We’re looking for a senior Platform Engineer to join a large and complex technology environment, working across cloud platforms, automation, Kubernetes and up-to-date engineering practices.

This is a senior technical role for someone who enjoys building platforms that make it easier for engineering teams to deliver reliable, secure applications. You’ll be involved in both the hands-on engineering and the broader direction of platform capabilities, working closely with engineering, architecture, security and operations teams.

You’ll be responsible for designing, building and continuously improving platform capabilities across a large-scale environment.

Responsibilities:

- Designing and supporting cloud platforms across AWS and Azure
- Building and improving Kubernetes and container platforms
- Developing reusable infrastructure, automation and deployment patterns
- Improving CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code , particularly Terraform
- Building self-service capabilities that make it easier for developers to provision and deploy services
- Establishing engineering standards, reusable patterns and practical guardrails
- Embedding security into platform services and delivery processes
- Improving monitoring, observability, reliability and operational practices
- Working with engineering teams to improve developer experience and platform adoption




- Contributing to platform architecture, technical roadmaps and engineering standards
- Troubleshooting complex issues across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, CI/CD and platform services
- Working across technical teams to identify opportunities for automation, standardisation and continuous improvement

You’ll ideally have strong experience across:

- AWS and Azure
- Kubernetes and containerisation
- Terraform / Infrastructure as Code
- CI/CD and DevOps practices
- GitHub, GitLab and Artifactory
- Cloud security and DevSecOps
- Automation and policy-as-code
- Developer self-service and internal platforms
- Service mesh technologies
- Observability, monitoring, logging and distributed tracing
- Platform architecture, standards and governance

Experience with Backstage, OpenTelemetry and HashiCorp Vault will be highly regarded, as will experience working with large-scale enterprise platforms and supporting critical services. You’ll need to be comfortable operating at a senior level, solving complex technical problems and working with a range of engineering and technical stakeholders.

Australian citizenship is required for this position.

To apply for this role please send your resume or contact Nat on 0430 292 875 or [email protected]

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