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About the Role
BDO is seeking an Azure SRE / Platform Engineer to help ensure the reliability, performance and operational excellence of our cloud platforms. As part of the Cloud Engineering team, this role applies Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, automation and modern observability practices to deliver resilient, scalable and well‑operated cloud services.
You’ll play a key role in improving platform stability, reducing operational toil and uplifting engineering maturity across the organisation, while working closely with Platform, Network, DevOps, Security and Cloud Operations teams.
About the TeamThe Cloud Engineering team sits within BDO’s Shared Services Technology function and is responsible for designing, building and operating secure, enterprise‑grade cloud platforms. The team works collaboratively across Technology to enable reliable service delivery, strong governance and continuous improvement, supporting both Cloud Run teams and project delivery squads.
Key ResponsibilitiesApply SRE principles to improve platform availability, performance and resilience
Define and improve SLIs/SLOs, capacity planning and performance optimisation
Lead and support incident response, root cause analysis and problem management
Build and maintain runbooks, operational playbooks and automated remediation
Design and enhance observability using Azure Monitor, Application Insights and logging/alerting platforms
Develop reusable automation, IaC templates and platform tooling
Support Zero Trust controls, governance compliance and resilience testing
Collaborate across Cloud Engineering, Network, DevOps, Security and Service Delivery teams
Tertiary qualification in IT, Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience
Proven experience supporting and operating Azure cloud environments at scale
Strong knowledge of SRE practices, incident management and operational automation
Experience with IaC (Bicep/Terraform), scripting and CI/CD pipelines
Familiarity with monitoring, observability and platform engineering concepts
Azure certifications (AZ‑104 essential; AZ‑305/AZ‑400 advantageous)
Clear communicator with a strong focus on reliability, security and continuous improvement
Why BDO?
Working for BDO you will be part of a growing and market leading professional services firm.
Our national and global footprint provides our people with opportunities to work on interesting client engagements, across diverse industry sectors and services.
Our open and collaborative culture ensures access to Partners and professional mentors, to guide and accelerate your professional career, across a wide array of career pathways.
We provide our people with various health and wellbeing, social, financial, and professional development benefits to help realise what’s possible.
Participate in fitness challenges or take advantage of exclusive discounts to corporate health insurance, gym memberships and wellness facilities via our BWell program. Access benefits such as travel perks, retail discounts, employee referral rewards, study, and professional development support.
Our leave options cater to the unique needs of our people; and include enhanced family support, cultural and religious leave, and options to purchase additional leave. You can also give back and get involved in community initiatives via our BCaring program.
With a strong focus on learning and growth, we provide on the job training and formal development programs to help you succeed in your role and develop your skills and experience.
Our culture is underpinned by our core values (One, Bold, Human, Heart and Strive).
We are proud to be recognised as an Inclusive Employer for 2025-2026 by Diversity Council of Australia and a 2024-2025 Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).
BDO is committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment practices. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview process, we encourage you to contact our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected]
