Platform Engineer - Developer Platform & DevOps Tooling

the company (  ) is an advanced technology, digital and Earth data company that pushes the boundaries of science for a more prosperous and sustainable future. With our ingenuity, drive and deep curiosity we discover new insights, innovations, and solutions that efficiently and responsibly resolve complex natural resource, digital, energy transition and infrastructure challenges.

the company is seeking a Platform Engineer - Developer Platform & Dev Ops to help create the tools, services, and automation that enable engineering teams to develop, deploy, and operate software across a large-scale HPC platform.

This is a platform engineering role that combines software development, Dev Ops, and platform operations. We are looking for someone with a developer background who wants to grow their platform engineering skills while writing maintainable code, supporting production services, and improving the platforms that engineering teams rely on day to day.

You will work across CI/CD systems, Git Lab, Kubernetes services, Puppet-managed environments, observability tooling, and Open Stack-backed infrastructure. Open Stack and AI-related experience are useful but not required.

You will join a team focused on platform engineering and developer tooling, supporting scalable software development, reliable software delivery, and large-scale compute environments.

The team works closely with software engineering, infrastructure, operations, and research teams to build practical tools and platform capabilities that help developers ship and operate software more effectively.

• Help design, build, and maintain internal tools, services, APIs, and automation for engineering teams.
• Contribute improvements to developer workflows across build, test, release, deployment, and operational processes.

Develop reliable, maintainable software that integrates with existing platform and infrastructure systems, with support from experienced engineers where needed.

• Work with CI/CD pipelines, containerised environments, and Kubernetes-based platforms.
• Help automate repetitive operational workflows and improve deployment reliability.

Contribute to infrastructure-as-code, configuration management, and platform automation where needed.

• Support key engineering platforms and services, including Git Lab, Kubernetes, Puppet-managed environments, and Open Stack-backed infrastructure.
• Improve platform workflows through software, automation, documentation, and operational feedback.

Work closely with platform owners and users to reduce toil, improve reliability, and turn requirements into practical improvements.

• Contribute to tooling for monitoring, logging, debugging, and operational visibility.
• Ensure uptime, availability, and operational readiness of Kubernetes-based services.
• Assist with diagnosing complex issues across application, platform, and infrastructure boundaries.
• Contribute to reliability, performance, and scalability improvements for platform services.
• Produce clear reporting on platform health, delivery status, incidents, and improvement work.
• Help define, track, and communicate relevant KPIs for developer workflows, platform reliability, and service performance.
• Follow established processes and procedures when working with live production environments.

Turn operational trends and recurring issues into practical backlog items and engineering improvements.

• Work closely with software engineers, platform engineers, and infrastructure teams.
• Participate in architecture and design discussions for developer tooling and platform services.

Learn from senior engineers and contribute increasingly independently over time.

• Software development experience in one or more modern programming languages;
  Go, C++, Python, and scripting experience are especially useful.
• Experience building or contributing to tools, services, APIs, platforms, or distributed systems.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, release processes, or deployment automation.
• Pra…