Senior Platform Engineer

at  Nine

Company Description
Nine is Australia’s largest locally owned media company – the home of Australia’s most trusted and loved brands spanning News, Sport, Lifestyle, and Entertainment. We pride ourselves on creating the best content, accessed by consumers when and how they want – across Publishing, Broadcasting and Digital.
Nine’s assets include the 9Network, major mastheads such as The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review, radio stations 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR, digital properties such as nine.com.au, 9Now, 9Honey, Pedestrian.TV, Drive, subscription video platform Stan and a majority investment in Domain Group.
Our Purpose: We shape culture by sparking conversations, challenging perspectives, and entertaining our communities.
We bring people together by celebrating the big occasions and connecting the everyday moments. Australia belongs here. We bring our purpose to life via three shared values: We walk the talk, turn over every stone and keep it human.
Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer who specialises in building and supporting Kubernetes platforms for multiple business units and teams. In this role, you will be instrumental in developing, managing, and continuously improving a robust, scalable, and multi-tenanted Kubernetes platform used across Nine’s digital and media properties.
Your expertise will enable application teams to deploy, monitor, and scale their services efficiently while ensuring the underlying platform remains highly reliable, secure, and optimised. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration and adopting modern DevOps practices to deliver a seamless platform experience.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design, implement, and maintain a scalable and secure Kubernetes platform to support workloads for multiple business units.
• Collaborate with developers to enable smooth onboarding, deployment, and operations of containerised applications.
• Build automation and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, Helm, and CI/CD pipelines to manage Kubernetes resources and clusters.
• Optimise the platform for multi-tenancy, ensuring fair resource allocation, security isolation, and cost efficiency.
• Integrate the platform with observability solutions, enabling teams to monitor logs, metrics, and traces effectively.
• Define and enforce platform best practices, including resource usage policies, security standards, and operational guidelines.
• Act as a subject matter expert and mentor for teams adopting Kubernetes, sharing knowledge and fostering a culture of operational excellence.
• Support the lifecycle management of Kubernetes clusters, including upgrades, scaling, and incident resolution.
• Ensure compliance with security and regulatory requirements, incorporating robust auditability and access controls into the platform.
  Qualifications
  You will have a deep passion for platform engineering, with a strong customer-first mindset. You’re a natural collaborator who thrives in solving complex challenges and enabling teams to succeed at scale.