Platform Engineer: Scale Secure, Scalable Platforms

Hammerjack Pty Ltd; Philippines; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great Place to Work-certified

Global company trips

Medical care for you and your family

Generous paid leave

LinkedIn Learning & training

Flexible work setup

Job summary

Hammerjack Pty Ltd is seeking a seasoned Platform Engineer to design, build, and scale core platforms ensuring resilience, efficiency, and security. You will manage on-premises containerised workloads, champion reliability, and partner with cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes architecture evolution, observability, and cost-efficient operation, with a flexible work setup in Manila and Australian hours to suit global collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Expert Linux system administration for highly available distributed production systems.
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience including cluster lifecycle, performance tuning, and service meshes.
• Advanced Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible, Helm) and GitOps tools (ArgoCD, Flux).
• Deep knowledge of containerized and virtualized networking concepts and security-first design.

Responsibilities

• Maintain security, reliability, and availability of core systems.
• Design and evolve platform architecture for scalability and observability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver outcomes.
• Deliver highly available, scalable platforms supporting business growth.
• Build and automate on-premises containerized/virtualized workloads with CI/CD pipelines.
• Support development teams with platform capabilities and environments.
• Champion reliability practices including monitoring and incident reviews.
• Improve platform performance, cost-efficiency, and developer experience.
• Contribute to documentation and knowledge sharing.
• Mentor junior team members and provide training.

Skills

Linux admin

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

GitOps

Go or Python

Observability stack

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

Istio/Linkerd

ArgoCD

Flux

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Prometheus

Grafana

Loki

OpenTelemetry

Jaeger

Job description

Hammerjack Pty Ltd is seeking a seasoned Platform Engineer to design, build, and scale core platforms ensuring resilience, efficiency, and security. You will manage on-premises containerised workloads, champion reliability, and partner with cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes architecture evolution, observability, and cost-efficient operation, with a flexible work setup in Manila and Australian hours to suit global collaboration.