AWS Platform Engineer [Australian citizen with Baseline]

ADL Group Australia; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ADL Group Australia is seeking an experienced AWS Platform Engineer to support a critical federal cloud platform. The role focuses on building and maintaining secure, scalable AWS environments, with emphasis on EKS/Kubernetes operations and robust monitoring using CloudWatch, Grafana, Prometheus, and Dynatrace.

You will contribute to platform improvements, incident resolution, and continuous delivery, with government experience and GitOps knowledge highly regarded.

Qualifications

• 3+ years AWS infrastructure engineering experience.
• Experience with Amazon EKS and Kubernetes administration.
• Knowledge of AWS security services (IAM, WAF, IRSA, RBAC, secrets management).
• Experience with monitoring tools CloudWatch, Grafana, Prometheus and Dynatrace.

Responsibilities

• Maintain secure, resilient, and high-performing AWS environments.
• Support platform improvements, incident resolution, and continuous delivery.

Skills

AWS infrastructure engineering

Kubernetes administration

Security best practices (AWS)

Tools

Amazon EKS

Kubernetes

CloudWatch

Grafana

Prometheus

Dynatrace

IAM

WAF

IRSA

RBAC

Secrets management

Job description

Location of work: Any states: VIC, NSW, QLD, WA, ACT, NT, SA, TAS / Hybrid; Remote

Estimated start date: Tuesday, 01 December 2026

Security Clearance: Baseline or higher

We're recruiting an experienced AWS Platform Engineer to support a critical Federal Government cloud platform.

Key Requirements

• 3+ years AWS infrastructure engineering experience


• Strong Amazon EKS & Kubernetes administration skills


• AWS security (IAM, WAF, IRSA, RBAC, secrets management)


• Monitoring tools including CloudWatch, Grafana, Prometheus & Dynatrace

You’ll be responsible for maintaining secure, resilient, and high-performing AWS environments, supporting platform improvements, incident resolution, and continuous delivery.

Government experience, AWS certifications, and GitOps knowledge are highly regarded.