platform engineer

HR Partners; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working arrangements

Job summary

Randstad invites a Platform Engineer to own and evolve the foundational cloud platform powering high-scale, customer-facing products. You will design, stand up, and automate environments, streamline deployments, and raise observability and reliability standards across teams.

You will work in a flexible hybrid setup with a focus on automation, secure CI/CD pipelines, and scalable infrastructure, leveraging Terraform, Ansible and Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience managing and scaling GCP and Kubernetes (GKE).
• Proven track record building secure, automated CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD).
• Infra automation, system integrations, and observability background.
• Comfort with AI-assisted development tools to drive efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Own the core cloud engineering foundations used by multiple dev teams.
• Design, stand up, and automate end-to-end environments and deployments.
• Establish high standards for observability, reliability and security.
• Collaborate across teams to solve complex system challenges.

Skills

GCP

Kubernetes (GKE)

CI/CD pipelines

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Infrastructure automation

Observability

AI-assisted tools

Collaboration

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Python

Bash

Prometheus

Grafana

Cloud Monitoring

Job description

Join a world class engineering division within a leading global financial services organisation. We are looking for a Platform Engineer to own and evolve the foundational platform that powers our high scale customer facing products.

If you are passionate about automation, container orchestration, and building modern, reliable delivery infrastructure, this is your opportunity to drive meaningful architectural impact.

The Role As a Platform Engineer, you will own the core cloud engineering foundations relied upon by multiple development teams. You will design, stand up, and automate end to end environments, streamline deployments, and establish high standards for observability and reliability.

The Tech Stack & Environment

Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible

CI/CD & Automation: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Python, Bash

Observability & Service Mesh: Cloud Monitoring, Prometheus, Grafana, API Gateways, Event Messaging

What You'll Bring

Strong hands on expertise managing and scaling GCP and Kubernetes (GKE) environments.

Proven track record building secure, automated CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD).

Solid background in infrastructure automation, system integrations, and observability.

Experience or comfort leveraging AI-assisted development tools to drive efficiency.

Strong collaborative problem solving skills across complex systems.

What's in it for You?

Flexible hybrid working arrangements.

Top tier parental leave (up to 20 weeks paid) and comprehensive wellbeing benefits.

At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.