Associate DevOps Engineer – Cloud, Security & CI/CD

Shift Financial; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

26 weeks parental leave

Job summary

Shift Financial, based in Sydney, offers a hands-on path to learn cloud infrastructure and security with real ownership. You’ll work alongside engineers learning practices that cannot be taught in a classroom and contribute to security across Shift's apps and platforms.

You’ll gain hands-on experience with deployment pipelines, CI/CD tooling, and security testing while supporting the team in building robust, secure infrastructure for Shift Online, Shift Trade, Shift Partner and TM Vault.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years' experience in a cloud infrastructure or security-focused role, or a relevant tertiary qualification with demonstrated interest (projects, internships, personal builds).
• Exposure to at least one scripting or programming language (Python, PowerShell, Bash or C#).
• Hands-on experience with Azure or AWS (IaaS/PaaS).
• Awareness of Docker, Kubernetes and Helm, and a genuine appetite to go deeper.
• Foundational understanding of security concepts (IAM, WAF, vulnerability management).
• Curiosity about CI/CD tooling such as GitHub Enterprise, GitOps or Octopus Deploy.

Responsibilities

• Support the design, build and integration of security solutions across Shift's applications and tooling.
• Help maintain and improve the secure infrastructure underlying Shift Online, Shift Trade, Shift Partner and TM Vault.
• Get hands-on with automated deployment pipelines and DevOps best practices.
• Assist with security testing and vulnerability scanning.
• Build awareness of current security threats and industry trends.
• Be the first line of support for infrastructure requests: triaging and troubleshooting.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

Security concepts

CI/CD tooling

Collaboration

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification

Tools

Azure

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Job description

Shift Financial, based in Sydney, offers a hands-on path to learn cloud infrastructure and security with real ownership. You’ll work alongside engineers learning practices that cannot be taught in a classroom and contribute to security across Shift's apps and platforms.

You’ll gain hands-on experience with deployment pipelines, CI/CD tooling, and security testing while supporting the team in building robust, secure infrastructure for Shift Online, Shift Trade, Shift Partner and TM Vault.