Platform Engineer
Your new team:
Join our dedicated Security team within the Technology Division, part of the broader Technology, Space & Distribution Group. This team plays a critical role in safeguarding Auto & General's digital assets and ensuring robust, secure operations. As a Platform Engineer, you'll contribute to building a scalable and secure cloud platform foundation, specifically supporting our Confluent (Apache Kafka) data streaming platform. We are committed to continuous innovation and delivering resilient infrastructure to help us achieve our mission of being Australia's best insurer.
The role:
As a Platform Engineer, you will be instrumental in designing, implementing, and enhancing tooling and processes to automate software deployment and Infrastructure as Code across Auto & General. You'll operate at the intersection of Infrastructure & IT Operations and Development teams, driving continuous innovation to deliver reliable applications and resilient infrastructure. A core focus will be to build a scalable and secure cloud platform foundation for our Confluent (Apache Kafka) data streaming platform.
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Consistently contribute to the design and implementation of automation foundation, standards and practices for the Cloud Services team drawing on knowledge of DevOps/Cloud industry practices and frameworks.
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Review and provide guidance on code from DevOps engineers to ensure that all quality and compliance controls and guidelines are consistently followed.
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Drive and support your product/end2end teams in developing design projects.
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Guide and build capability with Data Engineers within Data Analytics team through the sharing of knowledge and experience, active training, coaching, and mentoring.
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Consult with project and non-technical stakeholders to identify requirements, risks, and reports to achieve a business outcome.
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Collaborate with Data engineering Teams to align and influence DevOps/MLOps practices that enable faster delivery and effective maintenance of cloud infrastructure.
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Contribute to the Data Science community of practice through knowledge sharing and fostering engagement and collaboration about importance of cloud infrastructure.
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Drive implementation of DevOps/Cloud automated solutions in project delivery.
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Collaborate directly with Application Development Teams to align and influence DevOps practices that enable faster delivery and effective maintenance of cloud infrastructure.
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Contribute to the GCP cloud upliftment program which aims to enhance the cloud environment with growing business needs.
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Establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders through regular communication to manage agreed outcomes, concerns, risks, and issues.
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Contribute to the Infrastructure Department strategy and the Cloud Services roadmap.
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Engage and lead production support in a timely manner and ensure a long-term resolution.
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Provide support and troubleshooting of cloud services and infrastructure as and when required.
What experience you'll bring
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Demonstrated experience working with Confluent or Apache Kafka platforms.
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Strong understanding on Confluent infrastructure components like Connectors, Topics, Service Accounts etc.
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Strong AI first mindset with the ability to adapt to AI-native development practices.
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Resilient and comfortable in influencing and communicating with all stakeholders about DevOps practice and subsequent culture shifts.
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Passionate about DevOps/Cloud/Automation and have a keen interest to solve complex problems in a systematic approach.
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Takes ownership of a situation by being inclusive, collaborative with a positive attitude, and knows how to iterate through a problem quickly.
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Enjoys collaborating closely with DevOps peers and delivery teams to drive continuous improvements/deployments.
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Mindset for continuous learning and adapting to the ever-changing technology landscape.
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Excellent people and communication capabilities to collaborate with all levels of stakeholders to drive a customer-first approach and ensure successful business outcomes from a cloud services aspect.
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Experience with git and implementing branching strategy, and release process.
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Experience in Observability in complex distributed systems (New Relic).
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Experiences implementing security DevOps practices.
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Effective communication skills and ability to collaborate well within a team.
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Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects and decompose complex problems down into sprint deliverables in projects.
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Experience working on GCP/AWS public cloud environment.
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Expertise in building and designing cloud platform/solution that enables rapid delivery of high-quality software.
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Proficiency with e2e automation with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (Terraform preferred).
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Experience developing high-quality code in (Golang, python, bash shell).
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Experience working with a data engineering/delivery team.
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Experience with building and maintaining sophisticated CI/CD Pipelines & automation with tools like (Gitlab preferred).
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Proficiency in driving DevOps function in software design and development.
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Kubernetes (GKE) (Bonus)
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Google Cloud platform services (Bonus)
Location
Toowong - Close to a variety of public transport and easy parking options, the Toowong office has excellent end of trip facilities (including secure bike storage and showers), outdoor spaces and plenty of modern collaborative areas to work and connect with colleagues. Conveniently based at Toowong Village tower with views of the mountains and the Brisbane River, our location is only 4 km from the city and provides access to retail, restaurants and other amenities.
The benefits of working at A&G
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Be rewarded— we recognise high performance and reward our people for their hard work through bonuses and other perks.
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Work flexibility — with options to work from home up to two days per week after probation.
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Options for leave — life happens, so we've got volunteer days, an additional paid 'ME' day, paid parental leave and the opportunity to purchase additional leave to cover all of the big stuff.
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Grow with us — we've got learning and professional development opportunities to suit everyone.
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Give back— our A&G Difference program gives you the power to change our community for the better through volunteering, fundraising and donation opportunities for causes that you're passionate about.
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Take care of yourself — your wellbeing is important to us and our healthy mind and body hub, mental-health support and fitness discounts will help you be your best self.
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Celebrate the wins— we love sharing our successes and celebrating together - join us and you've got a ticket to our many on-site events throughout the year, family fun days and annual celebrations.
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Save money — as well as discounts on insurance products, we've teamed up with some incredible retailers, hospitality providers and others to bring you discounts on your purchases, no matter where you are in Australia.
About us:
Auto & General (A&G) is the fastest-growing major Motor and Home insurer in Australia, providing insurance products and solutions to safeguard a brighter future for our customers and community. Our range of general insurance products including Car, Motorcycle, Home, Contents Pet and Travel products are delivered through our multi-award-winning brand Budget Direct and partnerships with leading brands - ING, Qantas, and Coles Insurance. We're excited about the future and we're always on the lookout for talented, passionate individuals who can help us achieve our goal of being Australia's best insurer! If this sounds like you, apply today.
Auto & General values individual differences and believes in fostering an inclusive culture that creates a great place to work for all.
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