Location:
Australia-wide, any capital city (hybrid)
Employment type:
Contract
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.
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)
Screening questions for EKS experience and Baseline eligibility will filter out unsuitable applicants quickly.

📌 Senior Aws Platform Engineer (Eks / Kubernetes) (Canberra)
🏢 Asj Tech
📍 Canberra