Platform Operations Engineer

• 12-month contract opportunity
  
• ACT location
  
• Baseline Security Clearance required

Position Overview
An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Platform Operations Engineer to support critical cloud-based platforms and external client-facing applications operating in highly available production environments. This role plays an important part in ensuring the stability, security, scalability, and reliability of enterprise systems supporting large-scale digital services.

Working within a collaborative operations environment, you will contribute to the ongoing management, support, monitoring, and continuous improvement of cloud infrastructure and operational processes. The position requires strong technical capability, excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to work effectively in fast-paced and high-pressure environments while engaging with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

Key Duties

• Manage and support applications and infrastructure hosted within AWS Cloud environments
• Perform operational maintenance activities including health checks, certificate renewals, patching, upgrades, and scheduled maintenance
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve high-severity incidents across production and testing environments
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement long-term solutions for recurring operational issues
• Maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting capabilities to support system availability and performance
• Support governance, audit, and reporting activities for technical and business stakeholders
• Review and remediate security findings and vulnerabilities identified through security scanning tools
• Participate in deployment, release, and change management activities
• Contribute to automation and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency
• Develop and maintain operational documentation, procedures, and knowledge-sharing resources

Skills and Experience Required

• Demonstrated experience working with AWS technologies including EC2, CloudWatch, Lambda, and S3
• Strong technical knowledge across infrastructure, networking, database, and security technologies
• Experience administering Windows and Linux operating systems, preferably RedHat Enterprise Linux
• Scripting and automation capability using tools and languages such as Python, Bash, PowerShell, or AWS CLI
• Experience with monitoring tools, ITSM platforms, and workflow management systems including Splunk, ServiceNow, and Azure DevOps
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to work collaboratively within operational and delivery-focused teams
• Current Baseline Security Clearance is mandatory

Desirable experience includes:

• IBM Sterling B2B Integrator
• IBM DataPower

Application Process
If you would like to apply, please contact Emma on 0480 804 408 or email emma.gibbons@talentinternational.com

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