Cloud Infrastructure Lead

Latitude Financial Services is a leading consumer finance provider in Australia and New Zealand and we're growing every day. This means we're looking for people to join our team. You bring a great attitude and the motivation to succeed and we'll bring the commitment to your success. Join us and discover what you're capable of.

About Us

We are a new challenger brand in the market with high aspirations to make a difference; committed to creating great customer experiences and obsessed by better outcomes every day. Our business model includes a growing Direct- to- Consumer business in both personal lending and credit cards, as well as a partnership model for white label lending and credit cards. We operate in a dynamic environment within a business that is investing heavily in constantly improving the customer experience. We are in the process of transforming our business, placing our customers at the centre of everything we do. It’s an exciting time to be a part of Latitude Financial Services.

The Opportunity

Latitude Financial Services is embarking on a major Transformation Program across all its core IT Platforms including the implementation of a strong Agile/DevOps foundation that will:

• Enable Adoption of Cloud based Infrastructure and Platform services.
• Establish the Operating Model to drive competitive TCO and Return on Investment through the cloud deployment.
• Automate release and deployment processes to improve business agility.

Latitude is currently seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Lead experienced with leading cloud based Infrastructure and platform services such as Amazon Web Services, Azure and Salesforce. This role will be responsible for leading the development of blueprints and automating environment builds and deployments and delivery/management of all environments needed for the Transformation Program.

This role will collaborate closely with a sizeable team of likeminded and experienced technology professionals from the architecture and development teams, enterprise data and transformation program teams, as well as third party partner organisations to guide and drive an optimal DevOps outcome for Latitude to support its business strategy.

Who you are

You have at least 10 years experience in the IT industry in a Development, Operational or DevOps role, with at least 3 years of Cloud systems administration experience and a relevant tertiary qualification. Advanced scripting and coding skills is also an essential quality.

You are a strong advocate of DevOps principles and practice who can articulate complicated technical information to various stakeholders.

You are an experienced Technical Leader with soft skills to successfully guide/manage the team, and are able to succeed under pressure by working collaboratively with your team and others to deliver agreed outcomes.

In previous roles, you have had experience working on large, complex transformation programs using Agile delivery methods. This was successful due to your dedication to delivery, sticking to your schedule, budget and delivering the right solution.

It is essential you have demonstrable experience working with Cloud Service providers (preferably AWS, Azure) and their Cloud offerings, as well supporting multi-tier production applications running on these.

If you are passionate automating everything and find enjoyment in continuously improving systems this could be the role for you.

Please upload a cover letter to support your application, detailing why this opportunity interests you and how your experience to date aligns to the role.

You must be a Permanent Resident of Australia or an Australian or New Zealand Citizen to be considered for this role. Successful applicants will be required to complete a background check (including criminal history and bankruptcy check) prior to commencement of employment.

What do we offer?

At Latitude, we offer a competitive salary, flexible working arrangements, a diverse range of benefits, health and well-being programs and so much more.

We are obsessed by better outcomes every day, not just for our business but also for our people.