Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Senior Cloud / Platform Engineer (AWS, OpenShift, ROSA)

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Senior Cloud / Platform Engineer (AWS, OpenShift, ROSA)
Contract (initial 6 months with extension potential) | Hybrid | Melbourne

An organisation undergoing a significant cloud transformation is seeking a highly technical, hands-on
Senior Cloud / Platform Engineer
To design, build, and operate next-generation cloud platforms across AWS and OpenShift (ROSA).
This role is focused on engineering excellence, automation, and platform reliability, supporting large-scale, business-critical services in a modern multi-cloud environment.


Key Responsibilities
  • Design and build scalable AWS cloud platforms (including multi-account architectures, networking, and security)
  • Deploy, manage, and optimise OpenShift / ROSA clusters
  • Develop secure, highly available, and resilient platform architectures
  • Build reusable Terraform modules and infrastructure-as-code frameworks
  • Automate processes using tools such as Ansible
  • Implement and improve CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
  • Establish monitoring, observability, and incident response capabilities
  • Drive platform automation and enable self-service capabilities
  • Support migration of workloads in a multi-cloud environment

What you'll need to succeed

Skills & Experience
  • Strong hands-on experience with AWS in production environments
  • Proven experience with OpenShift / ROSA platforms
  • Advanced Terraform skills (modular infrastructure-as-code)
  • Experience with automation tools such as Ansible
  • Strong understanding of CI/CD and DevOps principles
  • Solid knowledge of networking, IAM, and high-availability design


What Will Set You Apart
  • Experience building platforms from the ground up
  • Strong engineering mindset with excellent problem-solving skills
  • Exposure to enterprise-scale or regulated environments
  • A hands-on delivery focus rather than purely architectural experience


Nice to Have
  • Multi-cloud experience (AWS and Azure)
  • Platform engineering background
  • Experience with observability tools (e.g. Elastic)
  • Understanding of FinOps or cloud cost optimisation

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.



LHS 297508

Summary

Job Type
Contract
Industry
Energy, Utilities & Mining
Location
VIC - Melbourne CBD
Specialism
Cloud
Ref:
3004448

Talk to a consultant

Talk to Joel Tancock, the specialist consultant managing this position, located in Melbourne
1 Melbourne Quarter, Level 9/699 Collins St, Docklands,

Telephone: +61 3 8616 8411

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