- Prominent Federal Government Agency
- Initial 12 month contract + 12 month extension option!
- Rewarding hourly rates $$$ / Hybrid working arrangements

A leading Federal Government Agency is seeking experienced Principal Platform Engineers / Senior Cloud Engineers to lead highly complex platform engineering initiatives supporting secure, scalable and reliable technology delivery across a large enterprise environment. Working across cloud platforms, automation, developer enablement and platform governance, you will play a key role in shaping reusable platform capabilities, cloud-native services and engineering standards that support modern digital delivery. The successful Principal Platform Engineers / Senior Cloud Engineers will secure an initial 12 month contract with a 12 month extension option and receive a rewarding hourly rate!

The successful Principal Platform Engineers / Senior Cloud Engineers will be responsible for, but not limited to:

- Designing, building and enhancing reusable platform services and cloud-native capabilities.
- Establishing platform standards, automation frameworks, templates and engineering guardrails.
- Improving developer experience through self-service platforms, onboarding and enablement initiatives.
- Embedding secure platform engineering practices including compliance, vulnerability management and security automation.




- Leading platform roadmaps and collaborating with architecture, security and delivery teams to drive platform adoption.

The successful Principal Platform Engineers / Senior Cloud Engineers will have experience in the following:

- Extensive experience designing and operating secure, scalable cloud platforms across AWS and Azure.
- Strong expertise in Kubernetes, containerisation and orchestration technologies.
- Proven experience with Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, automation and modern DevOps toolchains.
- Demonstrated knowledge of secure platform engineering, policy-as-code, compliance automation and vulnerability management.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and problem-solving skills within complex enterprise environments.

This is a fantastic prospect to join a high-profile Federal Government Agency working on critical cloud and platform engineering initiatives. The successful Principal Platform Engineers / Senior Cloud Engineers will be offered an initial 12 month contract with a 12 month extension option and receive a rewarding hourly rate! If you have the required skills DON'T DELAY, APPLY NOW. Please forward your resume to ******************* quoting reference number JA1383 today! For more opportunities visit ******************.

📌 Principal Platform Engineers / Senior Cloud Engineers - AWS, Azure - Fed Govt! (Australia)
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