WorkCover Queensland is entering an exciting new chapter, guided by a renewed strategic focus and strong executive leadership shaping our 2030 Strategy. We’re embarking on an enterprise-wide transformation to strengthen our impact and continue making a positive difference in people’s lives.
The Opportunity
Our Cloud Engineering team is growing and we are looking for a Principal Azure Cloud engineer to join our platform engineering journey. In this role, you have a unique opportunity to architect our foundational Azure platform, enabling our digital transformation.
Working in partnership with our cloud engineering team, you'll provide shared technical leadership and ownership of WorkCover's Microsoft Azure platform, helping shape the cloud foundations that underpin critical business services across the organisation.
This is a technical hands-on principal engineering role where you'll influence architecture, security, automation and governance while remaining close to the technology. You'll drive the evolution of our Azure Cloud Foundation, establish platform standards, embed infrastructure-as-code practices, and ensure our cloud environments remain secure, scalable and resilient.
You'll also play a key role in enabling a modern multi-cloud ecosystem, ensuring strong integration, networking and security alignment across both Azure and AWS environments.
In this role you'll:
- Lead the design, engineering and continuous improvement of WorkCover's Azure platform.
- Design and implement new workload by establishing golden patterns and automation
- Establish and maintain cloud architecture, governance and security standards.
- Develop and optimise infrastructure-as-code solutions using Terraform and related tooling.
- Drive platform automation, observability, finops and operational excellence.
- Provide expert guidance and escalation support for complex cloud incidents and technical challenges.
- Partner with engineering teams to embed DevOps, CI/CD and cloud best practices.
- Create reusable patterns, reference architectures and technical standards.
- Influence cloud strategy and mentor engineers across the broader technology function.
- Ensure secure and seamless connectivity between Azure and AWS environments.
A bit about you:
- Deep expertise designing, building Azure foundation and workload operating at enterprise-scale Azure environments.
- Extensive experience across cloud architecture, platform engineering, automation, compliance, security and governance.
- Strong hands-on capability with Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform and cloud automation tooling.
- Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices.
- Advanced knowledge of Azure identity, authentication, networking and security services.
- Experience working within hybrid and multi-cloud environments, with exposure to AWS highly regarded.
- The ability to influence technical direction, establish standards and mentor other engineers.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into practical outcomes.
Why Join Us
Our vision is to be the best workers’ compensation insurer, making a positive difference to people’s lives and keeping Queenslanders working. At WorkCover, we deliver with heart, own our outcomes, work best together and stay open to what’s possible - and we’re looking for people who share these values
When you join us, you’ll benefit from:
- A purpose‑driven organisation where your work genuinely makes a positive impact on Queenslanders’ lives
- A collaborative and supportive team environment that values empathy, trust and working together
- Hybrid work arrangements that support flexibility and work–life balance
- Personalised learning and development opportunities to support your growth and career progression
- A holistic health and wellbeing program designed to support you both professionally and personally
- Industry‑competitive salaries
- A generous superannuation scheme, including co‑contribution
- Study assistance to support ongoing education and professional development
You can find out more about what it’s like to work with us by visiting Working at WorkCover Qld.
How do I apply?
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. Applications close Friday 24 July at 12pm.
We are committed to ensuring WorkCover reflects the diversity of the Queensland community. We welcome applications from First Nations peoples, members of the LGBTQIA+SB community, people of all ages, people who are neurodivergent, people with disability, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Acceptance of applications submitted after advertising closes is at the discretion of the selection panel.
To ensure you have the best and most inclusive experience, please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments or accommodations to help you confidently showcase your skills and potential. You can contact us at [email protected] or let our recruitment team know during your conversation with them.
Pre-employment checks will be conducted on all prospective employees. This includes a Right to Work in Australia Check, Police Check, Education Check, Reference Check, and where appropriate a Visa Check. The information provided will be treated as confidential in accordance with the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld). All permanent appointments are subject to a probationary period in accordance with our policy.
