**Job description**:
- Federal Government Opportunity Canberra based.
- 8 Month contract with extension options
- AWS, Kubernetes & ITIL 4 experience essential
- Must be able to obtain Baseline Security Clearance
DFP Recruitment is seeking an experienced Platform Technical Lead to support the establishment of a new dedicated IT Service Management function within a specialised government agency. This role will focus on creating processes and governance on with the agencies AWS ecosystem and requires strong Kubernetes skills and deep ITIL 4 knowledge.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Oversee the operational support of Client's digital platforms, with a strong presence in Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Be accountable for managing the adherence to Government security frameworks such as the ISM, PSPF, and E8.
- Lead the implementation of a new ML Ops environment, with the assistance of in-house ML experts and Data Scientists.
- Uplift our Kubernetes infrastructure.
- Actively contribute to strategic direction and development of ICT services supporting its core business.
- Identification of areas for streamlining improvement for greater efficiency and implementation of new and emerging technologies.
- Oversee a small team of engineers and developers in an Agile and cross-disciplinary environment. Assist with the coordination of operational requests and issues.
**Required Skills**:
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principals, preferably within Terraform or CloudFormation
- Strong understanding of Cloud computing concepts
- Strong understanding of Service Orchestration and Service Discovery, Kubernetes
- Experience in utilising monitoring and logging tools, CloudWatch, CloudTrail
- Unix-based shell scripting
- Experience with Python scripting and serverless workloads, AWS Lambda
- Experience providing technical leadership, preferably experience with managing a team.
- Understanding of cybersecurity frameworks and common security practices
- GitOps & DevOps using Atlassian and Microsoft/Github products.
- Experience using common scripting and mark-up languages, YAML, JSON, Markdown, PlantUML.
- Experience managing SDLC using Agile methodology and supporting tools (e.g., Jira)
- Experience with Machine Learning platform implementation and operations.
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