Senior DevOps Engineers (EL1 Equivalent)

Job summary

The Senior DevOps Engineer role is centered on supporting the delivery, integration, and operation of secure platforms for national security systems. Key responsibilities include driving the adoption of DevOps practices, designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines, and automating infrastructure provisioning while ensuring compliance with Defence security requirements.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated senior‑level experience delivering DevOps and CI/CD solutions in complex environments
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipeline design and automation
• Proven ability to operate in high‑assurance / regulated environments
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non‑technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Drive the adoption and maturity of DevOps practices, tooling, and platforms across ASD environments
• Design, implement, and support CI/CD pipelines for applications, infrastructure, and databases
• Implement and maintain observability capabilities including monitoring, logging, and alerting
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using infrastructure‑as‑code principles
• Identify, assess, and mitigate release engineering and availability risks during planning and delivery
• Improve developer productivity, release frequency, and operational outcomes through automation
• Support secure build, integration, and deployment pipelines aligned to Defence security requirements
• Plan, automate, test, and deploy database changes using controlled pipeline processes
• Identify and implement process and tooling improvements across DevOps workflows
• Provide senior technical guidance on integration, build, and deployment practices
• Produce and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and recovery procedures

Degrees

Security clearance

Relocation