Head of Platforms and Engineering

About Expert360:Expert360 empowers more than 42,000 (and growing!) elite professionals around the world to find great work and be successful. We are Australia and New Zealand’s #1 skilled talent network, where you can engage carefully hand-picked talent that plugs seamlessly into your team, goals, mission and culture, helping you strategically scale your team.We believe in choice, flexibility and empowerment. We believe if you can change the world of work, you can change the world. Come and join us in defining and bringing to life the future of work!The role:An established multi-division group is looking for a Head of Platforms and Engineering to lead its shared technology platforms and architecture.Reporting to the Group CIO and sitting on the Technology Leadership Team, you’ll lead the shared platform and engineering function across cloud and infrastructure, data, integration and automation, AI engineering, security engineering, and technical and solution architecture. Key responsibilities:Lead technical and solution architecture across the Group, including architecture governance and design standardsOwn the shared platform roadmap, and make build, buy or outsource calls and vendor selectionsDesign and deliver cloud, infrastructure, integration and data platforms, with clear handover to IT OperationsManage cloud consumption and platform costs across AWS and AzureLead data platform engineering on the Microsoft data stackEngineer and support automation and AI solutions in productionDesign and build security controls to the CISO’s standardsManage managed service providers and platform partnersLead a multidisciplinary team of around 10 people and establish strong engineering practiceAbout you:5+ years leading platform, engineering or architecture teams, including contractors and vendors Enterprise-scale architecture ownership, ideally including chairing a governance forum Hands-on depth in AWS and/or Azure, infrastructure as code, CI/CD and API-led integration Practical data platform experience, ideally on the Microsoft stack Experience with automation and AI engineering in production Strong cost management, vendor management and stakeholder skills A tertiary qualification in technology, engineering or computer science, or equivalent experience AWS, Azure or TOGAF certifications are highly regarded Location and working arrangements:Gold Coast based, four days a week in the office, with occasional interstate travel Competitive base salary plus superannuation and STI