Senior AWS Platform Engineer - Hybrid, AU-wide (12-Month)

Experis (Austria); Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working arrangements

12 month contract

Extension options up to 2x12 months

Job summary

ManpowerGroup is recruiting a Senior AWS Platform Software Engineer for a Federal Government contract in Australia. The role supports a large-scale digital transformation by maintaining and enhancing a cloud environment built on AWS, Kubernetes, and EKS, with emphasis on security, reliability and high availability.

You will work in a hybrid team across platform engineers, security specialists and delivery stakeholders, driving automation, CI/CD pipelines, and continuous improvement across the

Qualifications

• Minimum three years of hands-on AWS cloud infrastructure experience.
• Experience administering EKS and Kubernetes platforms.
• Proven background in cloud engineering and automation.
• Knowledge of AWS security services (IAM, WAF, RBAC).
• Experience with CI/CD using Azure DevOps, ArgoCD.
• Experience with observability tools: Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Dynatrace.
• Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills.
• Excellent communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently with competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain AWS infrastructure for availability, performance, reliability and security.
• Administer EKS and Kubernetes environments (upgrades, patching, troubleshooting, optimization).
• Develop infrastructure automation to improve efficiency and reduce manual work.
• Deliver automated patching, backup and operational processes.
• Monitor and optimize platform performance, scalability and resource use.
• Enhance observability with Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch and Dynatrace.
• Implement AWS security controls including IAM, IRSA, RBAC, WAF and secrets management.
• Support CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps and ArgoCD.
• Investigate incidents and perform root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with teams to support enhancements and releases.
• Drive continuous improvement and platform resilience.

Skills

AWS Platform

Kubernetes (EKS)

Automation

CI/CD pipelines

Azure DevOps

ArgoCD

Observability

Security controls

Incident response

Stakeholder comms

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

ArgoCD

Azure DevOps

Prometheus

Grafana

CloudWatch

Dynatrace

IAM

RBAC

WAF

Job description

ManpowerGroup is recruiting a Senior AWS Platform Software Engineer for a Federal Government contract in Australia. The role supports a large-scale digital transformation by maintaining and enhancing a cloud environment built on AWS, Kubernetes, and EKS, with emphasis on security, reliability and high availability.

You will work in a hybrid team across platform engineers, security specialists and delivery stakeholders, driving automation, CI/CD pipelines, and continuous improvement across the