Platform Operations Engineer (Cloud Infrastructure)

About the Role

We are looking for a hands-on

Platform Operations Engineer (Cloud Infrastructure)

to join a growing technology team supporting modern cloud platforms and services. This role is ideal for engineers passionate about cloud infrastructure, automation, reliability engineering and security.

You will be involved in designing, implementing and operating scalable, secure and resilient cloud environments, while working with modern tools across infrastructure-as-code, monitoring, cloud operations and site reliability engineering (SRE).

If you enjoy solving infrastructure challenges, automating operations and working on meaningful large-scale platforms, we would like to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Infrastructure & Engineering

Design, implement and support scalable cloud infrastructure platforms and services

Manage cloud networking, storage, virtual machines, serverless infrastructure and disaster recovery solutions

Build and maintain automated infrastructure deployments using Terraform, Ansible or similar IaC tools

Translate business, resiliency and security requirements into practical cloud solutions

Evaluate and recommend cloud technologies and solutions based on performance, cost and feasibility

Operations, Reliability & Optimization

Monitor and optimise cloud infrastructure for availability, performance and cost efficiency

Support system reliability initiatives using SRE concepts such as SLI, SLO and error budgets

Implement telemetry, monitoring and observability capabilities

Perform capacity planning and support future infrastructure scaling needs

Support operations involving SaaS platforms and Government Commercial Cloud (GCC) environments

Security & Governance

Support cloud security controls and improve security posture

Troubleshoot infrastructure and security-related issues

Participate in architecture and governance reviews

Ensure compliance with relevant security and regulatory standards (e.g. IM8, Cloudscape where applicable)

Conduct security assessments and recommend process or tooling improvements

Requirements

Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering or related discipline

At least

6 years of experience

in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering or infrastructure operations

Hands-on experience in IT infrastructure domains such as networks, systems or storage

Experience with

AWS or other public cloud platforms

Experience with

Terraform, Ansible, shell scripting, PowerShell or similar automation tools

Knowledge of infrastructure security principles and operational best practices

Familiarity with monitoring, observability or site reliability engineering concepts

Good problem-solving and stakeholder communication skills

Able to work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic environment