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    Senior Platform Engineer - Sydney, Australia - Perpetual

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    Description
  • More time off for the things that matter - Up to 6 weeks' leave
  • Work where we work best - Hybrid office/work-from-home environment
  • The Senior Platform Engineer plays a pivotal role in technology leadership in maintaining the platforms that support our organisation's software and hardware cloud and infrastructure needs. The role requires a blend of deep technical expertise and leadership skills to ensure the organisation's platform infrastructure supports its current and future needs effectively as it shifts workloads and end-user modality to the cloud.

    Hands-on technical outcomes are paramount in shaping our organisation's technical infrastructure and is pivotal for navigating the complexities of evolving technology landscapes and business needs.

    About the role

    People Leadership:

  • Act as a mentor to junior engineers, sharing knowledge, providing guidance, and promoting a culture of continuous learning and improvement
  • Provide ongoing coaching and promote development
  • Engage in recruitment processes as appropriate from time to time
  • Ensure compliance with appropriate governance and coordination activities (i.e. technology governance, release coordination, end-user communications, reporting, optimising licensing and entitlements)
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    Operational Excellence:

  • Continuous Infrastructure Optimization: Evaluate and refine cloud infrastructure to enhance performance, reliability, and scalability. Implement automation to streamline operations
  • Incident Management: Lead a responsive incident management process, ensuring quick resolution of operational issues to maintain service stability and uptime
  • Performance Monitoring: Establish effective monitoring protocols to proactively detect and resolve issues, guaranteeing optimal performance of cloud services
  • Patch Management: Develop and maintain a rigorous patch management practices to ensure cloud services are up to date, minimizing exposure to vulnerabilities
  • Operational Uptime: Implement strategies to achieve and maintain high operational uptime, ensuring cloud services are reliable and consistently available to users
  • Proactive Risk Assessment: Regularly conduct risk assessments to identify potential operational vulnerabilities, developing strategies to mitigate identified risks
  • Disaster Recovery Planning: implement robust disaster recovery runbooks, ensuring business continuity in the event of service disruptions
  • Financial:

  • Contribute towards budgeting for cloud & infrastructure operations and project needs as required, ensuring efficient allocation of resources and cost-effectiveness prioritisation and selection of technology
  • About you

  • Minimum of five years of experience in IT roles with a minimum two years' experience in a similar role
  • Experience in cloud adoption, standardisation of cloud services, automation of infrastructure, modern operating models
  • People leadership/influencing experience in a technology team
  • Experience in working in a multi-vendor environment would be advantageous
  • Cross platform experience of technology across applications, databases, operating systems, hypervisors, storage and backup
  • Demonstratable experience analysing identity and access management constructs from all angles to identity and close any potential security gaps
  • Excellent attention to detail to ensure information is accurate and current
  • Digital Transformation experience
  • Exhibit excellent analytical skills, the ability to manage initiatives under strict timelines, as well as the ability to work well in a demanding, dynamic environment and meet overall objectives
  • Experience liaising with product vendors to drive outcomes for customers
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and consultative skills, and the ability to communicate concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
  • Behaviours

    Our unique culture is underpinned by our three organisational behaviours, Stretch, Own it, Make an impact.

    Employee benefits

  • Work from anywhere in Australia for up to one month each year
  • An annual allowance to empower you to prioritise your personal wellbeing
  • Access to LinkedIn learning, study support and commitment to supporting professional development
  • Lend your expertise and support Indigenous organisations to achieve their own development goals with a six weeks' secondment with Jawun
  • Diversity and inclusion

  • WGEA Employer of Choice for gender equality since 2018
  • Strong commitment to all aspects of Diversity and Inclusion through a robust 7 pillar strategy
  • A growing number of employee-led networks who work to raise awareness and drive continued change
  • We support over 50 Indigenous communities through Native Title Trusts, helping to secure the communities future. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.
  • We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where diversity is celebrated andwelcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities. Our goal is to provide a work environment that enables you to thrive, whatever your circumstances.


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