Senior Aws Platform Engineer

Alois Uk; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Alois Australia is seeking a Senior AWS Platform Engineer to design and run secure, scalable AWS infrastructure for remediation projects. This contract role is based in Melbourne, with production-focused Terraform, EMR, EKS and CI/CD governance.

You will own platform patterns, lead cross-team decisions, and mentor engineers while safeguarding compliance and TLS/secret handling across environments. Experience with Kerberos/Ranger, LDAP integration, and image building would be advantageous.

Qualifications

• Senior production-scale Terraform and AWS platform engineering experience.
• Strong EMR, EC2, EKS, IAM, KMS, S3, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager and SSM knowledge.
• Linux/Amazon Linux 2023 administration and robust Bash/Python automation.
• GitHub Actions and controlled infrastructure CI/CD/release governance.
• Security engineering mindset covering secrets, privileged access, encryption and blast-radius analysis.
• Ability to lead design decisions and mentor engineers in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and safely evolve multi-stack AWS infrastructure across dev, SIT, pre-production and production.
• Build Terraform stacks/modules, environment overlays and SSM-based cross-stack contracts with controlled dependency sequencing.
• Engineer AWS integration services using EMR, EC2, EKS, IAM, KMS, S3, Route53, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager and SSM as applicable.
• Build and maintain GitHub Actions/shared workflows with gated promotion between environments.
• Automate platform processes using Python and Bash with idempotency, logging, failure handling and cleanup.
• Implement secure TLS, secrets handling, access boundaries, tagging/classification and compliance controls.
• Support EMR service upgrades and security configuration, including external Kerberos/KDC and Ranger/DataGuard patterns where required.
• Lead platform troubleshooting and production incident triage across Terraform, AWS runtime, OS/bootstrap and pipeline layers.

Skills

Terraform

AWS platform engineering

Automation (Bash/Python)

GitHub Actions

Security mindset

Leadership/mentoring

Tools

EMR

EC2

EKS

IAM

KMS

S3

CloudWatch

Secrets Manager

SSM

Job description

About Us

ALOIS Australia is a leading Talent and Technology Solutions company, focused on helping businesses across the country build stronger teams, smarter processes, and sustainable growth.

About Us

ALOIS Australia is a leading Talent and Technology Solutions company, focused on helping businesses across the country build stronger teams, smarter processes, and sustainable growth. We work with organisations in diverse industries to deliver integrated workforce and technology solutions, from innovative hiring strategies to end-to-end digital transformation. Our approach combines data, insight, and human expertise to help clients solve complex workforce challenges with clarity and confidence. Through our deep industry experience and commitment to excellence, we provide scalable, high-performance solutions that deliver measurable impact. Whether it’s onshore project delivery, workforce optimisation, or specialised technology services, ALOIS Australia ensures results that truly make a difference. From Sydney to Perth and everywhere in between, we’re driven by one purpose: to empower Australian businesses and professionals to thrive in a rapidly changing world of work. At ALOIS Australia, every challenge is an opportunity to innovate, and every partnership is built on trust, transparency, and long-term success.

Job Title – Senior AWS Platform Engineer

Job Location – Melbourne

Employment Type – Contract/FTC

What Role You Will Play In Team

Senior AWS Platform Engineer

Customer Remediation Modernisation

Terraform

AWS / EMR / EKS

Security / IAM / KMS

GitHub Actions

Role purpose

Design and build the secure AWS integration layer between the new remediation UI and the underlying remediation applications. Own the platform patterns needed to run, secure, deploy and operate this integration across non-production and production environments.

What you will do

• Design and safely evolve multi-stack AWS infrastructure across dev, SIT, pre-production and production.
• Build Terraform stacks/modules, environment overlays and SSM-based cross-stack contracts with controlled dependency sequencing.
• Engineer AWS integration services using EMR, EC2, EKS, IAM, KMS, S3, Route53, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager and SSM as applicable.
• Build and maintain GitHub Actions/shared workflows with gated promotion between environments.
• Automate platform processes using Python and Bash with idempotency, logging, failure handling and cleanup.
• Implement secure TLS, secrets handling, access boundaries, tagging/classification and compliance controls.
• Support EMR service upgrades and security configuration, including external Kerberos/KDC and Ranger/DataGuard patterns where required.
• Lead platform troubleshooting and production incident triage across Terraform, AWS runtime, OS/bootstrap and pipeline layers.

What you will bring

• Senior production-scale Terraform and AWS platform engineering experience.
• Strong EMR, EC2, EKS, IAM, KMS, S3, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager and SSM knowledge.
• Linux/Amazon Linux 2023 administration and robust Bash/Python automation.
• GitHub Actions and controlled infrastructure CI/CD/release governance.
• Security engineering mindset covering secrets, privileged access, encryption and blast-radius analysis.
• Ability to lead design decisions and mentor engineers in a regulated environment.

Highly regarded

• Kerberos, Ranger, LDAP/SSSD and enterprise identity integration.
• Hadoop/Hive/Oozie/Postgres ecosystem knowledge.
• AWS EC2 Image Builder, OS hardening and patch/compliance automation.
• Java/Maven troubleshooting awareness.

Success in the role

• Secure, supportable integration between the UI and remediation applications.
• Repeatable infrastructure promotion and production readiness with no unmanaged configuration drift.

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EEO Statement

ALOIS Australia is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected under applicable laws. We value diversity and believe it strengthens our people, our culture, and the outcomes we deliver.