Senior Platform Engineer: Cloud & Kubernetes Lead

Auto & General

City of Brisbane

On-site

AUD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Work from home 2 days/week

Volunteer days

Paid parental leave

Learning & development

Wellbeing programs

Employee discounts

End of trip facilities

Job summary

Auto & General seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to design and improve a cloud platform supporting internal systems and customer workloads. You will lead Terraform-driven IaC, manage Kubernetes clusters, and collaborate with development squads to accelerate delivery.

The role focuses on automation, security, reliability, and platform excellence within a collaborative Cloud Platform team based in Toowong, Brisbane. Flexible work options include two days per week from home.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field is desirable.
Relevant AWS/Kubernetes certifications welcomed (CKA/CKAD).

Responsibilities

Lead design, development and maintenance of Terraform modules and configurations for cloud platforms.
Collaborate with development teams to accelerate software delivery with platform solutions.
Develop and manage build/deploy pipelines to improve velocity, security and reliability.
Oversee Kubernetes cluster provisioning, networking, security hardening and upgrades.
Lead incident response for critical cloud infra issues and conduct PIRs.
Drive adoption of innovative cloud solutions and raise team standards.