Cloud Engineer - Hawthorn East

We’ve been proudly serving Australian communities since 1914 and have grown to become a top 30-listed company on the ASX with a portfolio of iconic homegrown brands. At the heart of our continued success is over 115,000 team members working across the country, all contributing to bringing our customers smiles. You’ll not only get to see your work make a difference, you’ll be part of a team working together to help Australians eat and live better every day.

About the team

Our Technology team is the backbone of the business, building and maintaining the information technology infrastructure that support Coles Group. As a part of the Technology team, you get the opportunity to work through complex, challenging, meaningful problems using large data sets and new technologies to expand your skills and experience.

About the Role

As a Cloud Engineer, you will design, build, and operate secure, scalable, and reliable cloud platforms that enable teams to deliver faster and more safely. You’ll work across infrastructure, automation, security, and platform services, helping improve the developer experience while maintaining strong operational standards.

Key responsibilities:

• Build, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure with a focus on scalability, resilience, and reliability
• Monitor platform performance, availability, and capacity, and drive continuous improvement
• Implement cloud cost optimisation strategies across cloud environments
• Support disaster recovery, backup, and business continuity capabilities
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
• Automate provisioning, configuration, and scaling of cloud environments
• Embed strong security practices, including IAM governance, encryption, and compliance controls
• Conduct audits and vulnerability assessments to help maintain a secure cloud environment
• Contribute to documentation, standards, and knowledge sharing across the Cloud Engineering team

About You and Your Skills

You’re a hands-on engineer with strong cloud and platform capabilities, a security-first mindset, and a passion for automation and continuous improvement.

You’ll ideally bring:

• A background in cloud engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, or similar roles
• Strong hands-on experience with one or more major cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Experience working across both cloud and on-premises environments
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform or CloudFormation
• Experience with automation and scripting using tools such as Python, Go, PowerShell, or Bash
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps
• Strong understanding of logging, monitoring, packaging, provisioning, and configuration as code
• Knowledge of networking, APIs, distributed systems, integration patterns, and modern architecture practices
• Experience with Git-based workflows and GitOps practices
• Familiarity with network policies, firewall logging, IAM governance, and vulnerability management
• Experience working in Agile teams using Scrum, Kanban, or similar ways of working
• A customer-focused mindset, with a passion for enablement and self-service platform design

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What’s in it for you?

• Flexible working options: We know that work is only one part of your life, so we actively encourage a positive work-life balance and provide hybrid working options to help you achieve it.
• Office perks: Take advantage of our gym facility and fitness classes, free parking, BBQ area, mini-Coles supermarket, fooderie hub where you can sample new products before they hit the shelves, school holiday program and so much more when you come in.
• Discounts: Eligible team members receive 5% discount all year round on your Supermarket and Liquor online and in-store purchases. We also offer additional periods of double discount (10%) at various times throughout the year. As well as hotdeals exclusive to team members that translate into additional savings.
• Reward through recognition: Give and receive recognition, linked to our Coles values, through our digital recognition platform ‘mythanks’. You can accumulate points to redeem in the online shop for exciting gifts and electronic gift cards from an extensive range of retailers.
• Opportunities for learning and development: No matter where you start within our diverse business, you’ll have experiences, exposure, and education to satisfy you. Discover and explore a variety of career development programs and job-specific training.
• Paid parental leave: We understand how important your life outside work is and offer permanent team members paid parental leave to support you in balancing work and family.
• Investment in your future: Our annual team member share plan offer allows eligible team members to make regular pre-tax salary sacrifice deductions to purchase Coles Group shares.

About the recruitment process

We’re continuing to build a gender equitable team, and a culture that is just as diverse, inclusive and welcoming as the communities we serve. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe and respectful for our team. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.

We’re happy to adjust our recruitment process to support candidates with disability. For further information and additional contact details visit the ‘Our Recruitment Process’ section of our careers site or email inclusionrecruitment@coles.com.au

Job ID: 180416

Employment Type: Full time