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Senior Platform Engineer

24/06/2025
25/07/2025
Permanent - Full Time
Sydney (Head Office)
IT
 

Who we are…

Founded in 2002, ELMO Software has established itself as a leading provider of innovative HR technology solutions, proudly serving over 2,000 mid-sized organizations and more than one million end users across Australia, New Zealand and UK. Our comprehensive suite of ISO-certified solutions covers the entire employee lifecycle, empowering HR professionals to effectively manage their workforce and contribute to strategic decision-making.

At ELMO, our purpose is to unleash the impact of HR. Designed with flexibility and scalability in mind, ELMO's one-stop HR Information System (HRIS) adapts to your unique needs and workflows, ensuring seamless integration into your existing processes. Leveraging powerful technology, automation, and data analytics, ELMO Software equips organizations with the tools they need to drive efficiency and enhance employee engagement.

Join us and be part of a dynamic team dedicated to transforming HR practices through cutting-edge technology!

 

Life & Culture...

At ELMO, you’ll join an extraordinary team dedicated to making a significant impact. We cultivate an authentic, collaborative, and vibrant work environment where creativity thrives.

As an ELMOnian, you become part of an exceptional community that encourages personal and professional growth. Here, you’ll be supported through challenges, inspired to push your boundaries, and celebrated for your contributions.

Join us to not only advance your career but also to enjoy a fulfilling and enjoyable workplace experience!

 

Some of our benefits include:

  • Hybrid work set up
  • Paid Parental leave - 12 weeks primary, 6 weeks secondary
  • Birthday leave, YOU day each year, as well as connecting people leave (up to 2 weeks working from anywhere)
  • Inhouse Learning and Development initiatives
  • ELMO Social and Diversity clubs
  • Wellbeing initiatives
  • Mental Health/EAP programs
  • Flare Benefits (great discounts, novated leasing, salary sacrifice)

 

Our values:

  • Obsess over customers - Everything we do is designed to positively impact our customers
  • Help others thrive - Be they colleagues, communities or customers, we champion ways to help others thrive
  • Seek out different - We constantly look to innovate, challenge the status quo and defy barriers
  • Be fearlessly optimistic - We bring unwavering positivity to any challenge as we know it will drive meaningful change

Please note: Our internal Talent Acquisition team has got this covered, we’re not open to using an agency for this role.

Job Description

About the opportunity...

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will be instrumental in revolutionizing the infrastructure and deployment experience across ELMO's technology platform, supporting our mission to serve over one million end users with exceptional reliability and performance. Your core responsibilities will include:

  • Deeply understanding and championing ELMO's infrastructure needs, leveraging comprehensive cloud and automation expertise to inform strategic planning and implementation for our multi-region platform serving Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.
  • Leading end-to-end infrastructure automation, translating business requirements and technical needs into robust, scalable cloud solutions and well-defined deployment pipelines.
  • Driving platform engineering best practices, implementing Infrastructure as Code, managing CI/CD pipelines, and facilitating seamless deployments to ensure efficient and reliable service delivery.
  • Fostering strong collaboration with dedicated engineering teams, client services teams, and key stakeholders to deliver exceptional platform reliability and performance.
  • Ensuring system security, compliance, and seamless integration across our ISO-certified platform, from infrastructure design to production monitoring and incident response.
  • Supporting ELMO's commitment to data security and privacy, maintaining our ISO 27001:2022 certification standards and preparing for ISO 42001:2023 certification as we advance our AI capabilities.

Desired Skills and Experience

What we would like to see you bring to the team...

  • 5+ years of experience as a DevOps Engineer, Platform Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, or equivalent. Preferably within a SaaS environment.
  • Extensive Kubernetes experience in production environments, including deploying applications and managing clusters at scale. EKS (Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service) experience is highly regarded
  • Experience in designing and architecting infrastructure solutions on AWS and Kubernetes for scalable and secure production environments
  • Strong proficiency with CNCF ecosystem tools including Prometheus for monitoring, Flux for GitOps, and other cloud-native technologies
  • Infrastructure as Code expertise with Terraform and/or Pulumi for managing cloud resources and deployments
  • Strong Python programming skills for automation, tooling, and infrastructure management
  • Experience with CI/CD pipeline design and automation (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI)
  • Strong SRE mindset with proven experience working with centralized observability stacks, preferably the Elastic Stack.
  • Exceptional technical communication and documentation skills
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset with experience in high-availability systems
  • Confidence to proactively identify infrastructure issues and implement effective solutions
  • Experience in a B2B SaaS environment, with multi-tenant architecture or HR technology platforms highly desired
  • Knowledge of security best practices and compliance frameworks (ISO 27001)
  • Strong experience working in linux based systems and implementing networking concepts in AWS

Highly valued additional experience:

  • Apache Kafka experience for event streaming and data pipeline management
  • GitOps workflows and best practices with tools like ArgoCD, Flux, or similar
  • Cloud certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, CKA/CKAD)
  • Additional scripting languages (Go, Bash) and automation frameworks

 

Ready to make an impact?

Join our extraordinary team and help us continue to unleash the impact of HR through cutting-edge infrastructure and automation. If you're passionate about building reliable, scalable systems that serve millions of users and want to work with a team that values innovation, security, and continuous improvement, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today!

 

ELMO Software Pty Ltd is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to join our team. We are also committed to advancing reconciliation at ELMO through our Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).

At ELMO, we are passionate about empowering HR with responsible, secure and safe AI, aiming to be among the first in Australia and New Zealand to achieve ISO 42001:2023 certification. Handling sensitive employee data necessitates strict adherence to our ISO 27001:2022 Certified security policies, making data privacy and security paramount in every role.

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