Principal Platform Engineer Core Data Platforms

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Melbourne - Australia

profile Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 30+ days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Principal Platform Engineer - Core Data Platforms

Job No: 677051

Brisbane - Inner Suburbs & CBD Melbourne - Inner Suburbs & CBD

Permanent Full Time

IT

Pay Band 6

Brisbane or Melbourne

  • Lead cloud platform engineering with a strategic mindset
  • Flexible hybrid working and career development support
  • Provide technical leadership to a number of programs in the pipeline

Shape the future of scalable cloud platforms while mentoring others and growing your career in a dynamic inclusive environment.

As a Principal Platform Engineer youll lead the design and delivery of resilient scalable cloud platforms. Youll coach and mentor engineers drive automation and contribute to long-term strategic outcomes across our data and technology landscape.

What Youll Do

  • Engineer future-proof cloud platforms that support scalability resiliency and performance across enterprise systems
  • Lead platform implementations from inception to production ensuring quality documentation and sustainable support processes across teams
  • Identify and deliver automation opportunities to optimise cost availability and performance
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align platform solutions with strategic architectural vision
  • Provide coaching mentoring and technical leadership to grow engineering capability across the team and other business functions
  • Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement innovation and adaptability
  • Ensure platform meets enterprise security governance and compliance standards

What Youll Bring

  • Deep hands-on experience with AWS/Azure and Terraform (Terraform Cloud preferred) with strong skills in OpenShift; Azure experience is a plus.
  • Skilled in Python and/or Go scripting and automation frameworks like Ansible or Puppet
  • Proven ability to mentor and coach engineers fostering technical growth and team capability
  • Strong understanding of observability tools (Dynatrace Splunk Grafana) and cloud governance
  • Experience in deployment management and access control implementing IAM roles deployment permissions and cloud best practices to ensure secure and reliable platform operations
  • Experience in Agile and Lean delivery with a focus on collaboration and stakeholder engagement
  • Comfortable navigating complex environments and translating strategic goals into actionable engineering outcomes
  • Experience in CI/CD pipelines and secrets management (Hashicorp Vault preferred)

What Youll Enjoy

Access our award-winning Shine platform your central hub for exclusive perks wellbeing support career development and recognition. Shine has been recognised for excellence in employee experience making it easier than ever to access what matters most to you.

  • Hybrid working flexible leave 20 weeks paid parental leave and up to 5 days paid flexible leave annually
  • Paid study support career breaks on-the-job learning and a $1000 referral bonus
  • Free wellbeing coaching a dedicated Employee Council and confidential EAP access
  • Discounts at 400 retailers insurance savings gym memberships and reduced super fees
  • Paid volunteer leave donation matching and unlimited emergency response leave
  • Performance-based bonuses and Suncorp shares for eligible employees
  • Diversity is celebrated through employee resource groups and inclusive policies for all families

Explore our full benefits: Suncorp we believe we are our best when our workforce is as diverse talented and passionate as the communities in which we live and operate and where our people feel included valued and connected. We are passionate about inspiring our people by creating a diverse accessible and inclusive culture offering flexible work career development and internal mobility and building connected relationships amongst our team members and with our customers.

To apply please click on the ad link. CVs sent directly via email will not be considered.

If you require any support and adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process or in the workplace we encourage you to contact for a confidential conversation.

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