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Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
Partner directly with internal customers, shaping platform products based on real feedback, measurable outcomes and continuous improvement
Build and evolve a up-to-date internal platform that helps development teams deliver faster, safer and more efficiently.
Combine Infrastructure as Code, DevOps, cloud engineering and platform thinking to create reusable self-service capabilities.
Salary: $150k base + super + salary packaging
About the role
As a Platform Engineer, you'll work across cloud, infrastructure, DevOps and platform engineering domains to design and deliver platform capabilities that support teams across ICT. You'll act as a trusted advisor to internal customers, helping teams adopt platform services, understanding pain points, gathering feedback and continuously improving platform products based on real user needs. You'll also help showcase the value of Platform Engineering through metrics, service outcomes and stakeholder engagement.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys combining strong technical engineering skills with stakeholder engagement, customer-focused thinking and continuous improvement.
Design, build and maintain reusable platform products and services that support development teams across Lifeblood
Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions and automation capabilities
Create, maintain and optimise CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows




Provide consultation and guidance to internal teams on consuming platform engineering products and services
Conduct customer interviews and proactively engage stakeholders to understand requirements and pain points
Translate technical concepts into clear business language that supports decision-making and adoption
Monitor success measures, gather feedback and showcase platform achievements across the organisation
Implement rapid feedback loops to continually improve platform products and services.
Contribute to platform roadmaps, backlogs and strategic initiatives
Mentor and support colleagues, helping build platform engineering capability across the organisation
Sound interesting? Here's what we're looking for:
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar) and platform automation
CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices
AWS and/or Azure cloud environments
Scripting and automation using PowerShell, Python, Bash or similar languages
Git and modern source control practices
Experience with Identity, security and access management concepts
Observability, monitoring, metrics and alerting practices
Networking fundamentals including DNS, IP routing and network segmentation
A customer-first mindset and a genuine interest in solving problems for internal teams




Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building capability
The ability to gather and interpret customer feedback to drive platform improvements
We place our employee's well-being at the forefront and express gratitude and care for one another. As an Australian Workplace Equality Index recognised employer and one ofAustralia's menopause-friendly organisations, we celebrate diversity and support all our people.
In addition to being a part of an organisation that is the heartbeat of the Nation, you will have access to the following:
Ability topurchaseadditionalannual leave
Access to salary packaging withan optionto package up to $15,900 for living expenses and $2,650 for meals and entertainment
14 weeks paid parental leave - no waiting period for either parent
Our dedicated employeeassistanceprogram - Sonder that you can access 24/7 from an app on your phone
Plus, many more!
We're proud to be a Circle Back Initiative Employer for **** and commit to respond to every applicant. You'll hear from us once your application has been reviewed.
In the mean time if you have questions about this role, or need support or adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us . Our AI careers assistant can help with common questions and connect you with our Talent Acquisition team if required.
This vacancy is being managed directly by Lifeblood's Talent Acquisition team. We won't accept candidates from external recruitment agencies on this occasion.
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📌 Platform Engineer (Melbourne)
🏢 Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
📍 Melbourne