Job Description
We are seeking a proactive CloudOps Engineering Lead with strong cloud production support experience, proven team leadership, and a passion for platform improvement. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in rapid-paced environments, enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges, and is motivated to mentor and grow a CloudOps team.
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Key Responsibilities
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Lead, mentor, and manage CloudOps Engineers, providing technical guidance and career development support
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Conduct one‐on‐ones, performance reviews, and goal‐setting sessions
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Define and enforce CloudOps standards, processes, and best practices
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Drive sprint planning, prioritization, and workload distribution
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Act as the escalation point for critical incidents and complex infrastructure issues
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Align cloud strategy with business objectives in collaboration with senior leadership
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Foster a culture of continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and accountability
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Coordinate cross‐functional initiatives with development, security, and DevOps teams
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Production Support & Cloud Operations
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Manage and support production AWS infrastructure including EC2, ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3, CloudFront, and Load Balancers, ensuring high availability and performance
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Design, review, and maintain architectures aligned with the AWS Well‐Architected Framework
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Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and application issues in a timely manner
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Monitor system health and performance using tools such as CloudWatch, New Relic,



or similar platforms
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Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines to support reliable cloud deployments
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Apply networking fundamentals (IP addressing, routing, DNS, firewalls) to diagnose and resolve connectivity issues
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Manage resource provisioning, capacity planning, and AWS cost optimization
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Oversee on‐call rotations, incident response, and post‐incident reviews (PIRs)
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Track and report on SLAs, SLOs, and KPIs to measure system reliability and team performance
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Required Skills & Experience
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7+ years of hands‐on AWS experience, including EC2, Route 53, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, VPC, and CloudFormation
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Proven experience mentoring engineers and managing stakeholders
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Strong experience with observability and monitoring tools such as CloudWatch, New Relic, Datadog, or Prometheus
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Solid networking knowledge: IP addressing, routing, NAT, VPNs, and load balancing
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Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Terragrunt, or CloudFormation
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Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitLab CI)
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Demonstrated experience with AWS cost management and optimization
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Excellent problem‐solving, communication, and leadership skills
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Preferred Qualifications
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AWS Certification (Associate or Professional level)
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Experience implementing security best practices and managing IAM policies
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Containerization experience with Docker, ECS, and/or EKS
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📌 Cloudops Engineering Lead (New South Wales)
🏢 Coforge
📍 New South Wales