Cloud Platform Engineer - AWS, Kubernetes & CI/CD

Auto & General; City of Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses and other perks

Work from home two days per week

Learning and development opportunities

Volunteer days and ME day

Job summary

Auto & General is seeking a Platform Engineer to design, build and improve the cloud platform that enables our developers to deliver high-quality software for customers. You’ll join a squad within the Cloud Platform team and work from our Toowong office in Brisbane, with hybrid work options and ongoing training opportunities.

In this role you will design and maintain Terraform configurations for AWS, manage Kubernetes clusters, develop CI/CD pipelines, and contribute to incident response while

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services in an enterprise environment.
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes architecture and deploying applications to a cluster.
• Familiarity with observability tooling such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, or New Relic.
• Basic networking concepts: TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, and cloud networking concepts like VPCs, subnets, and routing.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to explain technical concepts clearly.
• Proactive approach to learning new tools, systems, and cloud concepts.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Designing, developing, and maintaining Terraform modules and configurations to provision and manage AWS resources.
• Collaborating with application teams to build solutions that accelerate software delivery.
• Developing and managing build and deployment pipelines.
• Managing Kubernetes clusters, including provisioning, networking, monitoring, and upgrades.
• Supporting cloud operations and troubleshooting infrastructure issues alongside your team.
• Participating in incident response and post-incident analysis for cloud infrastructure issues.
• Staying current with industry practices and continuously improving our team standards.

Skills

AWS basics

Kubernetes

Observability tooling

Networking concepts

Communication

Lifelong learning

Bachelor's degree

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Terraform

CloudWatch

Prometheus

New Relic

AWS services

Job description

Auto & General is seeking a Platform Engineer to design, build and improve the cloud platform that enables our developers to deliver high-quality software for customers. You’ll join a squad within the Cloud Platform team and work from our Toowong office in Brisbane, with hybrid work options and ongoing training opportunities.

In this role you will design and maintain Terraform configurations for AWS, manage Kubernetes clusters, develop CI/CD pipelines, and contribute to incident response while