Senior Platform Engineer

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Cuscal is hiring a Senior Platform Engineer in Sydney to design, operate, and continuously improve internal developer platforms that enable self-service delivery, with emphasis on CI/CD pipelines, GitHub administration, Terraform automation, and observability. You’ll build reusable infrastructure patterns, promote best practices for build, test, deployment and environment promotion, and partner with Cloud Platform teams to meet guardrails and operational readiness. The ideal candidate has platform engineering or enablement product delivery experience, deep GitHub governance and CI/CD orchestration skills, Terraform modules and GitOps, plus hands-on observability tooling (Grafana, Prometheus, CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry) and strong incident troubleshooting. Apply with examples of pipelines, governance, and onboarding automation; screenings may occur early, so apply now.

Company Description

Forward with Cuscal 

At Cuscal, we’re not just shaping the future of payments - we’re pioneering it. From launching Australia’s first ATM to being the first certified NPP PayTo Payer and Initiator in 2022, we’ve spent over 60 years building solutions that millions of Australians rely on every day.  

Now, we’re preparing for what’s next, and we want you to be part of it. 

Join us as a Senior Platform Engineer in our Engineering Practice team and help us deliver ground-breaking solutions that push the boundaries of what’s possible. 

Job Description

The Senior Platform Engineer designs, builds and operates Cuscal’s internal engineering platforms, providing secure, scalable and self-service delivery capabilities that reduce cognitive load for product squads and streamline the software development lifecycle.

The role focuses on internal developer platforms, CI/CD enablement, GitHub administration, Terraform automation, observability uplift and platform onboarding automation.

• Design, operate and enhance CI/CD pipelines using GitHub and Terraform Cloud
• Embed CI/CD best practice for build, test, deployment, release management and environment promotion
• Build and maintain reusable infrastructure automation patterns using Terraform and approved platform modules
• Collaborate with Cloud Platform teams on cloud standards, shared services, guardrails and operational readiness requirements
• Build observability capabilities using Grafana, Prometheus, CloudWatch and OpenTelemetry

Qualifications

What you’ll bring 

To succeed in this role, you’ll have: 

• Background in platform engineering, internal developer platforms or engineering enablement product delivery.
• Strong capability in CI/CD pipeline architecture, governance and continuous delivery practices
• Extensive GitHub administration experience, including policies, runners, workflow security, repository governance and access controls
• Proficiency in Terraform modules, Infrastructure as Code automation, GitOps patterns and environment orchestration
• Knowledge of observability tooling including Grafana, Prometheus, CloudWatch and OpenTelemetry
• Strong troubleshooting skills across pipelines, infrastructure, platform integrations and operational incidents

Additional Information

Why Cuscal? 

At Cuscal, you’ll find a strong, successful company that’s reimagining the future. And our team is right there at the heart of it all.   

Here, you’ll deliver or support interesting, ground-breaking work that has real impact - on Australia’s financial services sector and the millions of customers it serves. You’ll innovate alongside skilled, smart, connected teams. And you’ll build an impressive, fulfilling career that continues to grow.   

You’ll also enjoy a range of benefits, including: 

• Work in a hybrid model that supports your lifestyle and goals.
• We celebrate success: Our IGNITE program recognises individual and team achievements.
• Wellbeing focus: We support your physical, mental, and financial health with holistic initiatives and access to discounts via ‘Cuscal Advantage.

Join us and reimagine the future 

If this role excites you, we’d love to explore your potential and vision for the future. Screening and interviews may occur before the job ad closing date, so don’t wait - apply now. 

For further information about this role please contact [email protected]  

Cuscal is an equal opportunity employer committed to an equitable, diverse, and socially inclusive work environment and a positive, barrier-free recruitment process.  

We welcome applicants from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, people living with a disability, LGBTQIA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to explore career opportunities with Cuscal.   

Note: Cuscal does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or search firms.