Senior AWS Platform Engineer - Hybrid, Kubernetes

Yolk Digital; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Yolk Digital is seeking a Senior AWS Platform Software Engineer to support the EIAMS environment within the Australian Government health sector. You will operate and enhance AWS/EKS infrastructure, automate platforms, and ensure security and resilience for critical services.

You will collaborate with cybersecurity and delivery stakeholders, manage incidents, and contribute to platform releases while maintaining stability and performance in a hybrid work setting.

Qualifications

• Three+ years hands-on AWS cloud infrastructure engineering experience in complex environments.
• Hands-on experience with EKS and Kubernetes cluster administration, upgrades, and patching.
• Experience in infrastructure automation and cloud engineering practices for secure, efficient ops.
• Knowledge of AWS security architecture: IAM, WAF, secrets management, vulnerability management.
• Experience CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Argo CD or similar.
• Proficient with monitoring/observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch or Dynatrace.
• Strong troubleshooting and incident management, root cause analysis and service recovery.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement in multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience in Australian Government or regulated environments is a plus.
• Familiarity with Terraform or CloudFormation and GitOps deployment methods.
• Understanding ISM and Essential Eight security requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain AWS infrastructure operations for EIAMS, ensuring performance, availability, security and reliability.
• Administer and maintain EKS and Kubernetes environments, including upgrades and patching.
• Develop infrastructure automation to reduce manual work and improve resilience (patching, backups).
• Monitor platform performance, optimize capacity, and manage AWS costs.
• Enhance monitoring and observability with Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch and Dynatrace.
• Implement and maintain AWS security controls (WAF, IAM, RBAC, secrets management).
• Maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and ArgoCD for secure deployments.
• Investigate incidents, perform root cause analysis and implement preventative improvements.

Skills

AWS cloud infra

EKS & Kubernetes

Infrastructure automation

AWS security controls

CI/CD pipelines

Monitoring & observability

Incident management

Stakeholder engagement

Australian Government exposure

GitOps practices

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Amazon CloudWatch

Dynatrace

Azure DevOps

Argo CD

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Job description

Yolk Digital is seeking a Senior AWS Platform Software Engineer to support the EIAMS environment within the Australian Government health sector. You will operate and enhance AWS/EKS infrastructure, automate platforms, and ensure security and resilience for critical services.

You will collaborate with cybersecurity and delivery stakeholders, manage incidents, and contribute to platform releases while maintaining stability and performance in a hybrid work setting.