Sr. Cloud Engineer

Company Description

Welcome to This Australian Life.  

From the millions of Australians we protect, to those that make it happen every day at TAL, people really are what we’re all about. We want to grow with you. Achieve with you. And support you to do your best work. That's why we're focused on developing leadership, promoting diversity, rewarding excellence and retaining great talent. 

We're always looking for people who want to go further with us. People who do what’s right, aim high, and work smart.  Why not see where we can go? 

Job Description

As part of our API Strategy programme, we are searching for a talented API Engineer within our API & Integration Platform team in order to overachieve on our goals of building an open, secure API platform, uplifting the DevSecOps practice across the organisation and incorporating our secure by design initiative.

This is a hands-on technical role requiring a detailed understanding of modern API practices, best practice patterns and the technical ability to build and migrate existing API’s onto our new API platform. You will be an API specialist with experience in code review tools and practices, software development and coding, automation and orchestration, and CI/CD pipelines.

The role works closely with products owners, senior leaders, partners and directly with IT delivery teams to help them proactively identify and resolve cyber security issues.

As an API Engineer, you will:

• Ensure that team’s purpose and objectives are clear and linked to the broader TAL vision, strategic plan and supports our technology and cyber strategy.
• Champion the TAL Continuous Delivery (CD) agile method of working with an emphasis on uplifting our DevSecOps practice.
• Provide guidance on frameworks and encourage a culture of ownership and accountability of API development related activities within our delivery teams.
• Empower and support product owners and delivery teams to invest in security related activities.
• Provide coaching and mentoring of API development related activities, with a view to foster a secure API aware culture through initiatives such as ‘secure by design’.
• Engage with developers, architects, business and senior management to increase the awareness and adoption of leading practices.
• Participate in the development of API standards, preferred implementation patterns, common frameworks, and developer documentation and education materials.
• Coordinate and lead cyber related technical implementation activities with our delivery teams.
• Review the results and recommend effective remediation of vulnerability scan and penetration test reports.
• Provide a framework for development teams to follow as part of any development work being completed.
• Build strong relationships with internal customers, stakeholders, 3rd parties, other delivery, infrastructure and operations teams to ensure enable efficient delivery.
• Work with People & Culture team and training partners to plan and create a developer API training curriculum for TAL teams.
• Run regular knowledge sharing sessions and keep everyone at TAL informed through regular blog posts.

Qualifications

Key Attributes:

• Strong communication and leadership skills.
• Result oriented with ability to drive high operational efficiency.
• Analytically rigorous with a high attention to detail.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Proactive stakeholder engagement across all levels of the organisation.
• Ability to influence peers so that new processes and methods are accepted, agreed and followed.
• Ability to constructively challenge stakeholders on their needs to determine the best solution.
• Flexible and adaptive in a fast-changing environment.

Experience:

• Software / Systems Engineering degree or a related field qualification.
• Software development background, with commercial experience in building applications at enterprise-scale level.
• Strong technical background, ideally having worked as a developer for 5+ years, including solid experience with Azure, AWS or GCP Cloud platforms, .Net, SQL Server and NoSQL technologies and messaging/queueing technologies such as Service Bus/Kafka.
• Deep architectural understanding of digital platforms with a passion for discovering, understanding and coaching teams on the latest technology trends.
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible, adaptive and resilient in a fast-changing environment.
• Experience in managing multiple deliveries concurrently.
• Working knowledge of programming languages (C#, Javascript, Python etc.).
• Strong ability to manage and report on multiple projects / system deployments concurrently, prioritising efforts, managing time effectively, and requiring minimal supervision in the execution
• Understanding of application security patterns including web application security (SQL Injection, XSS, CSRF, platform hardening, etc.)
• Experience understanding adversarial tactics, techniques, and response mitigation procedures.
• Understanding of development issues, SDLC and Agile methodologies.

Additional Information

At TAL we value diversity in all its forms and are committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable culture for all our people. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, individuals from all backgrounds, including those with caring responsibilities, people living with disability, and individuals from the CALD and LGBTQI+ communities to apply. Even if you don’t check every box in the criteria above, we encourage you to apply today or get in touch with us here.    

To provide you with the best experience, we can accommodate you at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team at any time.   

TAL is recognised by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency as an Employer of Choice.  We are proud to be a member of Diversity Council Australia and the Australian Network on Disability. For information on our reconciliation journey, take a look at our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan.   

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.   
We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across and pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging. 

Everyone at TAL has a responsibility to do the right thing and is accountable for the way they conduct themselves. Our expectations are that you follow the principles set out in our Code of Conduct when you come to work every day. Risk management is everyone’s responsibility. 

Everyone at TAL has a responsibility to do the right thing and is accountable for the way they conduct themselves. Our expectations are that you follow the principles set out in our Code of Conduct when you come to work every day. Risk management is everyone’s responsibility.

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