About this role
This is a newly created role and your chance to shape platform engineering as a discipline at Nearmap from the ground up. You'll lead the shift from a traditional DevOps model to platform-as-a-product, building the golden paths, self-service tools, and reusable components that let our engineering teams ship independently, safely, and fast.
Working within the Platform team, you'll design, build, and operate the cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and observability platforms our engineering teams rely on daily. You'll treat the platform as a product and engineering teams as your customers, owning initiatives end to end from design through to operation, and communicating clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders across the business.
Think a heavily customised Kubernetes implementation that teams self-serve from instead of waiting months for manual provisioning, or an alerting system that plugs straight into Slack instead of every team building their own bespoke tooling. That is the kind of platform thinking this role is about.
What you'll do
Treat engineering teams as customers: gather requirements, triage platform requests, and feed recurring friction back into platform improvementsBuild self-service capabilities, golden paths, and reusable platform components that reduce ticket-driven workDesign, build, and maintain platform tooling and automation across the software development lifecycleUse CI/CD platforms to automate infrastructure provisioning, builds, tests, and releasesWrite and deploy Infrastructure as Code using Terraform as the standard for all platform changesMaintain high availability of infrastructure and platform services, and improve monitoring and observability of production systemsImplement security controls as code, including IAM least-privilege, secrets management, and container image scanningInfluence and educate engineering teams on platform engineering practices and cloud infrastructure securityParticipate in design reviews and architecture decisionsAbout you
You're an owner. You spot what's not working and fix it without waiting to be askedYou welcome collaboration and bring a positive attitude to a fast-paced teamYou communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical peopleYou're pragmatic, curious, and constantly improving your craft. What you'll bring
5+ years' experience in a platform engineering or infrastructure engineering role3+ years' experience with public cloud infrastructure, AWS preferredExperience designing and building application containerisation solutions with Docker and KubernetesStrong experience supporting Linux infrastructure and cloud native workloadsExtensive experience writing and deploying Infrastructure as Code with TerraformExperience designing CI/CD, logging, and monitoring tools for development teamsExperience implementing observability tools within Kubernetes and cloud hosted workloadsScripting and deployment automation experienceExperience working in a highly available production environmentA background in consulting or at a company that builds and iterates at scale will set you up well here. Long-term BAU or highly structured environments won't be the right fit for this role.Desirable but not essential:
GitOps and progressive delivery experience (ArgoCD or Flux), experience building or contributing to an internal developer platform (Backstage or equivalent), multi-tenant Kubernetes design, or SRE practices around SLOs and error budgets.
Working at Nearmap
We move fast, we care about craft, and we're proud of what we're building. If you're energised by turning strategy into pipeline and building real relationships with sales, we'd love to meet you.
If you can see yourself working at Nearmap and feel you have the right level of experience, we invite you to get in touch.
Some of our benefits
Nearmap takes a holistic approach to our employees' emotional, physical, and financial wellness. Some of our current benefits include:
Quarterly wellbeing day off, four additional days off annually for your 'YOU' Days
Wellbeing and technology allowance
Annual flu vaccinations
Hybrid flexibility for this role
Nearmap subscription (of course!)
Stocked kitchen with access to all the snacks you need
In-office lunch every Tuesday and Thursday at our Sydney CBD office
Showers available for anyone cycling to work or lunchtime gym-goers!
Thanks, but we got this! Nearmap does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies and search firms. Please do not email or send unsolicited resumes to any Nearmap employee, location, or address. Nearmap is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Some of our benefits:
Nearmap takes a holistic approach to our employees’ emotional, physical and financial wellness. Some of our current benefits include:
Quarterly wellbeing day off - Four additional days off annually for your 'YOU' DaysWellbeing and technology allowanceAnnual flu vaccinationsHybrid flexibility for this roleNearmap subscription (of course!)Stocked kitchen with access to all the snacks you needIn-office lunch every Tuesday and Thursday at our Sydney CBD officeShowers available for anyone cycling to work or lunchtime gym-goers!Why you'll love working at Nearmap:
We move fast and work smart; often wearing multiple hats. We’re proud of our inclusive, supportive culture, and maintain a safe environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging and can be themselves.
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Thanks, but we got this! Nearmap does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies and search firms. Please do not email or send unsolicited resumes to any Nearmap employee, location or address. Nearmap is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.