Platform Engineering Manager
Bureau of Meteorology · Melbourne
Job description
About the role
The Platform Engineering Manager leads the operational management of a 24/7 mission‑critical platform environment, covering compute, storage, virtualization, backup and Linux systems. The role provides both technical and people leadership to ensure reliable, secure and high‑performing infrastructure services.
Key responsibilities
- Oversee a multi‑disciplinary team delivering Linux systems support and infrastructure engineering.
- Maintain platform availability through incident management, on‑call leadership and escalation handling.
- Ensure end‑to‑end operational accountability across in‑house teams and Managed Service Partners.
- Drive governance, service‑level management and compliance with the Australian Government ISM.
- Manage vendor relationships, procurement activities and a significant operational budget.
Required profile
- Proven experience leading technical teams in a 24/7, mission‑critical environment.
- Strong understanding of ITIL‑aligned service management practices.
- Ability to work collaboratively across cloud, connectivity, HPC and application teams.
Required skills
- Linux systems administration
- Virtualisation technologies
- Backup and storage solutions
- Compute infrastructure management
- ITIL service management
- Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM) compliance
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Bureau of Meteorology
Melbourne