Platform Engineer

Auto & General Australia; City of Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses and recognition

Work from home 2 days/week

Learning and professional development

Volunteer days and paid parental leave

Wellbeing and fitness discounts

Job summary

Auto & General Australia is seeking a Platform Engineer to design, build, and optimize the cloud platform that enables our developers to deliver high-quality software for customers. You will work within the Cloud Platform team, focusing on Terraform-based AWS provisioning, Kubernetes management, and robust CI/CD pipelines in a collaborative squad.

Based in Toowong, Brisbane, the role offers a hybrid work model with ongoing learning, certifications, and a culture that values care, ownership, and

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 concepts and tooling (CloudWatch/Prometheus/New Relic).
• Basic TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, and cloud networking concepts like VPCs, subnets, routing.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Terraform modules and configurations to provision AWS resources.
• Collaborate with application teams to accelerate software delivery.
• Develop and manage build and deployment pipelines.
• Manage Kubernetes clusters, including provisioning, networking, monitoring, and upgrades.
• Support cloud operations and troubleshoot infrastructure issues with the team.
• Participate in incident response and post-incident analysis for cloud infra issues.
• Stay current with industry practices and continuously improve team standards.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Observability tools

Networking basics

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

CloudWatch

Prometheus

New Relic

Job description

The position

As a platform engineer at Auto & General, you'll build and improve the cloud platform that enables our developers to deliver high-quality software for our customers. You'll operate within one of our collaborative squads inside the larger Cloud Platform team. Each squad has a unique mission to design, build, and implement platform improvements while keeping our tools and services running smoothly. We combine the latest technologies and techniques to run critical workloads for both our internal systems and our customers.

Brief Description

As a platform engineer at Auto & General, you'll build and improve the cloud platform that enables our developers to deliver high-quality software for our customers. You'll operate within one of our collaborative squads inside the larger Cloud Platform team. Each squad has a unique mission to design, build, and implement platform improvements while keeping our tools and services running smoothly. We combine the latest technologies and techniques to run critical workloads for both our internal systems and our customers.

The Opportunity

This is your opportunity to join an expanding team in a challenging, fast-paced environment where you can develop new skills and share your knowledge. We're passionate about technology excellence, and we'll support you with ongoing training and opportunities to gain industry-recognised certifications. You'll be part of an organisation that values care, passion, ownership, and integrity. We're based in a modern office in Toowong, offering a supportive, flexible, and collaborative team culture where your ideas are valued and your professional growth is prioritised.

Key Responsibilities

• Designing, developing, and maintaining Terraform modules and configurations to provision and manage Amazon Web Services (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.

Essential

What experience you’ll bring

• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services in an enterprise environment
• A solid understanding of Kubernetes architecture and experience deploying applications to a cluster
• Familiarity with observability concepts and tooling, such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, or New Relic
• A basic understanding of 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
• Aproactive approach to learning new tools, systems, and cloud concepts.

Desirable

• AWS, Kubernetes, or similar cloud certification
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.

Location

Toowong

Close to a variety of public transport and easy parking options, the Toowong office has excellent end of trip facilities (including secure bike storage and showers), outdoor spaces and plenty of modern collaborative areas to work and connect with colleagues.

Conveniently based at Toowong Village tower with views of the mountains and the Brisbane River, our location is only 4 km from the city and provides access to retail, restaurants and other amenities.

The Benefits Of Working At A&G

• Be rewarded - we recognise high performance and reward our people for their hard work through bonuses and other perks.
• Work flexibility - with options to work from home two days per week.
• Options for leave - life happens, so we’ve got volunteer days, an additional paid ‘ME’ day, paid parental leave and the opportunity to purchase additional leave to cover all of the big stuff.
• Grow with us - we’ve got learning and professional development opportunities to suit everyone.
• Give back - our A&G Difference program gives you the power to change our community for the better through volunteering, fundraising and donation opportunities for causes that you’re passionate about.
• Take care of yourself - your wellbeing is important to us and our healthy mind and body hub, mental-health support and fitness discounts will help you be your best self.
• Celebrate the wins - we love sharing our successes and celebrating together - join us and you’ve got a ticket to our many on-site events throughout the year, family fun days and annual celebrations.
• Save money - as well as discounts on insurance products, we’ve teamed up with some incredible retailers, hospitality providers and others to bring you discounts on your purchases, no matter where you are in Australia.

About Us

Auto & General (A&G) is the fastest-growing major Motor and Home insurer in Australia, providing insurance products and solutions to safeguard a brighter future for our customers and community. Our range of general insurance products including Car, Motorcycle, Home, Contents Pet and Travel products are delivered through our multi-award-winning brand Budget Direct and partnerships with leading brands - ING, Qantas, and Coles Insurance. We’re excited about the future and we’re always on the lookout for talented, passionate individuals who can help us achieve our goal of being Australia’s best insurer! Auto & General values individual differences and believes in fostering an inclusive culture that creates a great place to work for all.

• A note from Auto & General to recruitment agencies: We politely ask that you avoid making any approaches or sending any unsolicited resumes to our Recruitment Team or Hiring Leaders across our business. Auto & General is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.