Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Department: Technology

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Sydney (Australia)

Description We're on a mission to be a Force For Good, through our People, Products and Purpose at Nuix.

This extends to our People. We're fiercely passionate, love working at pace, thrive in ambiguity, live, and breathe outside of the box, and above all are good humans. We're determined to make a positive difference in the world, whether through our solutions which help the top companies, governments and agencies find the truth and combat illegal activities, or through our people who care about contributing and giving back both within, and outside, of Nuix. We are a Force For Good.

We're selective about who comes on board, and you should be too. But if the above sounds like a match, get in touch today and get ready for the possibility of starting a once-in-a-career journey.   About the Role   As a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer based in our Sydney Head Office, you will be the foundational architect and operational steward of Nuix's SaaS delivery model. This is a critical leadership role for an engineer who thrives at the intersection of strategic design and hands-on execution.

You will be instrumental in defining, implementing, and managing the multi-cloud infrastructure (leveraging AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.) that hosts our cutting-edge SaaS platform. Your mandate will be to ensure the platform is secure, highly available, and scalable for our global customers, while relentlessly driving cost optimization and operational excellence (SLOs).

This role bridges the gap between our strategic business objectives and technical delivery, requiring a deep commitment to Infrastructure as Code (IaC), advanced DevOps practices, and effective cross-functional collaboration. You won't just build systems; you will architect for the future, mentor team members, and act as an Incident Commander to ensure business continuity and resilience. If you are passionate about owning the platform lifecycle and driving innovation through continuous learning, this is your opportunity to significantly impact Nuix's cloud journey.

Key Responsibilities The successful candidate will design, implement, and manage the cloud infrastructure and processes that ensure the SaaS platform is secure, highly available, scalable, and cost-effective. This position bridges the gap between strategic business objectives and technical execution, focusing heavily on operational excellence, automation, and continuous optimization.

• Infrastructure Design and Implementation: Designing the cloud environment (utilizing AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.) and defining architecture patterns and standards that support a multi-tenant, modular SaaS model.
• Ensuring Operational Excellence: Establishing and applying consistent procedures and best practices for managing and delivering the cloud platform to meet agreed-upon Service-Level Objectives (SLOs).
• Scalability and Reliability: Architecting systems with redundancy, fault tolerance, and high availability to handle fluctuating workloads and minimize downtime, potentially leveraging microservices and serverless computing.
• Security and Compliance: Designing and implementing robust security controls (e.g., identity and access management, encryption, firewalls), monitoring for threats, and ensuring compliance with industry regulations like GDPR or HIPAA.
• Performance Monitoring and Optimization: Setting up comprehensive monitoring and observability tools to track key metrics and performance bottlenecks. Continuously optimizing resource allocation (e.g., rightsizing, auto-scaling) and application code to improve performance and responsiveness.
• Cost Management and Optimization: Evaluating and optimizing cloud service costs and usage. This includes implementing tagging strategies, managing budgets, and working with finance teams to ensure cost efficiency.
• Automation and DevOps Practices: Leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and implementing CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment, configuration, and management tasks, reducing manual errors and speeding up delivery.
• Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity: Designing and testing disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) plans, including automated backups and recovery procedures, to mitigate the impact of outages. Act as the Incident Commander when required.
• Collaboration and Communication: Working closely with software developers, DevOps & CloudOps engineers, security teams, and business stakeholders to align technical solutions with organizational goals and provide technical guidance and mentorship.
• Continuous Learning: Staying abreast of new cloud technologies, trends, and provider updates (e.g., new AWS/Azure/GCP services) to drive innovation and maintain a cutting-edge platform.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise Essential Technical Skills & Experience

• Deep Cloud Expertise: Extensive hands-on experience designing, deploying, and managing complex, production-grade cloud environments across at least one major provider (AWS is preferred, Azure, or GCP), with exposure to multi-cloud concepts.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Advanced proficiency with IaC tools such as Terraform for managing and provisioning infrastructure in a declarative, repeatable manner.
• DevOps and CI/CD: Proven ability to implement and manage robust CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, Jenkins, Ansible) to automate configuration, testing, and deployment processes.
• Networking and Security: Expert knowledge of cloud networking (VPCs, VNETs, routing, load balancing) and security principles, including IAM, encryption standards, firewall rules, and robust security monitoring implementation.
• Containerization & Orchestration: Strong working knowledge of container technologies (Docker) and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes) is highly desirable, especially in a microservices context.
• Monitoring and Observability: Experience setting up and utilizing comprehensive monitoring and logging systems (e.g., Sumologic, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog) to establish and enforce SLOs.
• Scripting/Programming: Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell) for automation and system management tasks.

Qualifications and Professional Attributes

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Relevant professional cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, GCP Professional Cloud Architect) highly preferred.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in cloud engineering, SRE, or DevOps roles, with a significant tenure in a senior capacity.
• Strong Analytical and Cost Management Skills: Demonstrated ability to analyze cloud consumption patterns, implement tagging strategies, and drive significant cost optimization initiatives.
• Operational Leadership: Experience as an Incident Commander or in leading the response, resolution, and root cause analysis (RCA) process for major platform outages.
• Excellent Communication and Collaboration: Ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, and to provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members.
• System Design: Proven track record in designing high-availability, fault-tolerant, and disaster recovery architectures for mission-critical SaaS applications.

Benefits We strive to make any required adjustments where possible to make the process fair and equitable for everyone. Please reach out to if you need any accommodations throughout the interview process.

Nuix is an equal opportunities employer. Don't let imposter syndrome hold you back We welcome all applications and are a flexible employer.

ABOUT US:

Nuix is on an incredible journey of transformation, aligning our strengths with our ambitions to pursue greater opportunities. To find out more about who we are and what we are doing, please visit our web page.

As we expand our global team and extend our skills and expertise, we are unified as one Nuix team guided by our shared values.

Nuix Vision
Finding Truth in a Digital World.

Nuix Mission Statement Nuix creates innovative software that empowers organizations to simply and quickly find the truth from any data in a digital world. We are a passionate and talented team, delighting our customers with software that transforms data into actionable intelligence.

Nuix Values · TAKEOWNERSHIP AND FOLLOW UP · RESILIENT WE LEARN FROM THE PAST AND ARE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT TOMORROW · UNAFRAID TO DO THE RIGHT THING, QUICKLY · TEAM NUIX FIRST AND FOREMOST · HERO OUR CUSTOMERS AND INNOVATE FOR THEM

We believe in these principles and seek to weave them into the fabric of our daily work at Nuix. In doing so, we co-create a dynamic and purposeful company culture that we can be proud of and want to belong to.

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