Cloud Engineer
Location – Macquarie Park, Sydney
- Take the next step in your Cloud Engineer career and further develop your technical skills.
- Join an ambitious firm which is growing, evolving & increasing its headcount.
- Allied Credit has a hybrid work environment; we understand the value of a work-life balance.
Allied Credit is a leading vehicle finance firm with strategic alliances with global car, marine and motorcycle brands. Offering white label, joint venture and floorplan finance, our proprietary software
provides a seamless, convenient and customer-focused finance service to consumers and businesses.
Due to a promotion, we are seeking a Cloud Engineer responsible for managing and supporting Allied Credit Group’s IT infrastructure and associated services, primarily hosted on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. The role leverages secure DevOps practices, with a strong emphasis on security, automation, scalability, and cost optimisation across the infrastructure and services landscape.
The Cloud Engineer will contribute to both business-as-usual (BAU) operations and project-based
initiatives, while supporting broader IT objectives across security, applications, data, and business enablement.
This role is well suited to an individual on a career growth path who is seeking to elevate their
cloud engineering capability. It offers the opportunity to develop advanced skills in a supportive environment that prioritises learning and professional development, complemented by hands-on experience and mentorship from experienced engineers.
What you will be doing
- Providing day to day technical support for the Azure Cloud platform and services and following
ITIL best practices including Incident, Change and Problem Management.
- Implementing Azure-based infrastructure and services in alignment with security frameworks
including AWF and Essential 8.
- Ensuring security of the infrastructure platforms and associated services are regularly hardened, patched, maintained and updated.
- Leveraging appropriate tools to monitor Azure cloud, network and infrastructure components,
identifying and addressing potential issues.
- Developing and deploying infrastructure as code leveraging tooling such as Azure DevOps, Bicep, ARM and Terraform.
- Working closely with other IT Teams and business units to understand their needs and facilitate capabilities with a focus on automation. Collaborating with application and DevOps teams on CI/CD pipeline integration.
- Working with MSPs that provide IT services for Allied Credit Group to ensure ongoing operational management and delivery in line with the contracts in place.
- Creating and maintaining documentation for standard operational practices (SOPs), configuration, processes and troubleshooting that aligns to operational standards.
Your background
- Relevant tertiary IT qualification with AZ-104 certification and industry experience.
- Foundational experience in a similar role with knowledge configuring and managing Azure IaaS, PaaS and SaaS services to meet financial services requirements.
- Knowledge of networking, identity management and cloud security principles.
- Experience supporting Azure services including Azure Active Directory (AAD), Azure Storage, Azure Networking, Azure Key Vault, Azure Firewall, Azure Policy etc.
- Experience administering, supporting and troubleshooting Microsoft Windows (IaaS) environments, Active Directory, File/Print, MSSQL and Internet Services, such as zScaler.
- Experience with developing IaC, leveraging tools including Azure DevOps, Terraform or Bicep.
- Experience with cloud recovery tooling and techniques, such as backup and restore.
- Experience with Azure cloud system monitoring, performance optimisation and troubleshooting tools, such as Azure Monitor to proactively identify and remediate potential issues.
- Skills with automation and scripting (PowerShell, Bicep, Terraform, Python etc).
- Demonstrated ability to work in a rapid-moving, high paced organisation.
- Familiarity with compliance and governance frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO, GDPR).
- Thorough understanding and experience with ITIL processes, including incident, change, problem and configuration management.
- Must be proactive, self-motivated and have a passion for learning and continuous improvement.
Why work for Allied Credit?
- Work-life balance - hybrid working arrangements allow a balance of working from home and the office, and we are always willing to discuss flexible working options.
- Wellness day to take a day off for some R&R around your birthday and a Volunteer Day to support your community.
- Discount offers on selected retailers, car loans and novated leasing options.
- A learning environment where we take your development and career aspirations seriously.
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave along with Salary Continuance Insurance.
We want individuals who will buy into and thrive with Allied Credit’s Values of Customer Focus, Adaptability, Risk Confidence, Integrity and Teamwork.
Allied Credit pledges to treat all candidates with the utmost respect and professionalism throughout the recruitment process. We promise to conduct a fair, transparent, and inclusive hiring process, ensuring that all candidates are evaluated based on their skills, experience, and potential, regardless of race, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or any other irrelevant characteristic.
Please contact Alex Kelly on 0484 109 354 for a confidential discussion. For further information on Allied Credit, please visit our website at https://alliedcredit.com.au/ or email hrservices@alliedcredit.net.au.
