Platform Engineer

2 days ago


Sydney Inner Suburbs, Australia Suncorp Group Full time $120,000 - $180,000 per year

Platform Engineer - FinOps

Brisbane or Sydney or Melbourne

  • Be at the heart of our multi-cloud, cloud-first strategy
  • Join now and grow with an expanding, high-impact area of the business
  • Work in a collaborative, supportive team with hybrid flexibility

Shape the Future of Cloud at Suncorp

This newly-created role is a direct result of our bold cloud-first strategy—an exciting opportunity to make a real impact. You'll be at the forefront of driving cost optimisation across Suncorp's multi-cloud environment, ensuring we extract maximum business value from every initiative.

Partnering with stakeholders across the business, you'll advise on feasibility, uncover savings opportunities, and implement cutting-edge cloud cost optimisation tools. Your engineering expertise and bias for action will help design scalable, resilient, and future-ready platforms that set us up for long-term success.

This is your chance to make the role your own and leave your mark. With a pipeline full of innovative, transformative projects, there's never been a better time to join Suncorp.

What You'll Do

  • Drive engineering decisions and platform solutions that align with long-term strategic architecture.
  • Ensure platforms and services are designed for resilience, scalability, and performance.
  • Identify and lead automation and optimisation initiatives focused on cost, availability, and efficiency.
  • Oversee large-scale platform implementations from design to production, maintaining quality documentation and processes.
  • Collaborate and share knowledge with engineers and stakeholders to foster capability, innovation, and agility.

What You'll Bring

  • 5+ years' experience in large enterprise environments, applying Agile and Lean practices to deliver complex solutions.
  • Proven expertise with public cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure) and strong experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes/OpenShift).
  • Solid understanding of FinOps practices and experience in cloud cost optimisation within multi-cloud environments.
  • Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to drive change and foster collaboration across teams.
  • Proven ability to consult and facilitate discussions regarding alternative approaches and to broker consensus across broad stakeholder groups

What we can offer you:

  • Discounts and offers on a range of retail favourite stores as well as insurance products.
  • A range of flexible working and leave options, including 20 weeks paid parental leave, 4 weeks secondary carer leave, and unlimited paid emergency response leave.
  • Invest in your brighter future with ongoing study support and career development programs.
  • Give back to our communities with payroll giving, donation matching and paid volunteer leave.
  • Prioritise your work/life balance with our robust employee assistance program and dedicated employee council.

Employee benefits | Suncorp Group

If this opportunity sounds like the challenge you have been looking for, please apply online today. Applications sent directly by email will not be accepted.

About Suncorp:

For over 100 years Suncorp has been driven by our guiding Purpose – to build futures and protect what matters. To ensure we deliver on that Purpose, we've made a commitment, built on trust, empowerment, and flexibility – to help our people unlock their full potential and unleash their best and brightest selves. With the backing and support of some of the most trusted names in insurance, the Suncorp family provides our people with every opportunity to grow their career as they make a meaningful difference for our customers and our communities. We're excited about what we can achieve together, working every day to be better, do more and realise the future we want to see just beyond the horizon.

At Suncorp we believe we are our best when our workforce is as diverse, talented and passionate as the communities in which we live and operate, and where our people feel included, valued and connected. We are passionate about inspiring our people by creating a diverse, accessible, and inclusive culture, offering flexible work, career development and internal mobility, and building connected relationships amongst our team members and with our customers.

If you require any support and adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process or in the workplace, we encourage you to contact for a confidential conversation.

Advertised: 27 Aug 2025 AUS Eastern Standard Time

Applications close: 09 Sep 2025 AUS Eastern Standard Time

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