Enjoy up to six weeks of leave plus an annual wellbeing allowance to support your health and lifestyle
Modern, centrally located CBD offices with easy access to public transport
Hybrid working model with 2-3 work‑from‑home days each week
Perpetual Group is an ASX-listed company (ASX:PPT) headquartered in Sydney, Australia, consisting of 11 leading brands across three distinct businesses: Asset Management, Wealth Management and Corporate Trust.
Join our Platform Engineering team in Sydney as a Senior DevOps Engineer. This role offers the opportunity to be part of Perpetual Digital, the innovation arm of Perpetual Corporate Trust, which is driving the next phase of growth by building on Perpetual’s 140 years of trusted heritage. Perpetual Digital leverages PCT’s deep expertise as a trustee, custodian and data services provider, transforming this capability into a leading digital software as a service platform business. Its suite of next generation applications and data analytics platforms underpins PCT’s critical role in the industry while enabling banking and financial services clients to deliver their own digital transformations across finance, treasury, funding, credit, risk and investment processes.
About the Role
This is a senior, hands-on role responsible for managing and evolving our Microsoft Azure cloud environment. You will work closely with the Chapter Lead, Cloud Architects, Security Engineers, and Site Reliability Engineers to deliver a robust, secure, and scalable platform-as-a-service for our product engineering teams.
Our Platform Engineering team builds cross-functional tooling and services that empower product teams to deliver customer value efficiently, confidently, and with high quality. We are a small, tight-knit, and highly collaborative team that values innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement. We work hard, support each other, and enjoy what we do.
Key Responsibilities
Design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and reliable infrastructure on Microsoft Azure.
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins to automate testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Develop and manage infrastructure as code using Terraform (required), with optional experience in ARM templates or Bicep.
Implement and manage container orchestration platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes (AKS) to support microservices-based architectures.
Configure and maintain observability tooling (e.g., Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack) to ensure system performance, reliability, and visibility.
Collaborate with Cloud Architects and Security Engineers to ensure compliance with security and data protection standards, including policy-as-code and governance controls.
Work closely with product engineering teams to design and implement application infrastructure that meets performance, scalability, and security requirements.
Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.
Mentor junior engineers and champion DevOps and platform engineering best practices across the organisation.
Embrace and promote the use of AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) to enhance productivity, documentation quality, and collaboration.
About you
We’re interested in hearing from people who have:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
7+ years of relevant industry experience, including at least 4 years in a Senior DevOps Engineer role with significant Microsoft Azure experience.
Proven expertise in Microsoft Azure services, including networking (VNETs, Application Gateway), compute, identity, and monitoring.
Strong proficiency with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code principles.
Experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure Pipelines, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.
Scripting skills in PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
Hands-on experience with containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/AKS).
Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work under tight deadlines.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
A “You build it, you own it” mentality, with a passion for continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
We love hearing from people who are inspired to shape the future with us. If you're excited about this opportunity or about joining Perpetual Corporate Trust, we encourage you to apply.
How we work
Our unique culture is underpinned by our three organisational behaviours, Stretch, Own it, Make an impact which drive our approach of day-to-day interactions with colleagues and clients, the way we approach decision-making to the questions we ask and the problems we solve.
Employee benefits
Work from anywhere in Australia for up to one month each year
An annual allowance to empower you to prioritise your personal wellbeing
Study support and commitment to supporting professional development
Diversity and inclusion
Strong commitment to all aspects of Diversity and Inclusion through a robust 7 pillar strategy
A growing number of employee-led networks who work to raise awareness and drive continued change
We support over 50 First Nations Communities, helping to secure the communities' future. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace where diversity is celebrated. No matter your background or circumstances, we aim to provide an environment where you can thrive.
