Platform Engineer

Woolworths Ltd.; Geehi; Híbrido; AUD 180.000 - 240.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Team discounts across Woolworths Group

Rewards program for purpose-drivenwork

Flexible work policy

Wellbeing programs

Descripción de la vacante

Woolworths Group is seeking a Platform/DevOps Lead to own reliability, security, performance and cost-effectiveness of our digital infrastructure for Woolworths Group’s customer-facing platforms. You will shape modern cloud infrastructure, embed engineering excellence, and drive end-to-end automation across CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure provisioning.

You will lead and mentor engineering squads, champion best practices, and proactively mitigate risks across consumer-facing digital

Formación

• Experience designing, scaling and maintaining large-scale consumer-facing digital platforms.
• Proven ability to lead, coach, or mentor technical squads with strong communication skills.
• Strong practitioner of CI/CD, IaC and modern cloud-native tooling.

Responsabilidades

• Architect and scale digital platforms with modern cloud infrastructure.
• Embed engineering excellence across cross-functional squads.
• Accelerate CI/CD and automation across pipelines and infrastructure provisioning.
• Lead and mentor DevOps and platform engineers; drive agile, customer-first outcomes.
• Manage risk, dependencies and technical debt across digital applications.

Conocimientos

DevOps

Platform engineering

Leadership

CI/CD

IaC

Herramientas

Terraform

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

APM

Jira

Confluence

Descripción del empleo

Join a customer-obsessed technology business at the heart of Australia’s largest retailerOpportunity to work across the latest technology and methodologyNorwest based with a hybrid working modelWe Are Woolworths GroupWe are Woolworths Group. 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives connected by a shared Purpose – ‘to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.’ It’s that Purpose that fuels our ambition to explore new ideas, make brave commitments and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week.If you’re excited to turn today’s blue sky thinking into a better tomorrow for future generations, you’ll find yourself supported and enriched in a dynamic, inclusive and empowering workplace that reflects the diverse communities we serve. With a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and opportunities across the group to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.At BIGW, a job is never just a job.It’s the start of something bigger. There are over 15,000 of us, in the most significant cities and the tiniest towns. And each of us has an important role to play. If you have a passion for excellent customer service, a desire to make a real difference for families and you’re looking for a place to develop, you could be who we’re looking for.The OpportunityJoin BIG W’s fast-evolving digital team as a Platform / DevOps Lead, where you will be instrumental in powering Australia’s favorite everyday retail experiences. In this role, you will take ownership of the reliability, security, performance, and cost-effectiveness of the infrastructure that underpins our customer-facing digital environment.Working at the intersection of modern platform engineering and agile delivery, you will define and embed standard-setting engineering practices across digital squads—championing continuous integration, deployment automation, and self-healing infrastructure. You will enjoy the autonomy to shape how we build and scale platforms while leading and mentoring engineering talent to translate product ideas into resilient digital solutions at pace.What You'll DoArchitect & Scale Digital Platforms: Partner closely with Solution Architecture and Engineering Managers to select, design, and optimize modern cloud infrastructure and DevOps tooling tailored to digital services.Embed Engineering Excellence: Champion modern systems engineering practices across cross-functional squads, ensuring solutions are inherently performant, secure, reliable, deployable, and evolvable.Accelerate CI/CD & Automation: Drive end-to-end automation across build and deployment pipelines (CI/CD), infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and self-recovery mechanisms.Leverage Next-Gen Tooling: Utilize AI-assisted development tools (such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and ChatGPT) to accelerate cloud infrastructure delivery, automate routine platform tasks, and improve developer velocity.Platform Operations & Triage: Play an active, hands-on role in investigating and resolving complex production issues, conducting root-cause analyses, and hardening platform telemetry and observability.Lead & Mentor Squads: Provide technical leadership and guidance to DevOps and platform engineers, fostering an agile, collaborative culture centered on continuous improvement and customer-first outcomes.Manage Risk & Dependencies: Identify, communicate, and proactively mitigate technical debt, platform vulnerabilities, and architectural dependencies across consumer-facing digital applications.What You'll BringDevOps & Platform Engineering Background: Strong foundation as a DevOps / Platform Engineer with proven experience designing, scaling, and maintaining large-scale consumer-facing digital platforms.Leadership & Influence: Practical experience leading, coaching, or mentoring technical squads (or acting in a senior advisory/consultancy capacity), with strong communication and stakeholder skills.Multi-Tool CI/CD & IaC Mastery: Deep hands-on expertise building Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and orchestrating delivery pipelines with Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.Cloud & Container Ecosystem: Robust experience managing containerised workloads with Docker and Kubernetes across enterprise Azure and Linux environments.Observability & Operational Rigor: Solid background in application performance monitoring (APM) and infrastructure telemetry tools, alongside familiarity with the Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence).Agile Mindset: Deep comfort working in fast-paced Scrum/Agile environments with full Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) accountability.What You’ll ExperienceWe embrace diversity of thought and love to take on challenges with a pragmatic and innovative approach. Our culture thrives on mutual respect, care, curiosity, openness, and a proactive attitude. We continually seek ways to pair, collaborate, support, and learn from each other as a team!Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose-driven work.A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.A progressive and flexible ‘work from anywhere' policy that gives you the opportunity to harmonise work, life and your wellbeing.A range of programs to help you prioritise and manage your wellbeing, including 24/7 access to the Sonder app.Everyone belongs at Woolworths GroupAs one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential.Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our team’s diversity brings to our business, customers, and communities and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems.Woolworths Group is an inclusive, team-first company and we value all skills and experiences. If you meet some, but not all of the requirements, we encourage you to submit your application.