EL2 Principal Platform Engineer

About Peoplebank:
Peoplebank, part of RGF Staffing ANZ, is a leading talent solutions provider. We place the brightest IT & digital professionals into some of the region’s top employers. We are expert recruiters who have been placing IT & digital specialists with some of the most dynamic and recognised organisations in the Asia Pacific region for over 34 years.

About the Role:
Our Federal Government Client is seeking an EL2 Principal Platform Engineer.
This is a long-term contract role 12-month term with extension option, located at our client's Canberra (ACT). 

As the selected candidate, you will:

• Design, build, operate and continuously improve reusable platform services, cloud-native capabilities and secure delivery patterns supporting the application and product teams.
• Establish and maintain platform standards, golden paths, templates, guardrails and automation that enable safe, consistent and efficient delivery.
• Enhance developer experience through self-service capabilities, internal developer portals, reusable patterns, documentation and enablement activities.
• Embed secure platform engineering practices including automated security controls, vulnerability management, compliance checks and secure-by-design approaches.
• Improve platform reliability, observability and operational maturity through monitoring, alerting, incident response support and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead platform roadmap planning, governance and the development of platform standards, reference architectures and reusable engineering patterns.
• Manage platform capabilities as internal products, including lifecycle management, adoption metrics and continual service improvement.
• Collaborate with delivery, architecture, security, operations and business stakeholders to promote platform engineering best practices.

To be successful in this role you should have:

• Extensive experience designing, implementing and operating secure, scalable cloud platforms across AWS and Azure.
• Deep expertise in containerisation, Kubernetes and orchestration technologies.
• Proven capability in CI/CD enablement, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), automation, developer self-service and modern engineering toolchains including GitLab, GitHub, Artifactory and Jira.
• Strong application of secure platform engineering principles including embedded security controls, automated testing, vulnerability management, policy-as-code and compliance automation.
• Experience designing and supporting internal developer platforms, service mesh architectures and self-service capabilities that improve developer experience, observability and resilience.
• Demonstrated ability to establish platform governance frameworks, engineering standards, guardrails and operational controls, including participation in after-hours on-call support.

It is desirable if you have:

• Experience with internal developer portals, platform catalogues and self-service platforms such as Backstage.
• Familiarity with enterprise observability practices and tooling including OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, metrics, logging and service health monitoring.
• Experience with HashiCorp Vault or equivalent secrets management technologies, policy-as-code and automated compliance controls.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, platform services and enterprise systems.

Due to security clearance requirements for this role, candidates must be Australian citizens with the ability to obtain Negative Vetting Level 1 (NV1) security clearance.
Benefits of being a Peoplebank candidate:

• Personalised Attention: You'll be assigned a dedicated Account Manager to support your unique needs.
• User-Friendly Services and Ongoing Support: Easy online timesheet lodgement, plus full access to contractor care, payroll, and admin support throughout your contract.
• Choice and Flexibility: A wide variety of contracting options tailored to your preferences and circumstances.
• Industry-Leading Payroll Services: Enjoy the reliability of accurate, on-time weekly payments.
• Contractor Satisfaction Focus: Our goal is to be your top choice for IT contracting and permanent roles, with your success at the centre of everything we do.

Apply now for immediate consideration – contact Louise Francisco on 0262451715 quoting Job Reference: #272049.
Applications close: 10:00 AM, 17 September 2026
Please note: Only candidates that meet the above criteria will be contacted. Thank you for your interest in the position.


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