Senior Cloud Engineer

Melbourne - Australia

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Viva Energy Australia are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer you will focus on building and maintaining scalable resilient and high-performing Azure infrastructure services. Leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Terraform and cloud-native services you will help shape and modernize our infrastructure through green-fields implementations.

While you will ensure our cloud usage aligns with organizational efficiency goals your primary focus is on the design implementation and automation of the components necessary for managing applications on the Azure platform.

Responsibilities & Requirements

Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) for all aspects of Azure Cost Management Billing including analysing usage patterns identifying cost drivers and interpreting Enterprise Agreement (EA) or Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA) data.
Design build and maintain automated cost dashboards reports and forecasts using tools like Azure Cost Management Azure Log Analytics and Power BI ensuring clear visibility and accountability across engineering teams.
Establish and manage Azure Budgets and cost-based alerts on subscriptions management groups and resource groups to provide proactive warning of spending anomalies or overruns.
Utilize and automate the recommendations from Azure Advisor to identify and implement right-sizing opportunities for over-provisioned resources (VMs Databases Storage) without impacting performance.
Drive the strategy and execution of Azure Reservations and Azure Savings Plans for Compute including analysis of commitment vs. usage and optimization of purchases to maximize discount coverage.
Lead technical optimization efforts across specific Azure services Storage ASE AKS etc.
Architect and enforce a consistent mandatory resource tagging strategy using Azure Policy and/or Azure Blueprints to accurately categorize costs by business unit environment and application for chargeback purposes.
Implement technical governance policies using Azure Policy to restrict the deployment of expensive or unapproved high-cost SKUs (Service Tiers/Sizes).
Develop and deploy Infrastructure as Code (IaC) scripts (e.g. using Terraform or Bicep) specifically designed to automate cost-saving measures such as scheduled shutdown/startup of non-production environments.
Embed FinOps principles and practices directly into the CI/CD pipeline (e.g. in Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions) by adding cost impact as a mandatory review gate for new resource deployments.

Qualifications :

Expert-level proficiency in leveraging the Azure Cost Management Billing portal for deep usage analysis report generation and anomaly detection.
Deep understanding of all Azure cost levers including the operational mechanics of Azure Reservations and Azure Savings Plans for Compute and proficiency in their management and lifecycle.
Demonstrated ability to act upon and automate recommendations provided by Azure Advisor related to cost and utilization.
Strong proficiency in using Terraform or Bicep to deploy manage and govern Azure resources with a focus on implementing cost guardrails and proper resource tagging from the start.
Expert experience designing implementing and monitoring custom and built-in Azure Policies to enforce resource tagging restrict high-cost SKUs and mandate specific configurations for cost control.
In-depth knowledge of resource tagging best practices including design for financial reporting and automation of tag compliance.
Familiarity with Azure Monitor and Log Analytics for analysing utilization and performance metrics to identify and justify right-sizing opportunities.
Practical working knowledge of how cost is incurred and optimized across key high-cost services including: AKS SQL MI VMs Storage etc.
Proven ability to connect to Azure usage data sources and develop visually compelling insightful Power BI or similar dashboards for financial reporting and forecasting.
Strong analytical skills for trend analysis forecasting model development and identifying sudden spending spikes (anomalies).

Additional Information :

We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and encourage and support diversity in our traditional and non-traditional roles.

Please note: This role is being sourced through Viva Energy Australia therefore we will not be accepting applications via external recruitment agencies

Remote Work :

Employment Type :

Full-time

Viva Energy Australia are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer you will focus on building and maintaining scalable resilient and high-performing Azure infrastructure services. Leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Terraform and cloud-native services you will help shape and modernize our infrastructure ...

Responsibilities & Requirements

Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) for all aspects of Azure Cost Management Billing including analysing usage patterns identifying cost drivers and interpreting Enterprise Agreement (EA) or Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA) data.
Design build and maintain automated cost dashboards reports and forecasts using tools like Azure Cost Management Azure Log Analytics and Power BI ensuring clear visibility and accountability across engineering teams.
Establish and manage Azure Budgets and cost-based alerts on subscriptions management groups and resource groups to provide proactive warning of spending anomalies or overruns.
Utilize and automate the recommendations from Azure Advisor to identify and implement right-sizing opportunities for over-provisioned resources (VMs Databases Storage) without impacting performance.
Drive the strategy and execution of Azure Reservations and Azure Savings Plans for Compute including analysis of commitment vs. usage and optimization of purchases to maximize discount coverage.
Lead technical optimization efforts across specific Azure services Storage ASE AKS etc.
Architect and enforce a consistent mandatory resource tagging strategy using Azure Policy and/or Azure Blueprints to accurately categorize costs by business unit environment and application for chargeback purposes.
Implement technical governance policies using Azure Policy to restrict the deployment of expensive or unapproved high-cost SKUs (Service Tiers/Sizes).
Develop and deploy Infrastructure as Code (IaC) scripts (e.g. using Terraform or Bicep) specifically designed to automate cost-saving measures such as scheduled shutdown/startup of non-production environments.
Embed FinOps principles and practices directly into the CI/CD pipeline (e.g. in Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions) by adding cost impact as a mandatory review gate for new resource deployments.

Qualifications :

Expert-level proficiency in leveraging the Azure Cost Management Billing portal for deep usage analysis report generation and anomaly detection.
Deep understanding of all Azure cost levers including the operational mechanics of Azure Reservations and Azure Savings Plans for Compute and proficiency in their management and lifecycle.
Demonstrated ability to act upon and automate recommendations provided by Azure Advisor related to cost and utilization.
Strong proficiency in using Terraform or Bicep to deploy manage and govern Azure resources with a focus on implementing cost guardrails and proper resource tagging from the start.
Expert experience designing implementing and monitoring custom and built-in Azure Policies to enforce resource tagging restrict high-cost SKUs and mandate specific configurations for cost control.
In-depth knowledge of resource tagging best practices including design for financial reporting and automation of tag compliance.
Familiarity with Azure Monitor and Log Analytics for analysing utilization and performance metrics to identify and justify right-sizing opportunities.
Practical working knowledge of how cost is incurred and optimized across key high-cost services including: AKS SQL MI VMs Storage etc.
Proven ability to connect to Azure usage data sources and develop visually compelling insightful Power BI or similar dashboards for financial reporting and forecasting.
Strong analytical skills for trend analysis forecasting model development and identifying sudden spending spikes (anomalies).

Additional Information :

We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and encourage and support diversity in our traditional and non-traditional roles.

Please note: This role is being sourced through Viva Energy Australia therefore we will not be accepting applications via external recruitment agencies

Remote Work :

Employment Type :

Full-time

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