Join a newly established and fast-growing capability at Macquarie Cloud Services, where you’ll play a key role in shaping how we deliver data-driven cloud solutions from day one. This role is data-first, designed for engineers who are passionate about building modern data platforms, AI-enabled solutions, and scalable data architectures in Azure with automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) at the core.You’ll work alongside a high-performing team focused on innovation, automation, and delivering exceptional outcomes for customers, while continuously learning and solving complex, real-world data challenges. In this role, you will design, build, and automate modern data platforms in Azure, ensuring solutions are scalable, repeatable, and aligned to best practices.
You will also work in an agile environment, collaborating closely with customers and internal teams to continuously improve reliability, scalability, and performance.
This is not a traditional infrastructure role.This role is for engineers who:
Think data-first, not infrastructure-first
Want to work on modern data platforms, analytics, and AI solutions
Use infrastructure and automation as enablers for data outcomes
You’ll be part of a team that:
Building and managing cloud-native data platforms and database solutions
Delivering Data & AI solutions using services such as Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse, and Azure AI
Automating infrastructure and data environments using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Bicep)
Developing and maintaining data pipelines, integrations, and data services
Integrating data solutions into CI/CD pipelines for repeatable deployments
Supporting customers in modernising their data estate and analytics capabilities
Embedding AI capabilities into customer solutions where relevant
Strong hands-on experience with Azure Data platforms and services, including:
Structured: Azure SQL Database, SQL Server (IaaS), PostgreSQL, MySQL
Unstructured: Blob Storage
SaaS: APIs
Proven experience delivering data platforms, data pipelines, or analytics solutions
Hands-on experience with Data & AI services, such as:
Microsoft Fabric
Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory
Azure AI Foundry / Azure AI Services
Experience working with data pipelines and data processing (Python or similar)
Infrastructure as Code & Automation (Mandatory)
Strong experience building and managing environments using Infrastructure as Code
Terraform (preferred)
Bicep (or willingness to learn)
Experience with:
Git
CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps or similar)
Scripting skills (PowerShell and/or Python)