Lead Platform Engineer
BLACKROC Recruitment
We’re looking for a senior Platform Engineer to join a large and complex technology environment, working across cloud platforms, automation, Kubernetes and modern 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 Sign in to view email
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