Platform Engineering Manager — 24/7 Reliability & Leadership

Bureau of Meteorology

City of Melbourne

On-site

AUD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Bureau of Meteorology is seeking an experienced leader to drive the 24/7 operational management of a mission-critical platform environment. You will oversee Linux systems support and infrastructure engineering, ensuring reliable, secure, and high-performing services aligned with SLAs and ISM standards.

Candidate will lead a multi-disciplinary team, manage an operational budget, and collaborate across cloud, connectivity, HPC, and application teams to sustain platform health and governance.

Qualifications

Leadership of a multi-disciplinary team across Linux systems support and infrastructure engineering.
End-to-end accountability for platform services and governance.
Experience with incident management, on-call leadership, and escalation handling.
Exposure to ITIL-aligned service management and CAB governance.

Responsibilities

Lead the 24/7 operational management of a mission-critical platform environment.
Oversee Linux systems support and infrastructure engineering teams.
Drive incident management, on-call leadership, and escalation for complex issues.
Ensure service levels, governance, and SLAs are met across internal and MSP partners.
Maintain platform health, capacity, performance, and security compliance per ISM.

Skills

Linux systems

Incident management

People leadership

Vendor management

ITIL

Budget management

Cloud/HPC coordination

Job description

Candidate will lead a multi-disciplinary team, manage an operational budget, and collaborate across cloud, connectivity, HPC, and application teams to sustain platform health and governance.

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