AWS Cloud Engineer

Initial contract duration

18 months

Experience level

APS6 equivalent

Location of work

ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA

Working arrangements

Hybrid

(minimum of 3 days each week in the office, with flexible arrangements in place for the remaining 2 days).

Maximum hours

37.5 hours per week

Security clearance

Must be able to obtain Negative Vetting Level 1

Role/s: APS6 Platform Engineer

The APS6 Platform Engineer is required to provide detailed technical, professional, policy, operational support and advice in relation to complex problems. Where required, the role will coordinate and assist in the strategic planning, program and project management and policy development.

Key duties and responsibilities

• Overseeing a squad of AWS Platform Engineers involving identifying learning opportunities, delegation of tasks, and providing mentoring to junior staff
• Leads the designing, building, and maintaining of AWS infrastructure solutions to support scalable and reliable applications and services.
• Implementing and managing continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines that automate deployment processes and ensuring efficient delivery.
• Monitoring and troubleshooting AWS cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Developing solutions that enforce security best practices such as Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF), Australian Signal Directorate (ASD) Blueprints and Information Security Controls (ISM) Controls that protect cloud environments and sensitive data.
• Automating the provisioning and management of AWS infrastructure with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and utilise Git for version control.

Selection Criteria

Essential criteria

1. Experience in implementing AWS solutions

2. Demonstrated experience in leading teams or fulfilling technical lead roles

3. Experience in implementing Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using IBM Terraform, IBM Vault (formerly Hashicorp) and using Git repositories (GitLab, GitHub)

Desirable criteria

1. Experience in implementing Azure solutions