Platform Engineer

Macquariegroup — Australia · Posted ~1 day ago

Skills

Cloud engineering Platform engineering Infrastructure automation Environment automation Service deployment Service operations Monitoring Incident response Developer tooling Cloud Deployment tooling

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A global financial services organization is seeking a Platform Engineer to own the engineering foundations used by development teams. You will automate environments end-to-end, improve deployment and operational workflows, build repeatable tooling, and strengthen monitoring and incident response capabilities. The role emphasizes cloud engineering, quality, and continuous improvement.

Highlights

Platform engineering role with ownership of foundational engineering capabilities, end-to-end environment automation, deployment and operations tooling, and reliability improvements within a global financial services environment.

Description

Join our PropertyIQ team, we are passionate about leveraging cloud engineering practices to deliver superior services. Our dedication to quality and continuous improvement is the cornerstone of our culture. We are doing great things which will revolutionise how our customers interact with us and our products. We are a global financial services group operating in 30 markets with 57 years of unbroken profitability. At Macquarie, you’re empowered to shape a career that is fulfilling and creates value. You will bring your insights and expertise to the task at hand and feel supported as you make your own kind of impact for a better future. What role will you play? As a Platform Engineer, you will own the engineering foundations that every other development team builds on—from how we deploy and operate our services, to how we detect and respond to problems, to the tooling that makes all of it repeatable. You will stand up and automate environments end-to-end, build the automation that moves us forward as we evolve our platform, and own the frameworks that keep every release trustworthy. You will be the engineer other teams rely on when something foundational needs to just work. What You Offer Cloud Platform & Kubernetes Expertise: Strong hands-on experience managing and scaling cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and orchestrating containerized workloads utilizing Kubernetes (GKE).Platform Automation & Ownership: Proven capability to design, build, and maintain automation for standing up GCP and Kubernetes environments end-to-end, actively reducing manual toil and driving operational efficiency across development teams.CI/CD & Delivery Engineering: Hands-on expertise building and hardening secure, automated CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD) to ensure rapid, reliable, and repeatable deployments of containerized services.Platform Reliability & Observability: Practical experience building robust monitoring, alerting, and logging into GCP/Kubernetes environments from the ground up, leading structured incident response, and driving continuous improvement in operational maturity.Migration & Data Automation: Experience designing and implementing automated tooling to streamline system and data migrations, ensuring legacy workloads are transitioned to modern containerized platforms with minimal risk and manual intervention.Integration Engineering: Strong background integrating core systems and platform components—including API gateways, service meshes, event-driven architectures, and messaging queues—to enable highly reliable, decoupled architectures.AI-Assisted Engineering: Comfort operating in an AI-assisted engineering environment, leveraging modern tools (e.g., Claude, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate delivery speed while maintaining a strict focus on quality, security, and design standards.Collaborative Problem-Solving: Demonstrated ability to break down ambiguous, multi-system problems and solve them systematically in close, cross-functional collaboration with the wider engineering organization. We love hearing from anyone inspired to build a better future with us, if you're excited about the role or working at Macquarie we encourage you to apply. What We Offer Benefits At Macquarie, you’re empowered to shape a career that’s rewarding in all the ways that matter most to you. Macquarie employees can access a wide range of benefits which, depending on employment type, include: 1 wellbeing leave day per yearUp to 5 additional service bonus leave days per yearUp to 20 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary caregivers along with 12 days of transition leave upon return to work, and 6 weeks’ paid leave for non-primary caregivers2 days of paid volunteer leave and donation matchingUp to 12 months’ gender affirmation leave, including 6 weeks’ paid leaveAccess to Employee Assistance Program and wellbeing benefits including skin and health checks, and flu vaccinationsAccess to a wide range of salary packaging optionsAccess to a wide range of learning and development opportunities, including reimbursement for professional membership or subscriptionHybrid and flexible working arrangements, dependent on roleReimbursement for work from home equipment About Banking and Financial Services Banking and Financial Services is our technology-driven retail bank. You will be part of a team that supports clients to achieve their full potential - whether that’s buying a home, growing a business or investing to manage wealth. Inclusion at Macquarie We are committed to providing an inclusive environment for all, where different experiences, skills and perspectives are valued and respected. Macquarie provides access to opportunities for all individuals regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, marital status, gender identity or any other characteristic or circumstance. We provide reasonable adjustments to individuals who may need support during the recruitment process and employment. If you require an adjustment, please let us know during the application process.