Lead Cloud Engineer

Join the Banking and Financial Services Cloud Technology team and be a part of a full lifecycle team building and maintaining automation tooling and creating industry leading distributed Kubernetes based platforms.

We are striving for 100% on cloud, with a massive focus on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Amazon Web Services (AWS). We pride ourselves on building automated, extensible and secure cloud capabilities underpinning our Digital Bank. We use innovative approaches to automation including extensive use of Hashicorp Vault, Kubernetes Operators, ArgoCD, in-house written Go Operators and GCP \& AWS Cloud Platforms.

At Macquarie, our advantage is bringing together diverse people and empowering them to shape all kinds of possibilities. We are a global financial services group operating in 31 markets and with 56 years of unbroken profitability. You’ll be part of a friendly and supportive team where everyone - no matter what role - contributes ideas and drives outcomes.

What role will you play?

In this role, you will be providing technical leadership in architecture, design, development, testing and operations to deliver solutions incrementally. You will be responsible for influencing and mentoring other engineers in engineering best practices.

What you offer

2-5 years' experience with the Go programming language

3+ years' experience with hyperscale cloud providers, preferably GCP, in enterprise environments

Strong experience in platform engineering, enabling cloud services for consumption by application teams

You have excellent communication skills, written and verbal, with a flair for ascertaining stakeholder requirements

Real world experience in supporting production applications

Experience with GitOps (ArgoCD) and declarative infrastructure as code (kustomize, helm, or terraform)

Familiar with secrets management platform or technology (example: Hashicorp Vault).

We love hearing from anyone inspired to build a better future with us, if you're excited about the role or working at Macquarie we encourage you to apply.

What we offer

At Macquarie, you’re empowered to shape a career that’s rewarding in all the ways that matter most to you. Macquarie employees can access a wide range of benefits which, depending on employment type, include:

1 wellbeing leave day per year

Up to 5 additional service bonus leave days per year

Up to 20 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary caregivers along with 12 days of transition leave upon return to work, and 6 weeks’ paid leave for non-primary caregivers

2 days of paid volunteer leave and donation matching

Up to 12 months’ gender affirmation leave, including 6 weeks’ paid leave

Access to Employee Assistance Program and wellbeing benefits including skin and health checks, and flu vaccinations

Access to a wide range of salary packaging options

Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities, including reimbursement for professional membership or subscription

Hybrid and flexible working arrangements, dependent on role

Reimbursement for work from home equipment

About Banking and Financial Services

Banking and Financial Services is our technology-driven retail bank. You will be part of a team that supports clients to achieve their full potential - whether that’s buying a home, growing a business or investing to manage wealth.

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and welcome all identities, including race, ethnicity, cultural identity, nationality, gender (including gender identity or expression), age, sexual orientation, marital or partnership status, parental, caregiving or family status, family and domestic violence status, neurodiversity, religion or belief, disability, or socio-economic background. We welcome further discussions on how you can feel included and belong at Macquarie as you progress through our recruitment process. To learn more, contact our team by clicking here.

Our aim is to provide reasonable adjustments to individuals who may need support during the recruitment process and through working arrangements. If you require additional assistance, please let us know in the application process.