Senior AWS Platform Engineer (EKS / Kubernetes)

Job title: Senior AWS Platform Engineer (EKS / Kubernetes) – Federal Government – Baseline

Location: Australia-wide, any capital city (hybrid)

Employment type: Contract

Senior AWS Platform Engineer (EKS / Kubernetes)

Federal Government | 12-month contract + 2 × 12-month extensions | Hybrid, any capital city | Baseline clearance

ASJ Tech is looking for an experienced AWS Platform Engineer to join a Federal Government team running a business-critical identity and access management platform.

You’ll keep a secure, high-performing AWS environment running smoothly, with a strong focus on Amazon EKS and Kubernetes, infrastructure automation and platform security. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who enjoys owning production platforms, not just building them.

What you’ll do

• Run and maintain AWS infrastructure for performance, availability, security and reliability.
• Administer Amazon EKS and Kubernetes, including cluster upgrades, node groups, patching and vulnerability remediation.
• Automate operations such as patching, backups and routine tasks to cut manual effort.
• Implement AWS security controls, including IAM, IRSA, RBAC, WAF and secrets management.
• Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Argo CD.
• Build out monitoring and observability with Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch and Dynatrace.
• Lead incident resolution and root cause analysis, then fix the underlying problem.

What you’ll bring

• 3+ years’ hands-on AWS infrastructure engineering in production environments.
• Strong Amazon EKS and Kubernetes administration experience.
• Solid knowledge of AWS security, including IAM, IRSA, RBAC, WAF and secrets.
• CI/CD experience with Azure DevOps, Argo CD or similar.
• Experience with observability tools and production incident management.
• Clear communication and the ability to work across technical and security teams.

Highly regarded

• Terraform or CloudFormation.
• GitOps practices.
• Australian Government experience, ISM and Essential Eight.
• AWS or Kubernetes certifications such as Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer or CKA.

Key details

• Start date: 1 December 2026
• Contract: 12 months + 2 × 12-month extensions, up to 40 hours per week
• Location: hybrid from any Australian capital city
• Clearance: must be able to obtain Baseline (Australian citizenship required)

How to apply

Email your CV in Word format to tanya@asjtech.com.au, quoting LH-08491. Applications close Friday 13 November, so apply early as we’re shortlisting now.

Questions? Call 0401 904 401.

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Targeting the boost

• Job titles: Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, Cloud Engineer, Kubernetes Engineer and AWS Engineer.
• Skills: Amazon EKS, Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform and Argo CD.
• Location: all Australian capital cities.

Screening questions for EKS experience and Baseline eligibility will filter out unsuitable applicants quickly.