be reviewed during interviews to assess practical skills
7. Role Levels \& Team Structure
Clarified distinctions between:
Cloud Engineering
– automation and cloud infrastructure
Platform Engineering
– tooling and deployment support
Network Engineering
– connectivity and security
SME-level expertise expected for each role
Interested Candidates can share their CVs at "kranthi.kumar@careconne.com.au"