Federal Government Contract | Senior AWS Platform Engineer | Australia

We are currently seeking an experienced Senior AWS Platform Engineer for a 12-month Federal Government contract, with 2 x 12-month extension options.

Location: Australia – WA, ACT, VIC, NSW, NT, SA and TAS

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Start Date: 1 December 2026

Contract Duration: 12 months + 2 x 12-month extensions

Experience: Senior / EL1 equivalent

Hours: 40 hours per week

Mandatory Requirements:

- Must be based in Australia.
- Must be an Australian citizen.
- Must hold an active Baseline /NV1 Security Clearance

Key Skills & Experience:

- Minimum 3 years of hands-on AWS Cloud Engineering experience.
- Robust experience with Amazon EKS and Kubernetes administration.
- AWS infrastructure management, automation and troubleshooting.
- Experience with IAM, IRSA, RBAC, WAF and secrets management.
- CI/CD pipeline experience using Azure DevOps and ArgoCD.




- Monitoring and observability using Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch or Dynatrace.
- Experience with Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Strong production support, incident management and root cause analysis capabilities.
- Knowledge of Australian Government security frameworks, including ISM and Essential Eight.

Desirable:

- Previous Federal Government or enterprise environment experience.
- AWS or Kubernetes certifications.
- Experience with GitOps and infrastructure automation.

Interested candidates who meet the mandatory eligibility requirements are encouraged to apply. Please share your updated CV or reach at [email protected]

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