DevOps Engineer

We are hiring for a Senior DevOps Engineers - (EL1 Level) for one of our Federal Clients.

Role: Dotnet Developer

Location of work: Sydney and Melbourne (work 2 days from office and 3 days from home each week)

Contract duration: 12 months + 24 months extension.

Security clearance: Australian Citizen (client intend to process NV1 security clearance after onboarding)

Overview:

Key duties and responsibilities

The role will be responsible for:

• Design, implement, and maintain automated cloud infrastructure using Terraform and other IaC tools.
• Provide technical expertise to ensure the reliable operation and scalability of cloud platforms.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure cloud solutions meet current and future business requirements.
• Lead DevOps initiatives including CI/CD pipeline development, configuration management, and environment provisioning.
• Support security accreditation, incident response, and compliance activities with pragmatic Commonwealth Security experience.
• Share technical knowledge and mentor team members in IaC and DevOps best practices.
• Maintain the currency, security, and maintainability of ACIC’s cloud platforms.
• Deliver cloud and platform outcomes for ACIC projects, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
• Experience in working with Landing Zone architectures, best-practice and deployments.
• Strong understanding of DevOps methodologies and tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins).
• Familiarity with ACSC Essential 8 and its application in cloud environments.
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell, Python) for automation.
• Participate in the Cloud Operations on-call roster to ensure 24/7 support coverage.

Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders.

• Providing technical expertise to ensure continued operation of a range of cloud platforms
• Ensuring that current and future business requirements are being met for the ACIC
• Establishing and maintaining strong working relationships with internal and external parties, including senior stakeholders
• Sharing of technical knowledge across the team
• Ensuring the currency and maintainability of the ACIC Cloud platforms
• Delivering cloud and platform outcomes for ACIC projects

Criteria

Essential criteria

Weighting

1. Demonstrated contemporary broad cloud domain knowledge and technical skills

15%

2. Demonstrated experience delivering and supporting enterprise cloud environments, with a focus on automation, scalability, and operational resilience across Azure and Microsoft 365 platforms.

20%

3. Proficient in designing and managing cloud infrastructure using IaC tools such as Terraform or Bicep, ensuring repeatable, version-controlled deployments and environment consistency.

20%

4. Extensive experience in cloud-native DevOps, including the design and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation using Terraform, and managing version-controlled cloud environments. Skilled in deploying secure, scalable solutions on Azure, with strong proficiency in integrating testing, monitoring, and release automation using tools such as Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.

25%

5. Experience administering secure cloud environments aligned with the ACSC Essential 8 and ISM, including automated compliance checks, logging, and incident response readiness.

20%

Desirable criteria

1. Tertiary ICT qualifications and/or equivalent demonstrated industry experience are highly regarded

2. Skilled in translating business needs into scalable technical solutions, aligning cloud architecture and automation strategies with organisational goals and project outcomes

3. Exceptional communication and engagement skills with a range of stakeholders, including senior users

4. Proficiency in translating business requirements into technical capabilities