Platform Engineering Manager - DevOps / Automation

  • Australia
  • Sydney
  • Permanent
  • AU$200000 - AU$215000 per annum

A leading Financial Services provider is seeking a Platform Engineering Manager with strong experience leading DevOps, Cloud and infrastructure automation teams to join them on a permanent basis.

This organisation is currently embarking on a number of large transformation programs, one of which is a once-in-a-decade modernisation of their on-prem infrastructure, decommissioning and deploying a modern, IaC / automated infrastructure stack and migration of existing applications onto the new target state infrastructure.

You will manage a team of 40+ engineers split across a number of technology disciplines including DevOps, Cloud (Azure), Infrastructure Automation (Puppet) and IaC (Terraform). Your key responsibilities will include the operational management of the teams (people, financial and vendor management), setting the strategic direction of the team’s capabilities and services as well as engaging with senior executives from across the organisation to look for opportunities to better position the team to add value across their technology environment.

To be successful in this role you will need:

  • Tertiary qualifications and/or relevant industry certifications
  • Demonstrated experience working as a Platform Manager within large complex environments
  • Proven experience within IT Infrastructure with a strong understanding and experience with cloud platforms, DevOps tools, IaC and infrastructure automation
  • Strong experience managing teams of engineers including people management, budgets and vendor management
  • Superior stakeholder engagement skills, with a proven ability to negotiate and influence
  • Exceptional problem solving skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

In return my client is offering:

  • Hybrid work from home / office (required to be in the office five days per fortnight)
  • Attractive salary package
  • Fantastic team environment

This is a Sydney based role which will require you to be in the office at least five days per fortnight. To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please apply online now!

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