Senior Consultant

Senior Consultant - Cloud Operations Engineer Senior Consultant – Cloud Operations Engineer at Slalom As a Senior Cloud & Site Reliability Engineer in our Modern Ops team, you’ll play a critical role in building and operating secure, scalable, and highly reliable platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP . You’ll work across infrastructure, SaaS systems, data platforms, and automation to ensure performant, cost-effective, and observable environments that empower both our internal teams and external clients. We are building a modern operations capability where SRE , DevSecOps , DataOps , FinOps , and PlatformOps converge to deliver seamless and resilient digital services. This role is ideal for a hands-on technical leader who thrives on owning outcomes, eliminating toil, and championing platform excellence. Participation in an on-call rotation is expected to support critical services and ensure platform uptime. What Will You Do Cloud & Platform Engineering Design, deploy, and manage secure, scalable infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP Build and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation Manage and scale Kubernetes workloads (EKS, AKS, GKE) and container orchestration strategies Lead automation across CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) Maintain internal developer platforms (IDPs) and reusable “golden paths” for self-service SRE & Operational Excellence Define and manage SLAs, SLOs, and error budgets for cloud and SaaS platforms Lead incident response, conduct postmortems, and drive root cause analysis Develop observability dashboards, runbooks, and performance metrics Implement chaos engineering or failure injection to test system resilience Drive change and release management through automation Participate in an on-call rotation for critical incident support Security & DevSecOps Enforce IAM policies, encryption, and policy-as-code standards Collaborate with security teams on vulnerability remediation and audit readiness Enable secure CI/CD pipelines with a shift-left security approach DataOps & SaaS Reliability Ensure operational reliability of platforms such as Salesforce, Snowflake, and other SaaS systems Collaborate with data teams on orchestration, ingestion, and pipeline monitoring Monitor and secure integrations with external APIs and data services FinOps & Cost Governance Implement tagging, cost dashboards, and forecasting mechanisms Optimise resource consumption and align infrastructure with business cost objectives Team Leadership & Culture Mentor and support engineering peers to uplift delivery standards Promote an automation-first, risk-aware culture Contribute to capability reviews, platform health assessments, and operational scorecards Help define and improve the service catalogue, support models, and escalation paths Participate in a community of practice across DevOps, SRE, DataOps, and PlatformOps What You Will Bring 5+ years in Cloud, SRE, or DevOps roles across AWS and either Azure or GCP Strong IaC experience (Terraform, Pulumi, etc.) and scripting (Python, Bash) Deep experience with Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE) and Helm Operational support experience for Salesforce and other SaaS platforms Hands-on with observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Stackdriver) Solid understanding of cloud security and secure CI/CD (DevSecOps) Experience in Agile environments and working with ITSM tools (e.g., Jira, ServiceNow) Proven ability to manage incidents, SLAs, and system reliability at scale Willingness to participate in an on-call support rotation Desirable Certifications in AWS, Azure, GCP, or Salesforce Experience with DataOps tooling: Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, Databricks Exposure to Salesforce DevOps platforms (e.g., Copado, Gearset) Familiarity with compliance frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, NIST, IRAP) Knowledge of FinOps practices and cloud cost optimisation tools Experience building platform scorecards and automating governance reporting Active involvement in DevOps or SRE communities of practice Compliance Note: This role requires Australian Citizenship and is based in Melbourne or Sydney. Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Full-time Job function Engineering and Information Technology Industries Business Consulting and Services Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Slalom. Location: Sydney / Melbourne, Australia. Local candidates preferred. We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI. #J-18808-Ljbffr