Lead Software Consultant, Cloud & Platform (contract)
Core
Lead software consultant shaping AWS EKS platform architecture and infrastructure for a major Australian bank.
Role type
Senior IC cloud platform engineer (contract)
Builds
Core web platform infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and developer tooling for a banking client
Domain
Financial services / Cloud Native / Kubernetes
Required skills
AWS EKS, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps, Python, TypeScript, Helm, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Datadog, IAM, RBAC
Preferred skills
Consulting experience, CKA/CKAD, AWS Professional certification, financial services domain knowledge (via careerplan.io/jobs/8821c2ed-218e-4737-ba8a-b159919de9ee-lead-software-consultant-cloud-platform-contract-at-dius)
Technologies
AWS EKS, Kubernetes, Karpenter, Argo CD, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Helm, Python, TypeScript, Bash, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Datadog
Responsibilities
Shape platform architecture and design decisions across EKS, networking, security, and delivery pipelines; Drive outcomes by framing ambiguous problems and delivering to production; Advise and influence engineering teams and stakeholders on best practices; Stay hands-on building and running production EKS clusters, writing Helm charts, and managing GitOps; Engineer the platform like software by writing automation and tooling; Own reliability through observability, incident response, and security management
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
