Senior AWS Platform Software Engineer

About the role

A large-scale digital transformation program supporting critical government services is looking for an experienced Senior AWS Platform Software Engineer. You will maintain, enhance and optimise a large AWS cloud environment within a multidisciplinary team of platform engineers, security specialists and delivery stakeholders, driving automation, platform resilience and continuous improvement. The role is advertised as Canberra-based but is open to candidates able to work from ACT, NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA, TAS or NT.

Key responsibilities

• Manage and maintain AWS infrastructure for availability, performance, reliability and security.
• Administer Amazon EKS and Kubernetes environments, including upgrades, patching, troubleshooting and optimisation.
• Develop and deliver infrastructure automation, automated patching, backup and operational processes.
• Monitor and optimise platform performance, scalability, capacity and resource use.
• Enhance observability with tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Amazon CloudWatch and Dynatrace.
• Maintain AWS security controls including IAM, IRSA, RBAC, WAF and secrets management.
• Support CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and ArgoCD.
• Investigate and resolve incidents, perform root cause analysis and implement preventative improvements.
• Collaborate with technical, security and delivery teams on platform enhancements and application releases.

Required profile

• Minimum three years of hands-on experience supporting AWS cloud infrastructure in enterprise or production environments.
• Strong experience administering Amazon EKS and Kubernetes.
• Proven background in cloud engineering and infrastructure automation.
• Experience with observability platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch and Dynatrace.
• Strong troubleshooting, incident management and root cause analysis skills.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work independently with competing priorities.
• Australian citizen holding a baseline security clearance.
• Highly regarded: experience in Australian Government or highly regulated environments, Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation, GitOps understanding, and knowledge of the Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM) and Essential Eight.

Required skills

• AWS and Kubernetes administration
• Amazon EKS, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS CloudFormation
• CI/CD with Azure DevOps and ArgoCD
• Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Dynatrace
• IAM, IRSA, RBAC, WAF, secrets management
• Optional: AWS Solutions Architect, AWS DevOps Engineer or CKA certification

What we offer

• Initial 12-month contract with up to two 12-month extension options.
• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Work on a high-profile cloud transformation initiative in a collaborative, technically mature environment.