Job Description

## Principal SRE EngineerApplylocations: East Melbourne, Victoriatime type: Full timeposted on: Posted 6 Days Agotime left to apply: End Date: July 13, 2026 (7 days left to apply)job requisition id: JR100223**Working for Cricket Australia means that you become a part of Australia's proud history and help us look toward the future. Our players and teams are successful, inspiring and reflect the values and aspirations of the community they represent.

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As an organisation, we are seeking to drive bold, transformative change in digital experiences, junior participation, culturally diverse inclusion, gender equality and sustainability, whilst also reimagining the W/BBL, building player connection through storytelling and playing our part in developing the game globally. Our purpose is clear; to unite and inspire everyone to love and play cricket. Cricket is so much more than just a game; it brings people together and binds us all through our shared experiences.

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This is your opportunity to join a purpose led organisation that truly makes a difference to Australians.**Working for Cricket Australia means that you become a part of Australia's proud history and help us look toward the future. Our players and teams are successful, inspiring and reflect the values and aspirations of the community they represent.

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As an organisation, we are seeking to drive bold, transformative change in digital experiences, junior participation, culturally diverse inclusion, gender equality and sustainability, whilst also reimagining the W/BBL, building player connection through storytelling and playing our part in developing the game globally.

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Our purpose is clear; to unite and inspire everyone to love and play cricket. Cricket is so much more than just a game; it brings people together and binds us all through our shared experiences.

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This is your opportunity to join a purpose led organisation that truly makes a difference to Australians.**ABOUT THE ROLE**This is an exciting time for us, as we have created a brand-new Principal SRE Engineer within our Digital & Technology department. You'll play a critical role in ensuring the reliability, performance, resilience and recoverability of digital platforms that support national operations, state associations and major events.

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You will own the end-to-end operational health of these platforms,



embedding Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps and observability practices to deliver systems that are highly available, scalable and match-day ready. By defining SLIs, SLOs and error budgets, and leading incident response and continuous improvement, you will balance reliability with delivery speed, innovation and sustainable cloud cost.

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Acting as a technical leader across Azure and AWS, you will drive standardisation, guardrails, automation and reusable "golden paths", enabling safe and frequent releases through strong CI/CD practices and automation-first approaches.

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You will also champion Copilot and AI-driven capabilities, ensuring solutions are secure, well-governed and aligned to business value, while uplifting teams through coaching, reusable frameworks and best-practice standards across engineering and operations. Reporting to the Head of Platforms, Operations & Cybersecurity, you'll be responsible for:* Lead the reliability and operational excellence of critical platforms supporting elite cricket and national events* Drive cloud best practices across Azure and AWS, including resilience, recoverability, security, governance and cost optimisation* Embed observability, monitoring and reusable guardrails to improve capacity planning, reliability and operational readiness* Champion automation and AI-driven solutions to improve efficiency, reduce risk and enhance delivery speed* Coach and empower teams in SRE, DevOps and contemporary engineering practices to uplift organisational capability**WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR*** Tertiary qualifications in IT, Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience.* Proven experience operating and optimising cloud platforms (Azure and/or AWS) with modern CI/CD delivery pipelines* Strong SRE capability, including defining SLIs/SLOs, managing incidents, and driving post-incident improvements* Deep understanding of cloud-first operations, automation,



and reliability engineering principles* Hands-on expertise designing and implementing automation solutions (e.g. Power Automate, Logic Apps, APIs, scripting, AI/agent frameworks)* Ability to build production-grade automation with version control, testing, monitoring, documentation and support handover* Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to partner with product, cyber, operations, state bodies and vendors to deliver scalable, automated outcomes* Cloud, automation or ITIL certifications would be good to have.* Solid knowledge of security, identity, governance, and responsible AI, combined with a continuous improvement mindset and willingness to contribute to on-call support**WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?**Our employees at Cricket are gifted an additional week of leave at the end of the season!

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As a CA employee, you will also have other benefits including:* Tickets to the Cricket for you to take your friends and family and experience Australia's favourite game!* A flexible working environment, meaning we strike the balance of what you need and what works for the business (this isn't limited to working remotely)* Discounts from our partners such as ASICS and salary packaging options* A multitude of leave types including paid parental leave and volunteer leave**OUR CULTURE**Cricket is a sport for all Australians and our workplace reflects that.

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We recognise our differences are our strength and a diverse and inclusive workforce is fundamental to our success. We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of colour, gender, LGBTIQ+ people, people with diverse religious beliefs and people with a disability to apply.

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Our culture is founded on our values:* Aspire* Respect* Lead togetherAustralian Cricket, including Cricket Australia, is committed to being a child safe organisation and requires all team members to hold a valid Working with Children Check.

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If you need assistance or adjustments to fully participate in the application process, please contact [email protected]**Please submit your application via the link by 11:59pm Sunday 12 July. In the meantime, follow us on our socials via Instagram @cricketaustralia, via X @cricketaus and via our website** **https://www.cricket.com.au/**

📌 Principal SRE Engineer (Victoria)
🏢 Cricket Australia
📍 Victoria