Senior Platform Engineer

Sydney, Australia · Melbourne, AustraliaPosted Jul 16, 2026

Digital & Data Solutions is DNV's software and data business, developing innovative digital solutions that help customers improve the performance, reliability, and sustainability of critical energy infrastructure. From renewable energy assets and power grids to advanced analytics and cloud-based platforms, we combine industry expertise with digital innovation to support the global energy transition and create a safer, smarter, and greener future.

We are looking for a Platform Engineer to help build, secure, and scale the cloud platform that powers our digital products. This is an opportunity to work with cutting-edge cloud-native technologies while enabling development and data science teams to deliver impactful solutions to customers worldwide.

As a Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and operating resilient cloud infrastructure and platform services. You will play a key role in ensuring our systems are scalable, secure, highly available, and aligned with modern DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices.

You will work closely with software engineers, data scientists, and product teams to automate infrastructure, improve deployment processes, and maintain a secure and reliable cloud environment.

What will you do?

Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, and resilient cloud infrastructure on AWS, ensuring high availability, business continuity, and disaster recovery.
Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployment using Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK, and Kubernetes.
Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes in collaboration with software engineering and data science teams.
Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and automated recovery mechanisms to ensure platform reliability and rapid incident resolution.
Own cloud security, access management, permissions governance, and SIEM-related processes across platform services.
Act as the platform engineering subject matter expert, providing technical leadership, mentoring colleagues, and supporting complex infrastructure incidents.
Drive adoption of cloud-native, GitOps, and DevOps best practices while contributing to the evolution of multi-cloud capabilities, including Azure.

This is an exciting opportunity to use your cloud engineering expertise to support the growth of renewable energy worldwide. You'll build and scale the platforms behind industry-leading digital solutions that help customers make better decisions, optimize renewable energy assets, and accelerate the transition to a more sustainable future, all while working with cutting-edge technologies and a team passionate about making an impact.

Wellbeing: DNV understands the importance of physical and mental wellbeing and aligned with our value of caring for our people, we have a ‘Be Well’ program in place.
Bonus opportunity: We believe it is important to reward our employees with an annual discretionary profit scheme or sales incentive scheme – depending on your role.
Insurances: DNV covers permanent employees for life and total permanent disability insurance as well as salary continuance insurance to safeguard you within our DNV Superannuation scheme.
Parental and long service leave: DNV has a generous parental leave and long service leave policy.
Hybrid work: We offer a hybrid work model to foster our culture while providing you with working flexibility.
Professional membership: We will support you with membership fees for your relevant governing body applicable to your position.

Social activities: To foster our culture, we enjoy regular social get togethers

DNV is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to gender, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age or political opinion. Diversity is fundamental to our culture and we invite you to be part of this diversity.

University degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent experience in the field
5+ years of experience as a Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Cloud Engineer, or in a similar infrastructure-focused role.
Proven track with AWS cloud services and cloud-native architectures, including Kubernetes and containerized environments.
Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and automation tools such as terraform, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK, or similar technologies.
Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and platform reliability, monitoring, and observability.
Knowledge of cloud security, identity and access management, and operational best practices for highly available systems.
Fluency in written and spoken English.

Nice to Have:

Experience with Azure or multi-cloud environments.
Knowledge of GitOps practices and tools.
Experience with SIEM platforms and security monitoring.
Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS DevOps Engineer, or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).

You are a collaborative and proactive professional who thrives in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment. You enjoy solving complex problems, continuously improving systems and processes, and working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable solutions. With a strong sense of ownership and accountability, you can balance operational excellence with innovation, while effectively communicating technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. You are passionate about mentoring others, sharing knowledge, and fostering a culture of automation, security, and continuous improvement.

Security and compliance with statutory requirements in the countries in which we operate is essential for DNV. Background checks will be conducted on all final candidates as part of the offer process, in accordance with applicable country-specific laws and practices.