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.

Our Cloud Engineering team helps Coles build and operate the secure, reliable and scalable cloud foundations that power our Technology and Digital ecosystem. We partner with application, platform and delivery teams to simplify cloud adoption, improve resilience and create reusable capabilities that support better outcomes for our customers.

You will work in a collaborative engineering environment alongside cloud specialists, engineering leaders and delivery partners. The team values practical problem solving, strong technical standards and continuous improvement.

About the role

As a Cloud Engineer, you will design, build and support cloud infrastructure and services, primarily across Microsoft Azure. 

You will combine hands-on engineering with automation, security and operational discipline to deliver cloud environments that are reliable, repeatable and cost effective. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, Cloud Engineering, you will design, deploy and maintain scalable, secure and highly available Azure infrastructure. 

In this role you will build reusable Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, maintain automation for provisioning and configuration, and develop and enhance CI/CD workflows using tools such as Azure DevOps. 

The role will see you apply security controls across identity and access management, encryption, vulnerability management and compliance, while implementing monitoring and alerting, analysing performance and resolving cloud-related incidents through structured root cause analysis. 

You will contribute to disaster recovery, cloud migration and hybrid-cloud initiatives, identify opportunities to improve reliability, developer experience and cloud cost efficiency, as well as partner closely with application, DevOps and delivery teams to provide practical technical guidance on cloud adoption.

Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure is essential, particularly across cloud infrastructure, automation, and operational support.

About you and your skills

You are a hands-on cloud engineer who enjoys improving platforms, automating repetitive work and solving complex infrastructure problems. You bring a strong security mindset, communicate clearly and work effectively with a range of technical and non-technical stakeholders.

You will bring a strong mix of the following:

• Commercial experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, DevOps or a closely related discipline.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, including cloud networking concepts such as Private Endpoints, NSGs, and routing.
• Practical experience with Terraform or another Infrastructure as Code framework.
• Automation or scripting capability using Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines and modern engineering delivery practices.
• Experience with observability platforms such as Azure Monitor, Datadog, Splunk, Prometheus or the ELK Stack.
• Sound knowledge of cloud security, IAM, encryption and vulnerability management.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication and collaboration skills.
• Relevant cloud certifications or tertiary qualifications are valued, although equivalent practical experience is equally important.

If you’re an experienced Azure Cloud Engineer looking to build secure, scalable and reliable cloud platforms, we’d love to hear from you.

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

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