Job Description
Location: Sydney,
AustraliaEngagement:
Contract (6 months and Extendible) - Hybrid
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About the Role
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We are looking for an experienced Platform Engineer to join a high-performing engineering team responsible for building and evolving a modern developer platform.
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The team is undertaking a major initiative to migrate a large, mission-critical microservices platform to the cloud and establish a full-service mesh. You will play a key role in building platform capabilities, developing automation, creating reusable engineering patterns, evaluating new tools and technologies, and supporting the migration of existing workloads.
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This role is ideal for a polyglot engineer who enjoys solving complex technical problems, working across large codebases, automating repetitive processes, and building platforms that enable developers to deliver high-quality software efficiently.
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Key Responsibilities
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Design, build, and continuously improve a modern internal developer platform that provides an excellent developer experience.
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Develop automation, tooling, libraries, and reusable application archetypes to accelerate software delivery.
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Support the migration of existing microservices workloads to cloud environments.
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Work with containerised workloads and help establish and evolve Kubernetes and service mesh capabilities.
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Investigate and evaluate new tools, technologies, and engineering practices to improve the platform.
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Improve build, deployment, CI/CD, and developer tooling processes.
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Enable developers to focus on delivering quality software by reducing technical complexity and operational overhead.
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Implement robust security practices, patterns,



and technologies across the platform.
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Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure platform capabilities meet developer and customer needs.
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Facilitate communication and collaboration across teams and keep stakeholders informed of progress and technical developments.
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Contribute to building a strong and vibrant technical community through knowledge sharing and collaboration.
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Ensure solutions are automated, tested, documented, and production-ready.
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Follow strong Agile and DevOps practices throughout the software development and path-to-production lifecycle.
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Skills & Experience
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3–5+ years of professional software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, or related experience.
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Strong experience working with at least one major cloud platform, such as AWS or Azure.
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Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerised workloads.
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Experience with service mesh technologies such as Istio, Linkerd, or similar is highly desirable.
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Strong understanding of cloud security practices, patterns, and technologies.
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Passion for system automation and infrastructure as code.
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Experience with automation technologies and scripting languages such as Python and/or Ansible is advantageous.
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Strong understanding and practical experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous
Delivery/Deployment
(CI/CD) at scale.
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Deep understanding of Agile methodologies, DevOps practices, and the path to production.
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Ability to work across polyglot technology environments and quickly learn new programming languages and technologies.
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Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to understand and navigate complex, large-scale codebases.
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Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a passion for working as part of a technical engineering community.
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What We're Looking For
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You are someone who:
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Enjoys tackling complex technical challenges.
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Takes pride in delivering high-quality, reliable solutions.
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Learns current technologies and development languages quickly.
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Believes that engineering work should be automated, tested, documented, and continuously improved.
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Cares deeply about developer experience and building platforms that engineers genuinely enjoy using.
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Is passionate about cloud technologies, automation, DevOps, and modern platform engineering.
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Enjoys contributing to the wider technical community through knowledge sharing, meetups, side projects, or open-source contributions.
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Pay: $****** – $****** per day
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Application Question(s):
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Which cloud platforms have you worked with hands-on? Please specify your experience with AWS and/or Azure.
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Do you have experience with CI/CD and system automation using tools such as Python, Ansible, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar? Please specify.
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Work Location: In person
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📌 Platform Engineer - Cloud, Kubernetes & Service Mesh (New South Wales)
🏢 United States Digital Space
📍 New South Wales