Senior Platform Operations Engineer
Senior Platform Operations Engineer
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Job Description
Job no: 504861
Work type: Contract Full Time
Location: Various
Categories: IT/Technology
About The ABC
The ABC is the nations most trusted and independent source of Australian conversations culture and stories. With over 4000 employees from diverse backgrounds across over 50 locations around Australia and overseas we are proud to create curate and deliver high-quality content that informs educates and entertains Australian communities.
About The Role
Support the ABCs Audience Facing Digital Product teams by designing implementing and automating delivery systems for digital services on web mobile and streaming media.
Key Accountabilities
- Improve system reliability and quality through monitoring reporting and fault resolution on supported platforms. Identify opportunities to improve efficiency by automating existing processes and co-ordinating with SRE.
- Maintain detailed technical knowledge of ABC Digital Product systems and services including an understanding of business usage. Contribute to the development of technical standards and support documentation.
- Build a centre of excellence for CDN operation and maintenance for Digital Product promoting consistent application of caching for optimal balance of throughput cost and security of content delivery.
- Prioritise and improve security aspects of systems. Co-ordinate with cybersecurity teams to ensure all vulnerabilities are captured and addressed.
- Provide an escalation point for operational support to users of the ABC digital product systems including content distribution and publishing systems mobile and streaming media services.
- Actively contribute to the implementation of infrastructure and services for the delivery of ABC content on digital platforms including web mobile and streaming media.
About You
- Relevant tertiary qualifications industry certifications and/or industry experience. Current knowledge and a keen interest in the Internet and media industry.
- Highly developed problem-solving skills including the ability to investigate diagnose and solve complex web content and streaming media delivery problems.
- Demonstrated experience in supporting the online delivery of content and applications including content management systems search engines communication platform and other web services.
- Experience using Amazon Web Services (AWS) products and supporting Linux and LAMP based systems is highly desirable. Proficiency in common scripting languages such as Python Perl Shell or PHP is desirable.
- Experience supporting and managing products delivered by CDN services such as Akamai for the delivery of streaming media and web assets is highly desirable.
- Experience with common DevOps tools such as Datadog Dynatrace JIRA Confluence Bamboo Gitlab or Jenkins is highly desirable.
- Well-developed communication skills with proven ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at a number of levels.
- Demonstrated highly developed ability to work in a team environment. An understanding of Agile project management processes is desirable.
Whats In It For You
Join ABCs Digital Product team where purpose meets innovation.
Were building the ABCs digital future transforming from a traditional broadcaster into Australias most trusted and valued digital media organisation. Through creativity collaboration and technical excellence were not just keeping up were leading the way.
Our team designs and delivers the ABCs audience-facing digital products across mobile connected TV desktop and smart speakers. From breaking news and binge-worthy shows on iView to the Hottest 100 on Triple j or Playtime with the ABC Kids app we create some of Australias most loved and most used platforms.
Your work here will be used and appreciated by millions. Youll join an open supportive team where your voice matters and your growth is prioritised. We actively invest in professional development with every team member given a dedicated training and development budget and we champion flexible collaborative ways of working to help you thrive.
Want a peek into how we work Visit our blog: further information on this position please contact Jamie Nedved Digital Talent Acquisition Lead via email
We respectfully request that Recruitment Agencies do not submit applications for this position.
In line with our focus on diversity applications are strongly encouraged from Indigenous Australians people from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds people with disability and LGBTQIA individuals. The ABC also aims to achieve a gender-balanced workforce.
For more information on inclusive employee networks within the ABC please refer to Life Page on ABC LinkedIn.
For more information on working at the ABC visit
Advertised: AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: AUS Eastern Standard Time
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
