The Role

Reporting to the Cloud Platform Team Lead, the Platform Engineer will design and deliver enterprise-wide cloud platforms that are natively reusable and extensible across SBS Technology, supporting key products including streaming and publishing. You will own architecture decisions and help drive platform strategy, ensuring SBS’s technology foundations are scalable, secure and fit for the future, and act as a technical authority who partners with Product Delivery teams to provide the cloud, security and automation expertise they need to deliver their services efficiently.

Key responsibilities include:

• Design and deliver enterprise-grade platforms that are natively reusable and extensible across SBS Technology
• Enable Product Delivery teams across SBS to adopt Cloud and DevOps best practices
• Create solution designs that address scalability, reliability, security and cost optimisation across SBS’s cloud platforms
• Identify opportunities to improve the performance of SBS’s cloud platforms, systems and services
• Identify opportunities for reducing SBS's cloud costs.
• Uplift the cyber security posture of SBS’s cloud platforms, systems and services
• Collaborate closely with Software Developers and QA Engineers across SBS’s streaming, publishing, data and AI teams

  This is a full-time, ongoing role at Artamon office. The candidates will need full working rights in Australia to be considered for this role. 

About you

We’re looking for someone who brings:

• 5+ years total experience working in an engineering role with 3+ years of experience with Public Cloud Providers, especially AWS.
• Strong understanding of Internet Plumbing (CDN, proxies, DNS, TCP/IP stack, HTTP protocol, TLS certificates)
• Strong experience automating the deployment of Cloud-based infrastructure using Terraform
• Strong experience automating the deployment of applications (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, Serverless)
• Strong experience with Build and Release engineering practices, including Git workflow techniques and CI/CD patterns
• Strong experience with observability tools and services such as Grafana, Prometheus, Elastic, New Relic and AWS CloudWatch
• Experience across scripting and programming languages (e.g. Golang, Python, bash)
• Experience designing reusable, extensible, enterprise-grade platforms and owning architecture decisions and platform strategy.

For more information, please look at the Job Description at the bottom of the job advertisement.

Feel like you meet most, but perhaps not all the criteria listed? Then, send through your detail as whilst we have specific requirements in mind we can look at how we can bridge the gaps!

 Use of AI: We recognise that candidates may use AI tools to support application drafting. While AI may assist with structure, clarity or grammar, submissions should reflect your own experience and judgement. AI tools must not be used during interviews or assessment tasks unless permitted by SBS. You remain responsible for the accuracy and originality of the information you provide throughout the recruitment process

The Department

SBS Technology can be thought of as the 'engine room' of SBS. Our primary role is to enable and support the production, distribution, and transmission of content across television, radio, and online platforms. Our teams achieve this by working collaboratively to design innovative solutions and deliver end-to-end services for our business stakeholders.

Under the Technology Division, the Platform Engineer works in the Infrastructure Department within the Cloud Platform team, which is responsible for building, improving and supporting all of SBS’s core infrastructure hosted in the Cloud and supporting key digital platforms and services. Cloud Platform team designs patterns and implements best practices for creating and managing infrastructure, empowers application teams to utilise Cloud to its maximum potential, and builds and maintains Continuous Integration and Delivery processes for SBS.

About SBS

At SBS, we embrace difference, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

We also acknowledge the unique contribution that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples make to our society and our workplace through their enduring and continued connection to land, sea, sky and community.

This role is classified as Level 7 role under SBS Australia's current Enterprise Agreement (with a base salary of upto $160,000). The successful applicant will be offered remuneration that is commensurate with their skills and experience and in alignment with this framework.

About Us

SBS is one of the world's most unique and innovative media organisations, producing trusted, meaningful, and engaging content that exists for all Australians to inspire, support and celebrate the diversity of our multicultural society. 

Our purpose, for the last 50 years, has reflected and explored the evolving diversity of Australia, investing in initiatives to deepen its connections with communities, sharing their stories and giving a voice to those often unheard, with the aim of increasing understanding and respect of the differences that make up Australia.

SBS is a truly distinctive network, showcasing multicultural, multilingual and First Nations stories otherwise untold in the Australian media.

Some of the reasons to consider working with us:

• The people! We truly celebrate and welcome difference at SBS and encourage everyone to bring their whole self to work & you’ll be part of one of the most inclusive companies in Australia!
• The culture and the engagement of our workforce! 93% of our employees have stated that they are proud to work for SBS!  
• We offer a range of benefits from, health care checks, salary packaging, Employee Assistance Programme, flexible work arrangements and discounted gym membership nationally with Fitness Pass. 
• We’re agile and innovative in the way we work, as well as being a trusted and established brand. At SBS we have been broadcasting for over 50 years and our future is packed with many more exciting developments!
• We also love to promote from within! We have allocated training funds to do just that and help bridge the gaps when moving from role to role.

Want to learn more? Then hit apply and take the first step to applying not just for another job but a possible whole new career in a purpose led organisation.

 For other opportunities within our organisation please visit our careers website SBS Careers - Working at SBS

Reasonable adjustments

SBS recognises that everyone is unique, and you might require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply and put your skills forward for consideration. If we can make some adjustments to the SBS recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, then please contact careers@sbs.com.au and let us know.

Adjustments include but are not limited to; alternative application methods, interview setups, physical requirements, guidance for trans or gender diverse applicants, specific interview availability times and more.

To find out more about reasonable adjustments with SBS, please view our video here.

We are shortlisting applications as they come in, so don’t delay, apply today!