Senior Manager, Cloud & Dev Ops Engineering

As a Senior Manager, Cloud & Dev Ops Engineering, you lead the engineering side of our clients' digital business transformations, with cloud, security, observability and Dev Ops as the key enablers. You blend hands‑on depth with consulting and advisory skill, shaping cloud and platform strategies for clients and leading the squads that bring them to life. You will help transform how leading Australian organisations build, run and scale their software.

Your Impact

- Partner with clients to turn complex ideas into end‑to‑end cloud and platform solutions that transform their business.
- Lead the engineering side of digital transformations across single and multi‑cloud, with security, observability and Dev Ops as core enablers.
- Design and maintain highly scalable, secure and reliable cloud infrastructure, optimised for performance and cost and compliant with security standards.
- Work in consulting and advisory roles, engaging business and technical stakeholders to shape cloud, platform and Dev Ops strategies.
- Run cloud readiness assessments, architecture reviews and cost optimisation and Fin Ops initiatives for clients.
- Build and champion internal developer platforms and platform engineering practices that lift delivery velocity across teams.
- Embed Dev SecOps, integrating security and policy as code into the delivery lifecycle.
- Leverage AI‑assisted engineering tools such as Git Hub Copilot and Claude Code to improve productivity and delivery quality.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to cloud and Dev Ops engineers.

Skills & Experience

- 12+ years of hands‑on experience in cloud and Dev Ops,



with recent experience leading engineers and engaging clients.
- Deep expertise in at least one major cloud (must have): across compute, identity, networking, storage, serverless, database, Kubernetes, messaging and operations tooling.
- AWS, for example EC2, IAM, VPC, S3, Lambda, RDS, SNS and Cloud Watch.
- GCP, for example Compute, IAM, VPC, Cloud Storage, serverless, database, GKE, Pub/Sub and Operations Suite.
- Azure, for example Virtual Machines, Entra ID, Virtual Network, Blob Storage, Functions, database, Service Bus and Azure Monitor.
- Proven experience designing and maintaining infrastructure as code, preferably Terraform, or Cloud Formation, ARM templates, Deployment Manager.
- Container platforms: designing, implementing and upgrading managed and self‑hosted Kubernetes (EKS, GKE, AKS or on‑prem), Helm‑based deployments, and service mesh for traffic management such as Istio.
- CI/CD: building and maintaining delivery pipelines with tools such as Git, Jenkins, Git Lab or CircleCI, with automated build, test and deployment, quality gates and vulnerability scanning.
- Dev SecOps: integrating security into the delivery lifecycle, including policy as code, security automation and artefact management.
- Observability: designing monitoring, logging,



tracing and alerting using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, the Elastic Stack, Open Telemetry, Datadog or Dynatrace.
- Configuration and monitoring of DNS, application servers, load balancers and firewalls for high‑volume traffic.
- Hands‑on experience with cloud readiness assessments, cost optimisation and Fin Ops practices.
- Consulting mindset with strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Set Yourself Apart With

- Public cloud certifications, associate level or above.
- Terraform certification.
- Experience building internal developer platforms as part of a platform engineering function.
- Exposure to regulated industries such as financial services, payments or health.

Benefits

- An inclusive workplace that promotes diversity and collaboration.
- Access to ongoing learning and development opportunities.
- Competitive compensation and advantages package.
- Flexibility to support work‑life balance.
- Generous paid leave and holidays.
- Wellness program and employee assistance.

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at

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📌 Senior Manager Cloud Infrastructure (Australia)
🏢 Publicis Groupe
📍 Australia