Platform Engineer

Salary: $100 – $120 per hour

Infrastructure Platform Engineer

Brisbane | Contract | Enterprise Infrastructure | Automation & Monitoring

Initial 6 month engagement with likely rolling extensions

We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Platform Engineer to join a large-scale technology environment, supporting and improving core hosting and data centre infrastructure.

This is a hands-on infrastructure role suited to an experienced engineer with strong knowledge across Windows/Linux, VMware, storage, backup and monitoring, who also enjoys using automation and scripting to make infrastructure more reliable, repeatable and efficient.

What you'll be doing

• Support and improve enterprise hosting and infrastructure platforms

• Manage day-to-day provisioning, changes, maintenance and operational support

• Improve infrastructure monitoring, alerting and operational visibility

• Automate repetitive infrastructure tasks and standard changes

• Develop and improve scripts, playbooks and automation workflows

• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and perform root cause analysis

• Develop runbooks, operating procedures and technical documentation

• Work closely with infrastructure, network, security and delivery teams

What we're looking for

• Strong hands-on infrastructure/systems engineering experience

• Experience across Windows Server, Linux and VMware/virtualisation

• Good knowledge of storage, backup and infrastructure monitoring

• Infrastructure automation and scripting experience

• Skills with PowerShell, Python, Ansible, Terraform or similar

• Strong troubleshooting and operational support capability

This would suit an experienced Infrastructure or Systems Engineer who naturally looks for opportunities to automate repetitive tasks and continuously improve the environment, rather than a traditional cloud/application DevOps Engineer.