Senior DevOps Engineers (EL1 Equivalent)

Role Overview

We are seeking highly experienced Senior DevOps Engineers to support the delivery integration and operation of secure scalable and resilient platforms that underpin critical national security systems.

Key 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 infrastructureascode 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
  

Required Skills & Experience

• Degree in Computer Science ICT or equivalent professional experience (5 years)
  
• Demonstrated seniorlevel experience delivering DevOps and CI/CD solutions in complex environments
  
• Strong experience with:
  • CI/CD pipeline design and automation
    
  • Infrastructure as Code and configuration management
    
  • Systems integration and build automation
    
  • Secure software development practices
    
• Proven ability to operate in highassurance / regulated environments
  
• Experience contributing to or leading availability management resilience and disaster recovery practices
  
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and nontechnical stakeholders
  

Desirable Experience

• Experience working in Defence intelligence or national security environments
  
• Familiarity with SFIAaligned roles at Level 45
  
• Experience supporting systems requiring accreditation assurance and operational resilience
  
• Prior exposure to large federated platforms or missioncritical systems