Senior AWS Platform Engineer: Automation, Kubernetes & Security

Experis Australia Pty Ltd.; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working arrangements

12 month contract

Extension options up to 24 months

Work from ACT NSW VIC QLD SA WA TAS NT

Job summary

Experis Australia Pty Ltd. is seeking a Senior AWS Platform Software Engineer to support a large-scale digital transformation for government services.

You will work in a hybrid setup to maintain and enhance a broad AWS cloud environment, focusing on automation, resilience and secure platform operations. You will collaborate with platform engineers, security specialists and delivery stakeholders to drive improvements and successful releases.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience managing AWS cloud infrastructure in enterprise/production environments.
• Strong experience administering AWS EKS and Kubernetes platforms.
• Proven background in cloud engineering and infrastructure automation.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, ArgoCD or similar tools.
• Knowledge of AWS security controls including IAM, RBAC, WAF and secrets management.
• Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Dynatrace).

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain AWS infrastructure for reliability, performance and security.
• Administer EKS and Kubernetes environments, including upgrades and patching.
• Develop automation to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual work.
• Deliver automated patching, backups and operational processes.
• Monitor platform performance, capacity and resource utilisation.
• Enhance observability with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Dynatrace).
• Ensure security controls (IAM, RBAC, WAF, secrets management) are in place.
• Support CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and ArgoCD.
• Investigate incidents and perform root cause analysis with preventative actions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for platform enhancements and releases.

Skills

Excellent communication

Independent work

Troubleshooting

Incident management

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Azure DevOps

ArgoCD

Prometheus

Grafana

CloudWatch

Dynatrace

Terraform

CloudFormation

GitOps

Job description

Experis Australia Pty Ltd. is seeking a Senior AWS Platform Software Engineer to support a large-scale digital transformation for government services.

You will work in a hybrid setup to maintain and enhance a broad AWS cloud environment, focusing on automation, resilience and secure platform operations. You will collaborate with platform engineers, security specialists and delivery stakeholders to drive improvements and successful releases.