Job title: Senior AWS Platform Engineer (EKS / Kubernetes) – Federal Government – Baseline

Location: Australia-wide, any capital city (hybrid)

Employment type: Contract

Senior AWS Platform Engineer (EKS / Kubernetes)

Federal Government | 12-month contract + 2 × 12-month extensions | Hybrid, any capital city | Baseline clearance

ASJ Tech is looking for an experienced AWS Platform Engineer to join a Federal Government team running a business-critical identity and access management platform.

You’ll keep a secure, high-performing AWS environment running smoothly, with a solid focus on Amazon EKS and Kubernetes, infrastructure automation and platform security. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who enjoys owning production platforms, not just building them.

What you’ll do

- Run and maintain AWS infrastructure for performance, availability, security and reliability.
- Administer Amazon EKS and Kubernetes, including cluster upgrades, node groups, patching and vulnerability remediation.
- Automate operations such as patching, backups and routine tasks to cut manual effort.
- Implement AWS security controls, including IAM, IRSA, RBAC, WAF and secrets management.
- Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Argo CD.
- Build out monitoring and observability with Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch and Dynatrace.
- Lead incident resolution and root cause analysis, then fix the underlying problem.

What you’ll bring

- 3+ years’ hands-on AWS infrastructure engineering in production environments.




- Strong Amazon EKS and Kubernetes administration experience.
- Solid knowledge of AWS security, including IAM, IRSA, RBAC, WAF and secrets.
- CI/CD experience with Azure DevOps, Argo CD or similar.
- Experience with observability tools and production incident management.
- Clear communication and the ability to work across technical and security teams.

Highly regarded

- Terraform or CloudFormation.
- GitOps practices.
- Australian Government experience, ISM and Essential Eight.
- AWS or Kubernetes certifications such as Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer or CKA.

Key details

- Start date: 1 December 2026
- Contract: 12 months + 2 × 12-month extensions, up to 40 hours per week
- Location: hybrid from any Australian capital city
- Clearance: must be able to obtain Baseline (Australian citizenship required)

How to apply

Email your CV in Word format to [email protected], quoting LH-08491. Applications close Friday 13 November, so apply early as we’re shortlisting now.

Questions? Call 0401 904 401.

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Targeting the boost

- Job titles: Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, Cloud Engineer, Kubernetes Engineer and AWS Engineer.
- Skills: Amazon EKS, Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform and Argo CD.
- Location: all Australian capital cities.

Screening questions for EKS experience and Baseline eligibility will filter out unsuitable applicants quickly.

📌 Senior AWS Platform Engineer (EKS / Kubernetes) (Canberra)
🏢 Asj Tech
📍 Canberra