Platform Engineer – Cloud, Kubernetes & Service Mesh

Location: Sydney, Australia Engagement: Contract (6 months and Extendible) - Hybrid

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Platform Engineer to join a high-performing engineering team responsible for building and evolving a modern developer platform.

The team is undertaking a major initiative to migrate a large, mission-critical microservices platform to the cloud and establish a full-service mesh. You will play a key role in building platform capabilities, developing automation, creating reusable engineering patterns, evaluating new tools and technologies, and supporting the migration of existing workloads.

This role is ideal for a polyglot engineer who enjoys solving complex technical problems, working across large codebases, automating repetitive processes, and building platforms that enable developers to deliver high-quality software efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

Design, build, and continuously improve a modern internal developer platform that provides an excellent developer experience.

Develop automation, tooling, libraries, and reusable application archetypes to accelerate software delivery.

Support the migration of existing microservices workloads to cloud environments.

Work with containerised workloads and help establish and evolve Kubernetes and service mesh capabilities.

Investigate and evaluate new tools, technologies, and engineering practices to improve the platform.

Improve build, deployment, CI/CD, and developer tooling processes.

Enable developers to focus on delivering quality software by reducing technical complexity and operational overhead.

Implement robust security practices, patterns, and technologies across the platform.

Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure platform capabilities meet developer and customer needs.

Facilitate communication and collaboration across teams and keep stakeholders informed of progress and technical developments.

Contribute to building a strong and vibrant technical community through knowledge sharing and collaboration.

Ensure solutions are automated, tested, documented, and production-ready.

Follow strong Agile and DevOps practices throughout the software development and path-to-production lifecycle.

Skills & Experience

3–5+ years of professional software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, or related experience.

Strong experience working with at least one major cloud platform, such as AWS or Azure.

Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerised workloads.

Experience with service mesh technologies such as Istio, Linkerd, or similar is highly desirable.

Strong understanding of cloud security practices, patterns, and technologies.

Passion for system automation and infrastructure as code.

Experience with automation technologies and scripting languages such as Python and/or Ansible is advantageous.

Strong understanding and practical experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery/Deployment (CI/CD) at scale.

Deep understanding of Agile methodologies, DevOps practices, and the path to production.

Ability to work across polyglot technology environments and quickly learn new programming languages and technologies.

Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to understand and navigate complex, large-scale codebases.

Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a passion for working as part of a technical engineering community.

What We're Looking For

You are someone who:

Enjoys tackling complex technical challenges.

Takes pride in delivering high-quality, reliable solutions.

Learns new technologies and development languages quickly.

Believes that engineering work should be automated, tested, documented, and continuously improved.

Cares deeply about developer experience and building platforms that engineers genuinely enjoy using.

Is passionate about cloud technologies, automation, DevOps, and modern platform engineering.

Enjoys contributing to the wider technical community through knowledge sharing, meetups, side projects, or open-source contributions.

Pay: $700.00 – $750.00 per day

Application Question(s):

Which cloud platforms have you worked with hands-on? Please specify your experience with AWS and/or Azure.

Do you have experience with CI/CD and system automation using tools such as Python, Ansible, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar? Please specify.

Work Location: In person