AWS DevOps Engineer — Cloud Automation & Security (Remote AU)

Cipher Recruitment; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Our Client is a growing Australian technology company building operational software for the mining, engineering and heavy industry sectors. They're looking for a hands-on DevOps Engineer to take ownership of cloud infrastructure, automation, security and reliability. Location: Melbourne preferred, or remote anywhere in Australia.

Working: 3 days/week at 696 Bourke St, Melbourne, or fully remote. You'll manage AWS infrastructure, implement Terraform IaC, develop CI/CD pipelines and drive cost

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on AWS experience in production environments.
• Terraform / Infrastructure as Code experience.
• A proactive approach to cloud cost optimisation and security.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong scripting skills — Python, Bash or similar.
• Experience with Docker and ECS.
• Ownership mindset and proactive problem solving.
• Collaborative, small-team mentality and ownership of infra.

Responsibilities

• Manage and improve AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Build and maintain infrastructure using Terraform.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Identify opportunities to optimise AWS costs.
• Strengthen cloud security and support ISO 27001 initiatives.
• Manage containerised workloads using Docker and ECS.
• Own monitoring, alerting and incident response.
• Automate repetitive processes and improve developer workflows.
• Work closely with Engineering, Product and Delivery teams.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Python

Bash

Docker

ECS

Cost optimisation

Security

Tools

Docker

AWS

ECS

Job description

Our Client is a growing Australian technology company building operational software for the mining, engineering and heavy industry sectors. They're looking for a hands-on DevOps Engineer to take ownership of cloud infrastructure, automation, security and reliability. Location: Melbourne preferred, or remote anywhere in Australia.

Working: 3 days/week at 696 Bourke St, Melbourne, or fully remote. You'll manage AWS infrastructure, implement Terraform IaC, develop CI/CD pipelines and drive cost