Cloud/Infrastructure Engineer
Date: 4 Sept 2026
Search suburb or city: West Melbourne, VIC, AU, 3003
Company: Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
- Design, build and support modern hybrid infrastructure spanning AWS, Azure and on-premise environments
- Use DevOps, Infrastructure-as-Code and automation to improve service reliability, scalability and operational efficiency
- Permanent, full-time opportunity, location flexible
- Salary: $150k base + super + salary packaging
About the role
We're looking for an experienced Infrastructure / Cloud Engineer to help build, secure and operate our hybrid cloud environment while driving automation and modern engineering practices across our technology landscape. You’ll be responsible for the deployment, administration, automation, migration and ongoing operation of systems across both cloud and on-premise environments. You'll work closely with CloudOps, Security, Networks, Architecture and Delivery teams to ensure our platforms remain secure, reliable and highly available.
- Design, deploy and support infrastructure across hybrid cloud and on-premise environments.
- Provision and configure cloud-based environments to support complex application workloads.
- Support application migrations to cloud platforms, including IaaS, PaaS and SaaS solutions.
- Drive automation and orchestration to improve reliability and reduce operational overhead.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code solutions.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure reference architectures and operational standards.
- Support monitoring, observability and performance management across infrastructure services.
- Contribute to cloud strategy, platform improvements and emerging technology initiatives.
- Coach and support colleagues in cloud, DevOps and infrastructure best practices.
Sound interesting? Here’s what we’re looking for:
- Experience across both Windows and Linux operating systems, with strong confidence supporting enterprise environments.
- Experience working within cloud and datacentre hybrid environments.
- Strong experience with AWS cloud services and networking (Azure cloud experience is highly desirable)
- Experience provisioning and configuring cloud-based infrastructure supporting complex application environments
- Strong DevOps experience, particularly CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code
- Knowledge of Identity and Access Management (IAM) and security best practices
- Experience with automation and orchestration tools across the infrastructure stack
- Scripting experience in one or more of:
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- Python
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- PowerShell
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- Bash
Wellbeing & Benefits
We place our employee's well-being at the forefront and express gratitude and care for one another. As an Australian Workplace Equality Index recognised employer and one of Australia’s menopause-friendly organisations, we celebrate diversity and support all our people.
In addition to being a part of an organisation that is the heartbeat of the Nation, you will have access to the following:
- Ability to purchase additional annual leave
- Access to salary packaging with an option to package up to $15,900 for living expenses and $2,650 for meals and entertainment
- 14 weeks paid parental leave - no waiting period for either parent
- Our dedicated employee assistance program - Sonder that you can access 24/7 from an app on your phone
- Plus, many more!
Is Lifeblood your reason? Apply NOW!
We’re proud to be a Circle Back Initiative Employer for 2026 and commit to respond to every applicant. You’ll hear from us once your application has been reviewed.
In the mean time if you have questions about this role, or need support or adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us at careers@redcrossblood.org.au. Our AI careers assistant can help with common questions and connect you with our Talent Acquisition team if required.
Please note: applications sent directly to this email address cannot be accepted
This vacancy is being managed directly by Lifeblood’s Talent Acquisition team. We won’t accept candidates from external recruitment agencies on this occasion.