Senior AWS Platform Engineer (EKS & Cloud Operations)

Essential Criteria:

1. A minimum of three years demonstrated hands-on experience in AWS cloud infrastructure engineering and operational support preferably within complex enterprise or production environments.
   
2. Strong technical expertise and hands-on experience with Amazon EKS and Kubernetes including cluster administration upgrades troubleshooting patching and performance optimisation.
   
3. Demonstrated experience in infrastructure automation and cloud engineering practices with the ability to implement reliable secure and efficient operational solutions.
   
4. Sound knowledge of AWS security architecture and controls including IAM IRSA RBAC WAF secrets management and vulnerability management.
   
5. Experience implementing and supporting CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps Argo CD or comparable deployment technologies.
   
6. Practical experience with monitoring logging and observability tools such as Prometheus Grafana Amazon CloudWatch or Dynatrace.
   
7. Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capabilities including experience managing production incidents undertaking root cause analysis and supporting service recovery.
   
8. Well-developed communication and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to work independently manage competing priorities and collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary technical and security teams.
   

The desirable skills and experience for the role is outlined below:

1. Experience supporting business-critical cloud platforms within Australian Government or similarly regulated environments.
   
2. Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code technologies including Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
   
3. Knowledge of GitOps practices and automated deployment methodologies.
   
4. Understanding of Australian Government cybersecurity requirements including the Information Security Manual (ISM) and Essential Eight.
   
5. Relevant AWS or Kubernetes certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).
   
6. Experience supporting major platform releases security remediation and infrastructure improvement initiatives.