Platform Engineer/Senior Platform Engineer (NGPO Strategy – Ecosystems Development)
Quick Summary
Design & Maintain Mission-Critical Infrastructure: Architect, implement, and maintain platform solutions for safety-critical applications, ensuring compliance with industry standards for reliability,
Design & Maintain Mission-Critical Infrastructure: Architect, implement, and maintain platform solutions for safety-critical applications, ensuring compliance with industry standards for rel
You will be part of a team focused on designing, implementing, and maintaining either cloud infrastructure and platform services OR on-premises infrastructure and platform services for the Next Generation ANS (Air Navigation System), depending on the specific deployment requirements.
If you are an adaptable, proactive platform engineer with a passion for best practices and continuous learning, we would love to hear from you. Join us and contribute to building robust, scalable infrastructure solutions for the future!
Responsibilities
~1 min readKey responsibilities include:
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Trained in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or equivalent.
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Platform engineering and infrastructure management experience in either cloud or on-premises environments.
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Strong knowledge of either cloud-native architectures and microservices patterns OR traditional infrastructure patterns and distributed systems design.
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Core technical experience with:
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Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
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Container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, OpenShift)
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Package management and deployment tools (e.g., Helm, Kustomize)
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Monitoring and observability stack (e.g., Prometheus/Grafana, ELK stack, Datadog)
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For Cloud Platform Focus - experience with:
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Major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)
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Cloud-native services and managed solutions
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For On-Premises Platform Focus - experience with:
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Virtualisation platforms (e.g., VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM)
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Configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
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Bare metal server management and data centre operations
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Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and automation tools.
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Understanding of cybersecurity concepts, including network security, identity management, and compliance frameworks.
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Knowledge of networking concepts including VPCs/VLANs, load balancers, DNS, and service mesh technologies.
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Proficiency in scripting and automation languages (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell, Go).
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Requirements
~1 min readHaving Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) background and experience, including familiarity with service level objects, incident management, and production system reliability practices.
Experience with disaster recovery, backup strategies, and business continuity planning.
Experience in high-availability, fault-tolerant system design and implementation.
Government Commercial Cloud (GCC) environments experience.
Basic understanding of data platform technologies and streaming systems.
Understanding of cost optimisation strategies and financial management.
Knowledge of compliance frameworks relevant to aviation and critical infrastructure systems.
Your appointment designation will commensurate with your relevant work experience. Successful candidates will be offered a 3-year contract in the first instance, and may be considered for placement on a permanent tenure or subsequent contract renewal.
Location & Eligibility
Listing Details
- Posted
- October 3, 2026
- First seen
- October 3, 2026
- Last seen
- October 3, 2026
Posting Health
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- Trust Level
- 51%
- Scored at
- October 3, 2026
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