Platform Engineer (AWS)

CH Solutions; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

CH Solutions in Melbourne is building a modern platform engineering capability and seeks a Platform Engineer to shape reusable, self-service capabilities that enable teams to build, deploy and run their services. You’ll contribute to a secure, scalable platform and help evolve self-service patterns across squads.

You’ll design and run the AWS-based platform, develop IaC modules, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and security guardrails, collaborating with Architecture and Cyber Security while

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience designing, building and operating AWS platforms and shared services.
• Proficient in infrastructure as code and automation tooling.
• Experience building and running CI/CD pipelines with security controls.
• Strong scripting ability to automate engineering and operational work.

Responsibilities

• Build self-service capabilities via IaC modules and patterns.
• Design, build and run the shared AWS platform.
• Create and improve CI/CD pipelines with built-in security controls.
• Standardise observability with logs, metrics, tracing and dashboards.
• Move towards a centralized deployment environment.
• Utilise automation to reduce manual toil.
• Maintain platform health: availability, capacity, performance and cost; incident response and DR testing.
• Collaborate with Architecture and Cyber Security on guardrails and standards.
• Listen to engineering teams to prioritise improvements and drive adoption.

Skills

AWS

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD pipelines

Scripting

Observability

Cloud security

Reliability engineering

Disaster recovery

Product mindset

Tools

Terraform

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

GitLab

Job description

The opportunity
A well-established, purpose-driven organisation delivering critical digital services is building its modern platform engineering capability, and is looking for a Platform Engineer to help shape it.

This is a chance to build something that lasts: secure, reliable, self-service platform capabilities that engineering teams across the business use to build, deploy and run their services. Instead of each team reinventing the wheel, you’ll create the reusable building blocks they rely on.

What you’ll be doing

Building self-service capabilities: reusable Infrastructure as Code modules, templates and patterns that any application team can pick up and use

Designing, building and running the shared AWS platform: cloud infrastructure, data services and supporting tools

Creating and improving CI/CD pipelines: security and quality controls built in from the start

Standardising observability: logging, metrics, tracing, dashboards and alerting that teams can plug straight into

Helping move towards a centralised, unified deployment environment

Using automation to cut down manual effort and operational toil

Keeping the platform healthy: availability, capacity, performance and cost, plus incident response, root cause analysis and DR testing

Working with Architecture and Cyber Security on guardrails and standards that make delivery safe and consistent

Listening to engineering teams to prioritise improvements and drive adoption

What you’ll bring

Hands-on experience designing, building and operating AWS platforms and shared services

Strong Infrastructure as Code skills (Terraform, AWS CDK or CloudFormation)

Experience building and running CI/CD pipelines (for example Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions or GitLab)

Scripting or programming skills to automate engineering and operational work

Experience implementing observability: logging, metrics, tracing and alerting

A good grasp of cloud security, reliability, incident response and disaster recovery

A product mindset: you build for your internal customers and care about adoption

Desirable: experience with shared data platforms, and familiarity with AI-assisted engineering

Why apply?

A rare chance to shape platform foundations, not just maintain them

Modern AWS-native work with real autonomy

An organisation whose work genuinely matters to the community

Hybrid working and a collaborative, supportive team

Background checks apply, and the role includes occasional out-of-hours support.