The Senior Ai Platform Engineer

• Full-time, three-year fixed-term position
• Based at the Melbourne (Bundoora) campus
• Classification: HEO9 - + 17% superannuation
• Flexible work arrangements available

Join La Trobe at an exciting point in its AI transformation. As Senior AI Platforms Engineer, you will work across key enterprise platforms including ChatGPT Edu, Microsoft Azure AI, Copilot and Cogniti, supporting the secure, reliable and scalable delivery of AI capabilities for staff and students.

This hands on technical role offers the opportunity to configure platforms, build integrations, deploy AI agents and workflows, and contribute directly to the University's AI delivery priorities.

About the position

Working within Information Services and allocated full time to the AI Enablement Office, you will:

• Support, configure and administer La Trobe's enterprise AI platforms, including ChatGPT Edu, Microsoft Azure AI, Copilot and Cogniti.
• Engineer and deploy AI agents, custom GPTs, Copilot agents, platform integrations and agentic workflows.
• Manage platform access, provisioning, licences, controls, monitoring, documentation and operational support.
• Collaborate with technical, governance, security, academic and business teams to deliver responsible AI capabilities securely and at scale.

You will contribute directly to AI delivery sprints while ensuring strong enterprise platform practices across security, access management, monitoring, documentation, governance and operational support.

Skills and experience

To be considered for this position, you will have:

• Demonstrated experience supporting, configuring, integrating or administering enterprise SaaS or cloud platforms, including API based integrations and identity and access management.
• Experience with, or strong aptitude for, generative AI platforms and services such as Azure AI, OpenAI services, Microsoft Copilot or other enterprise large language model platforms.
• Experience working within agile or collaborative technology delivery environments, including change management, release coordination, monitoring and incident response.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to diagnose complex technical issues and communicate technical concepts clearly to non technical audiences.

Experience in technical architecture, automation, scripting, workflow orchestration, CI/CD practices, model deployment, agent frameworks or advanced AI platform monitoring will be highly regarded.

Please refer to the Position Description for other duties, skills and experience required for this position.

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Benefits

• 17% superannuation
• Private health insurance discount
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional development opportunities
• A purpose driven environment contributing to La Trobe's AI transformation
• Explore the benefits of working at La Trobe University

Closing date: By 11:55 pm on Sunday 18 October 2026.

Only candidates with full working rights in Australia may apply for this position.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants

We welcome and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Our People

At La Trobe, our people are the foundation of our success, with every role contributing to the delivery of our Strategic Plan through meaningful work that makes a difference. How we work is as important as what we achieve, with our culture shaping the impact we create through everyday actions, collaboration and shared accountability.

Our sector leading Leadership Academy develops leadership that is people first, purpose driven, intentional and embraces technology. By building the capability and confidence of all leaders, we create the conditions for individuals and teams to thrive, perform at their best and achieve shared success. Together, we foster an inclusive, respectful and high performing culture where excellence is recognised and celebrated.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

La Trobe University is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We take an intersectional approach by actively supporting and encouraging people of all backgrounds and abilities to submit an application and aim to ensure that the recruitment and employee experience is as accessible and inclusive as possible. Flexibility in interview format will be offered to shortlisted candidates.

Our commitment to safety

All La Trobe University employees are bound by the Working with Children Act 2005. If you are successful, you will be required to hold a valid Victorian Employee Working with Children Check prior to commencement.

National Code on Gender Based Violence in Higher Education

La Trobe University is committed to upholding the National Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence (GBV Code). This aligns with our mission to create safe and respectful communities.

Candidates will be asked during the recruitment process to declare whether they have ever been investigated for, or found to have engaged in, gender-based violence in previous employment and/or in legal proceedings and provide relevant information to assist in determining suitability.

Gender-based violence means any form of physical or non physical violence, harassment, abuse or threats based on gender that results in, or is likely to result in, harm, coercion, control, fear or deprivation of liberty or autonomy.