Engineering Manager, Platform Solutions

Company Description

Nine. Australia’s Media Company.

Underpinned by our people, our strategic focus is on content, connections and growth. 

Driven by our purpose - Australia belongs here - and guided by our values - walk the talk, turn over every stone, keep it human - we are the home of Australia’s most loved content  and trusted brands across News, Sport, and Entertainment. 

We lead the total television market in Australia through our key brands of Channel 9, Gem, Go, Rush and Life, and of course you can consume all our content, live or on-demand, on Australia’s leading free streaming platform, 9Now. We also own Stan, the market leading local subscription streaming service.

Our total publishing business covers The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian Financial Review, to the breadth of nine.com.au and The Pedestrian Group. 

In our total audio business we are building talk radio for the next generation across  2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR. 

Nine is also an active participant in Australian consumer marketplaces through our majority shareholding in Domain and our ownership of Drive.

Job Description

The Platform Solutions Team are central to how Nine deploy workloads to the cloud. You’ll be leading from the front in building out Nine’s cloud infrastructure to deliver the content that Australia loves.

You contribute to a learning-oriented workplace culture, being curious about the world around you, seeking new ways to explore and bring new thinking and practices to bear within your team. You remain open to learning new technologies and techniques, and finding creative ways to leverage this knowledge to further team goals.

You work in partnership with various product teams and practices enabling them to conduct rapid, stable, secure and repeatable deployments on Cloud and Kubernetes at scale.

You are structured and methodical in your process and have demonstrated skills building and delivering support services for 24/7 systems.

Day to Day, you will: 

Enabling your team:

• Assist the team in a hands-on capacity as required
• Work with stakeholders to provide technical solutions to problems or issues
• Act as a enabler, removing roadblocks to progress as needed
• Work with team members to guide solutions towards business and technology goals
• Drive the continuous improvement of processes and ways of work to improve team capacity and capability

Technical Leadership:

• Drive adoption of best practice and best in class technology for workload management using Kubernetes (especially EKS)
• Remove single points of failure by cross-skilling staff and making sensible, strategic resourcing decisions
• Always be on the lookout for products, solutions and enhancements which address current or perceived future business problems

Drive high performance:

• Provide one on one feedback, career advice and coaching for your team members
• Communicate openly and be the voice of the business within your team, keeping them informed of and working towards the business vision & goals
• Participate in hiring and other HR processes affecting your team where needed
• Mentor team members to create a highly motivated, coherent, and cohesive culture which rewards high performance

Qualifications

• AWS certifications, such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional highly regarded
• Extensive experience in AWS infrastructure design and management, with a focus on account governance
• Experience provisioning and managing Cloud Services “as code” using: CDK, Terraform, Cloudformation, Saltstack, Ansible etc. via Jenkins, Teamcity, Concourse, etc
• Experience using a wide variety of AWS products in production environments
• Demonstrable understanding of designing, deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters (plural) at scale

Additional Information

Please note: This role will be advertised during our Christmas shut down period. Applications will be reviewed upon our return from 6th January 2025. Thank you in advance for your understanding while our Talent Acquisition team takes a break. We look forward to connecting with you in the New Year and wish you a safe and happy holiday.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

We're committed to a safe, respectful and inclusive Nine. From day one, you'll be encouraged to bring your whole self to work and will be supported to perform at your best.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, and of all ages, genders, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures as we recognise the importance and value of diverse perspectives. Should you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please advise us when you apply.

Disclaimer: We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.