DevOps / CI/CD Engineer – Snowflake Platform

Nixil Pty; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Nixil Pty is seeking a DevOps / CI/CD Engineer to help build and automate a secure Snowflake data platform. The role is based in Australia with office locations across CBDs and starts as a 3-month contract with extension options.

You will automate deployments, establish Git workflows, and implement IaC with Terraform while enhancing monitoring, observability, and release controls across development to production environments.

Qualifications

• Proven DevOps and CI/CD engineering experience across Snowflake and data platforms.
• Banking or financial-services experience in large, regulated enterprises.
• Hands-on with AWS, Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Strong dbt experience including deployment automation.
• Experience with Snowpark/Python.
• Git, source-control and automation of environments and releases.
• Experience implementing platform monitoring and observability.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for Snowflake and data platforms, including automated Snowflake and dbt deployments.
• Establish Git workflows and source-control practices that support reliable delivery.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform and IaC.
• Automate environment deployment and promotion across development, testing and production.
• Integrate automated testing, release controls and operational automation into delivery pipelines.
• Implement platform monitoring and observability to support reliability and continuous improvement.

Skills

DevOps

CI/CD

Git

Observability

Automation

Snowflake

dbt

Terraform

AWS

Python

Release management

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Terraform

AWS

Python

Git

Snowpark

Job description

• Initial 3-month contract with the option to extend
• Offices-based across Australia in CBD locations

Help build the automation that powers a secure, reliable Snowflake platform.

We are seeking a DevOps / CI/CD Engineer with strong Snowflake and data-platform experience to automate deployments, streamline releases and improve platform operations within a complex, regulated enterprise environment.

This hands-on role offers the opportunity to shape deployment practices, strengthen observability and support data-platform modernisation.

What you’ll do

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for Snowflake and data platforms, including automated Snowflake and dbt deployments.
• Establish Git workflows and source-control practices that support reliable, collaborative delivery.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Automate environment deployment and promotion across development, testing and production.
• Integrate automated testing, release controls and operational automation into delivery pipelines.
• Implement platform monitoring and observability to support reliability, troubleshooting and continuous improvement.

What you’ll bring — essential requirements

• Proven DevOps and CI/CD engineering experience across Snowflake and data platforms.
• Banking or financial-services experience, including experience within large, regulated enterprise environments.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Strong dbt experience, including deployment automation.
• Experience with Snowpark/Python.
• Strong Git, source-control and infrastructure/configuration automation skills.
• Experience automating environment deployment, promotion, testing and releases.
• Experience implementing platform monitoring and observability.
• Teradata or legacy data-platform modernisation experience.
• Relevant Snowflake certifications.