Staff Platform Engineer

About The Role

We are looking for a Staff Platform Engineer with deep expertise in Microsoft Azure, Infrastructure as Code, and modern DevOps practices to join our engineering team supporting one of the leading financial institutions in Australia. In this role, you'll work at the intersection of infrastructure, automation, and software engineering to help build scalable, secure, and highly available platforms.

You will lead by example, collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and drive best practices across CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and platform reliability.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable and secure infrastructure on Microsoft Azure using Terraform or Bicep.
• Champion and build robust CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar.
• Collaborate with software and infrastructure teams to standardize platform tooling, observability, and deployment strategies.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, and system configurations to improve reliability and efficiency.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and hands-on expertise in areas like infrastructure design, DevOps, and SRE practices.
• Drive cloud cost optimization, performance tuning, and governance in a large-scale Azure environment.
• Support security and compliance efforts through automation and policy-as-code.
• Advocate for modern software engineering practices and continuous improvement across teams.
• 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering roles.
• Proven hands-on expertise with Microsoft Azure cloud services at scale.
• Strong Infrastructure-as-Code skills using Terraform or Bicep (preferably both).
• Deep knowledge of CI/CD tools and practices; experience with pipelines, release management, and automation.
• Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language: Python, .NET (C#), or TypeScript.

Required Skills And Experience

• Understanding of containerization (Docker, AKS) and modern deployment strategies (blue/green, canary, etc.).
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and observability tools.
• Excellent collaboration, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working in a regulated enterprise environment, ideally in financial services.
• Azure certifications (e.g., AZ-400, AZ-305, or AZ-104) are a strong plus.
• Knowledge of GitOps practices and tooling (e.g., Flux, ArgoCD).
• Prior experience working in a consulting or client-facing engineering role.
• Exposure to secure DevOps or DevSecOps principles.

Preferred Qualifications

S​Ynechron’S Diversity & Inclusion Statement

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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