Principal Platform Engineer - Core Data Platforms

Brisbane or Melbourne

• Lead cloud platform engineering with a strategic mindset
• Flexible hybrid working and career development support
• Provide technical leadership to a number of programs in the pipeline

Shape the future of scalable cloud platforms while mentoring others and growing your career in a dynamic, inclusive environment.

As a Principal Platform Engineer, you’ll lead the design and delivery of resilient, scalable cloud platforms. You’ll coach and mentor engineers, drive automation, and contribute to long-term strategic outcomes across our data and technology landscape.

What You’ll Do

• Engineer future-proof cloud platforms that support scalability, resiliency, and performance across enterprise systems
• Lead platform implementations from inception to production, ensuring quality documentation and sustainable support processes across teams
• Identify and deliver automation opportunities to optimise cost, availability, and performance
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align platform solutions with strategic architectural vision
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and technical leadership to grow engineering capability across the team and other business functions
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and adaptability
• Ensure platform meets enterprise security, governance and compliance standards

What You’ll Bring

• Deep hands-on experience with AWS/Azure and Terraform (Terraform Cloud preferred), with strong skills in OpenShift; Azure experience is a plus.
• Skilled in Python and/or Go scripting and automation frameworks like Ansible or Puppet
• Proven ability to mentor and coach engineers, fostering technical growth and team capability
• Strong understanding of observability tools (Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana) and cloud governance
• Experience in deployment management and access control, implementing IAM roles, deployment permissions, and cloud best practices to ensure secure and reliable platform operations
• Experience in Agile and Lean delivery, with a focus on collaboration and stakeholder engagement
• Comfortable navigating complex environments and translating strategic goals into actionable engineering outcomes
• Experience in CI/CD pipelines and secrets management (Hashicorp Vault preferred)

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If you require any support and adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process or in the workplace, we encourage you to contact melissa.turkington@suncorp.com.au for a confidential conversation.

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Advertised: 16 Sep 2025 AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: 30 Sep 2025 AUS Eastern Standard Time