Platform Engineer – Infrastructure & DevOps

Data#3; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Data#3 in Brisbane is seeking an experienced Infrastructure / Systems Engineer to support complex IT/OT environments. You will develop automation scripts, IaC and CI/CD pipelines to improve provisioning, monitoring and operational reliability.

Key requirements include strong Windows/Linux server experience, virtualization, scripting (PowerShell or Python), and familiarity with Ansible, Terraform or Puppet. OT/industrial environments experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Windows and Linux server environments.
• Solid knowledge of virtualization, storage, backup and monitoring.
• Hands-on scripting, automation and configuration management.
• Experience with Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, PowerShell or Python.
• Understanding of Git repositories, automation workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis capability.

Responsibilities

• Develop automation scripts and playbooks for provisioning and config management.
• Support and enhance DevOps tooling and CI/CD pipelines.
• Improve monitoring, logging, alerting and dashboards across data centre services.
• Maintain SOPs, runbooks and operational documentation.
• Perform day-to-day hosting infrastructure activities using automation.
• Support incident and problem management and post-incident reviews.

Skills

Windows/Linux

Virtualisation

Monitoring

Scripting

Automation

CI/CD

Root cause analysis

Incident management

Change management

Release management

OT environments

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Puppet

PowerShell

Python

Git

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure / Systems Engineer to support and enhance a complex IT and OT infrastructure environment, with a strong focus on automation, scripting, monitoring and DevOps practices. This is a hands‑on infrastructure role for someone who enjoys improving the way infrastructure is managed — developing scripts and playbooks, automating repeatable tasks, improving monitoring and contributing to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines.

The Role

You will be responsible for:

• Developing and improving automation scripts and playbooks for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, standard changes and operational compliance.
• Supporting and enhancing automation and DevOps tooling, including Git, Ansible, Terraform, Puppet and scripting frameworks.
• Improving monitoring, logging, alerting and dashboards across servers, virtualisation, storage, backup and core data centre services.
• Developing and maintaining SOPs, runbooks and operational documentation covering infrastructure automation, change execution, pipeline usage and rollback procedures.
• Performing day‑to‑day hosting infrastructure activities including provisioning, maintenance, changes and operational support, using automation wherever possible.
• Supporting incident and problem management, including troubleshooting, diagnostics, root cause analysis and post‑incident reviews.

About You

You will have a strong infrastructure engineering background combined with an interest or proven capability in automation and DevOps.

Key skills and experience include:

• Strong experience with Windows and Linux server environments.
• Solid knowledge of virtualisation, storage, backup and monitoring technologies.
• Experience supporting infrastructure within complex data centre or enterprise environments.
• Hands‑on experience with scripting, automation and configuration management.
• Experience with one or more of Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, PowerShell or Python.
• Understanding of Git repositories, automation workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis capability.
• Understanding of incident, problem, change and release management practices.

Desirable

• Experience working within OT, IC, industrial or operational technology environments.
• Understanding of the additional security, availability and operational requirements associated with OT environments.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and/or Infrastructure as Code.