Jobs / University of Newcastle
Senior DevOps Engineer
University of Newcastle · Callaghan, NSW, Australia
Callaghan, NSW, AustraliaFull timeExp: 5+ yrs120,677-140,791 AUD/yearlyOnsite
Remuneration
$120677 - $140791 plus superannuation
Location
Callaghan, NSW, Australia
Visa sponsorship
No visa sponsorship
Applications are accepted only from applicants with Australian residency or a valid work permit; visa sponsorship is not offered.
Job summary
The Senior DevOps Engineer provides technical leadership across enterprise platforms, developing secure, scalable software and infrastructure and improving platform reliability and performance. The role leads AI-assisted development, CI/CD, automation, observability and infrastructure-as-code practices; resolves complex issues across interconnected systems; and mentors a small development team. The enterprise technology environment includes ServiceNow, Dynamics 365, Okta, SailPoint, GitHub, AWS, Microsoft Fabric, MuleSoft and Atlassian tools.
Benefits
Flexible working arrangements17% superannuationSalary packagingAdditional university holidaysPersonal and parental leaveAnnual leave loadingPurchased leave schemePrivate health insurance, gym, software and travel discountsWellbeing programs
Qualifications
- At least five years of experience developing on enterprise platforms with complex system dependencies.
- Demonstrated leadership, mentoring, stakeholder coordination and team management experience.
- Hands-on DevOps experience with automation, observability, alerting, infrastructure as code, configuration management and deployment tooling.
- Experience resolving complex scalability and performance issues.
- IT service management experience covering incident, problem, change, release and service-level management.
- Experience implementing information security, risk management and compliance controls in enterprise environments.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to diverse audiences.
- Knowledge of workplace obligations and experience fostering a safe, healthy, equitable, diverse and respectful workplace.
Responsibilities
- Develop and provision secure, scalable and reliable software and infrastructure across enterprise platforms.
- Lead AI-assisted development, CI/CD, automation, observability and infrastructure-as-code practices.
- Investigate system requirements, design solutions and coordinate end-to-end implementation.
- Advise and train stakeholders on technology platforms and systems.
- Troubleshoot complex scalability and performance issues across interconnected systems.
- Review code, builds and deployments, and enforce development standards.
- Maintain platform health through upgrades, secure coding and adherence to security policies.
- Mentor and lead a small team of developers.
- Build working relationships with internal stakeholders, managed-service partners and vendors.
Skills
AWSConfluenceGitHubJiraOktaServiceNowAzureGitGitHub ActionsIAMTerraform
Work schedule
35-hour week
Industry
Higher education
Contract length
Continuing
Relocation
No