Compute Platforms Engineering Team Leader

Job no : 504957 Work type : Ongoing Full Time Location : Sydney Categories : Leadership IT / Technology About the ABC The ABC is the nation's most trusted and independent source of Australian conversations culture and stories. With over 4500 employees from diverse backgrounds across over 50 locations around Australia and overseas we are proud to create curate and deliver high-quality content that informs educates and entertains Australian communities. Role Purpose As the Team Leader you will demonstrate a commitment to the ABC Principles of Aim High Think Differently Take Ownership Deliver Together. Your purpose is to lead and evolve the Compute Platforms team to deliver scalable secure and automated infrastructure platforms designed for use by ABCs technology teams. These platforms support the deployment and operation of applications and services across a range of business domains. The team is responsible for ensuring the platforms are reliable governed and easy to consume enabling technology teams of varying experience levels to successfully build run and manage their workloads. Key Accountabilities Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team fostering a culture of enablement automation innovation and continuous improvement. Lead the design development and lifecycle management of compute platforms (virtual and physical) that support ABC products and services. Drive the delivery of self-service infrastructure capabilities enabling internal teams to provision and manage resources independently. Define and implement guardrails governance and automation to ensure platform reliability security and compliance. Ensure all platform services have comprehensive observability including logging metrics and tracing aligned with availability and resiliency standards. Collaborate with application teams architects product owners and other stakeholders to co‑design solutions and integrate platform services across the technology ecosystem. Manage vendor relationships contracts and licensing to maintain supported secure and cost-effective platforms. Ensure compliance with ABCs security posture including patching vulnerability management audit readiness and governance reporting. Continuously assess emerging technologies to improve platform performance scalability and developer experience. About you Extensive experience leading high‑performing platform and infrastructure engineering teams in complex enterprise environments setting technical direction driving automation and delivering continuous improvement. Expert level knowledge of virtualisation technologies (VMware Hyper‑V) with deep experience in designing implementing and supporting enterprise‑grade server infrastructure including automation monitoring lifecycle management and fault tolerance across virtual and physical platforms. Expert level knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server and Linux with extensive experience in administration optimisation troubleshooting automation of repeatable tasks and applying security and compliance best practices. Demonstrated experience with automation tools such as Ansible Terraform and PowerShell applying infrastructure‑as‑code to deliver scalable consistent and efficient environments. Demonstrated experience designing and operating self‑service infrastructure platforms that enable internal teams to provision and manage compute resources independently. Strong understanding of public cloud platforms (AWS Azure) including core services networking identity and security models. Proven ability to mentor engineers at all levels support adoption of platform services and improve usability based on feedback and usage patterns. Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts influence decision‑making and collaborate effectively across technical and non‑technical teams. Familiarity with broadcasting and streaming infrastructure requirements including performance availability and media workflows. What we can offer you 15.4% ABC Nominated super. Paid parental carers and supporting partner leave. Salary packaging. ABC Mentoring. Full Position Description : Compute Platforms Engineering Team About ABC Product & Technology The Product & Technology (P&T) division is responsible for delivering the technology and services that enable the ABC to fulfil its creative strategic and business goals. The scope of activities and responsibilities of the P&T division range from keeping ABC programs and services on‑air and on‑line to delivering on key projects as well as assisting in setting the technology strategy and architecture for the ABC. In line with our focus on diversity and inclusion applications are strongly encouraged from Indigenous Australians people from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds people with disability and LGBTQIA individuals. The ABC also aims to achieve a gender-balanced workforce. If you want to know more please contact Brett Whyte Recruitment and Project Specialist via email We are unable to accept email applications; please ensure you submit your application on time via our online portal. We respectfully ask recruitment agencies do not submit candidates for this position. Advertised : 12 Sep 2025 2 : 30 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time Applications close : 10 Oct 2025 11 : 55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time Key Skills Anti Money Laundering,Food Safety,Account Management,Logistics Transportation,Filing,Budgeting Employment Type : Full-Time Experience : years Vacancy : 1 #J-18808-Ljbffr