Platform Engineer — Cloud, DevOps & Secure Platforms

Leidos Australia; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexibility options

Headspace access

MeQuilibrium access

Learning platform

Challenging projects

Career growth

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking a Platform Engineer to design, build and evolve cloud and hybrid platforms. You will work across cloud environments to deliver secure, scalable solutions that support mission-critical applications.

You will drive automation using Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD tooling and scripting, partnering with developers and security teams to improve reliability and performance. The role offers opportunities to grow technically and advance within a global organisation.

Qualifications

• Experience in platform engineering, DevOps or related disciplines.
• Hands-on with public cloud and hybrid environments (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, automation.
• Scripting in Python, PowerShell, Bash.
• Networking, APIs, databases, storage, and security basics.
• Docker and Kubernetes expertise.
• Strong knowledge of Git/version control practices.
• Understanding of security principles and platform security controls.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and support cloud and hybrid platforms that provide a secure, resilient foundation for business-critical applications and services.
• Drive automation across infrastructure and application delivery through Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, scripting, and deployment tooling, reducing manual effort and improving operational efficiency.
• Enhance platform reliability, performance and security by implementing monitoring, observability, vulnerability remediation, lifecycle management, and operational best practices.
• Partner closely with developers, architects, cybersecurity specialists, infrastructure teams and business stakeholders to improve platform capabilities, simplify deployment processes, and deliver continuous improvements across the technology landscape.

Skills

Platform engineering

DevOps

Cloud engineering

Infrastructure engineering

Scripting (Python/PowerShell/Bash)

Docker

Kubernetes

Networking basics

Git/version control

Security principles

Education

Degree or equivalent in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Job description

Leidos Australia is seeking a Platform Engineer to design, build and evolve cloud and hybrid platforms. You will work across cloud environments to deliver secure, scalable solutions that support mission-critical applications.

You will drive automation using Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD tooling and scripting, partnering with developers and security teams to improve reliability and performance. The role offers opportunities to grow technically and advance within a global organisation.