At IAG,wereready for you.We'rethe largest general insurance group in Australia and New Zealand. Our family of brands turns the IAG purpose of making your world a safer place into action by helping everyday Aussies and New Zealanders, supporting theirambitionsand making insurance accessible.
At IAG, our purpose is to make your world a safer place. We are customer-led and data-driven, committed to helping communities feel safer,strongerand more confident.
As part of our AI and Engineering unit,youllwork at the forefront of generative AI and agentic systems, delivering ethical, scalable solutions across the business.
As an Agent Ops Engineer,youlltake agentic systems from design into production, ensuring they are secure, reliable and perform at scale. Working in cross-functional squads,youllfocus on cloud infrastructure, observability,resilienceand runtime operations, treating agents as distributed systems rather than traditional applications. This is a hands-on role deploying and operating solutions on GCP using tools like Vertex AI, Agent Engine and Cloud Run.
Youllbring strong cloud and systemsexpertise, along with a passion for building production-grade AI. In return,youlljoin a flexible, collaborative environment where your work has real impact.
At IAG, we live the IAG Way, prioritise safety and wellbeing, and celebrate diversity in all its forms.
WhatYoullDo
- Own deployment, runtimeoperationsand reliability of agentic systems in production
- Design and manage cloud infrastructure for agentic workloads acrosscompute,networkingand data
- Build andoperateCI/CD pipelines for safe, repeatable releases
- Deploy and run agentic systems on GCP using Vertex AI, Agent Engine and Cloud Run
- Establish observability including logging, metrics, tracing,alertingand cost tracking
- Monitor and optimise runtime performance, latency,scalingand failure handling
- Implement resilience patterns such as retries, fallbacks and graceful degradation
- Collaborate with engineers to translate agent designs into production-ready systems
- Lead incident response, root causeanalysisand continuous improvement
- Embed security, privacy, ethical AIcontrolsand automation-first operational practices
There are twopermanent roleand offers a flexible hybrid work modelbased inNaarm(Melbourne)or Gadigal Country (Sydney).
WhatYoullBring
- Strong experience operating production systems at scale in cloud,platformor SRE roles
- Deep hands-onexpertisewith GCP, including compute, IAM, networking and observability
- Proven experience deploying and running container-based workloads (e.g. Cloud Run)
- Solid understanding of infrastructure as code and automated environment provisioning
- Experience operating ML, GenAI or agentic systems in production environments
- Familiarity with platforms such as Vertex AI and understanding of agent runtime behaviour
- Strong CI/CD,observabilityand incident management skills with a focus on diagnosing complex issues
- Ability to balance reliability,costand delivery speed through pragmatic, automation-first engineering decisions
WhatWe Offer
Boosted superannuation with 13% as standard. 20 days annual leave + 5 daysMyLeave(extra leave forwhatsimportant to you). Work from home and many more flexibility options withmyFlex. Up to 50% off personal insurance, including home and motor insurance. Partner discounts on private health insurance, tech& appliances, and many more. Industry-leading 20 weeks paid parental leave. Access to LinkedIn Learning, the award-winning IAG Academy, studyassistanceand secondment opportunities.
- employmenttype eligibility criteria apply
Applications close: Wednesday8July2026 11:59PM AEDT
Adjustments and Support
If you require any support or adjustments toparticipateequitably in our recruitment process, we encourage you to reach out to recruitment@iag.com.au for a confidential conversation.
More About Us
As part of IAGyou'llenjoy a world of career opportunities, a purpose-led place focused on creating connection and belonging, and where you can create meaningful impact every day and grow your career beyond the expected.Thatsnot just words.Itsour people promise.We'reready for you with unexpected opportunities for your career, your work-lifeand your ability to make a difference. We celebrate all viewpoints shaped by life experiences andculture, andare guided by the knowledge and voice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, businesses, and communities. We collaborate on Indigenous-led solutions that enable growth and create meaningful change for our customers and employees.