Platform Engineer

ITbility; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ITbility in Sydney is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer on a contract for 6+ months. The role focuses on designing and operating internal platforms treated as products, with emphasis on developer experience, onboarding speed, adoption, and measurable delivery outcomes rather than ticket-driven support.

You will build and operate multi-account AWS platforms using modular IaC (Terraform preferred), enforce secure defaults, and deliver reusable blocks such as templates, CI/CD primitives, Kubernetes

Qualifications

• Designs and operates internal platforms as products with focus on developer experience, onboarding speed, adoption, and measurable delivery outcomes.
• Strong experience building and operating multi-account AWS platforms using modular, versioned IaC with secure defaults and automated enforcement.
• Creates opinionated, reusable blocks such as service templates, CI/CD pipeline primitives, Kubernetes baselines, and observability packages with clear upgrade and escape-hatch strategies.
• Enables teams through APIs, CLIs, and GitOps workflows (e.g., ArgoCD), reducing manual approvals and support load while maintaining guardrails.
• Deep understanding of containerized workloads, Helm-based deployments, and platform-level Kubernetes controls for isolation, quotas, and scalability.
• Embeds security via policy-as-code, least-privilege IAM, secrets management, and software supply chain controls so compliant paths are the easiest paths.
• Treats reliability as a platform feature, implementing SLOs, error budgets, standardized logging/metrics/tracing, safe rollouts, and incident learning loops.
• Builds productized automation using Python/Shell, writes clear documentation, and educates teams with paved roads and examples.

Responsibilities

• Designs and operates internal platforms as products, focused on developer experience, onboarding speed, adoption, and measurable delivery outcomes.
• Builds and operates multi-account AWS platforms using modular IaC with secure defaults and automated enforcement.
• Creates reusable blocks such as service templates, CI/CD primitives, Kubernetes baselines, and observability packages.
• Enables teams through APIs, CLIs, and GitOps workflows (e.g., ArgoCD) with guardrails.
• Implements containerized workloads, Helm-based deployments, and platform-level Kubernetes controls for isolation and scalability.
• Embeds security with policy-as-code and least-privilege IAM.
• Implements SLOs, logging, metrics, tracing, and safe rollouts for reliability.
• Produces clear documentation and training to uplift teams' self-sufficiency.

Skills

Platform Engineering

AWS-first

Golden Paths

GitOps Automation

Kubernetes Platform

Security-by-default

Reliability & Observability

Automation & Enablement

Job description

Our client in Sydney is looking for Cloud Platform Engineer this is a contract for 6+ months.

• Cloud Platform Engineer
• Sydney
• Contract 6+ Months

Required Skills

• Platform Engineering (Product Mindset)

Designs and operates internal platforms as products, focused on developer experience, onboarding speed, adoption, and measurable delivery outcomes rather than ticket-driven DevOps support.

• Cloud & Infrastructure as Code (AWS-first)

Strong experience building and operating multi-account AWS platforms using modular, versioned IaC (Terraform preferred), with secure defaults and automated enforcement.

• Golden Paths & Standardized Delivery

Creates opinionated, reusable building blocks such as service templates, CI/CD pipeline primitives, Kubernetes baselines, and observability packages with clear upgrade and escape-hatch strategies.

• Self-Service & GitOps Automation

Enables teams through APIs, CLIs, and GitOps workflows (e.g., ArgoCD), reducing manual approvals and support load while maintaining guardrails.

• Containers & Multi-Tenant Kubernetes Platforms

Deep understanding of containerized workloads, Helm-based deployments, and platform-level Kubernetes controls for isolation, quotas, and scalability across many teams.

• Secure-by-Default Architecture

Embeds security via policy-as-code, least-privilege IAM, secrets management, and software supply chain controls so compliant paths are the easiest paths.

• Reliability, Observability & Operations

Treats reliability as a platform feature, implementing SLOs, error budgets, standardized logging/metrics/tracing, safe rollouts, and incident learning loops.

• Automation, Communication & Enablement

Builds productized automation using Python/Shell, writes clear documentation, and influences teams through paved roads, examples, and education—not tribal knowledge.

All candidates should have full working rights in Australia.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for this role.