DevOps Engineer

Red Energy; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 weeks parental leave

Option to buy 4 weeks additional leave

Dog-friendly office

3 days in office, 2 days remote

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Red Energy Pty Ltd seeks a DevOps Engineer for a 12‑month fixed-term contract in Melbourne. You will design, deliver and maintain high-quality cloud services powering our retail operations, balancing on-prem and cloud environments with automation and agile methods.

You’ll strengthen security and compliance, drive CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with internal teams to maximise system availability and performance.

Qualifications

• 3+ years as a DevOps Engineer.
• Strong Linux (Redhat/Ubuntu), CLI and Shell scripting.
• Proven OpenShift and/or Kubernetes experience.
• GitLab, Gitflow, GitOps and CI/CD pipelines (ArgoCD).
• Azure expertise with Terraform IaC.
• OpenTelemetry and Grafana Cloud proficiency.
• Networking basics incl SDN, policies and micro-segmentation.
• GCP or other cloud services advantageous.
• Familiar with WAF/Proxy like CloudFlare.

Responsibilities

• Design, deliver and maintain cloud services for retail operations.
• Maintain security posture, regulatory compliance and best practices.
• Adopt agile approach to infrastructure and deliver quality systems.
• Liaise with stakeholders to maximise availability of critical systems.
• Manage and evolve CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, ArgoCD).
• Monitor and optimise cloud platforms for performance and security.
• Build strong relationships to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

Skills

Linux/Unix

OpenShift/Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

GitOps

Azure

Networking

OpenTelemetry

GCP/Other Cloud

Cloud security

Tools

GitLab

ArgoCD

Terraform

CloudFlare

OpenTelemetry

Grafana Cloud

Job description

About Us:

At Red Energy, we are passionate about providing award-winning customer service to over 1.5 million of our customers across the country. Owned by the mighty Snowy Hydro, we are 100% Australian owned which our customers love us for. Our award winning team have won 16 consecutive Canstar Blue Awards for best overall customer satisfaction amongst Victorian electricity providers. Ready for a new career - come grow with us!

About the Role

We’re looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. Reporting to the Infrastructure Manager, you will be at the forefront of our technology evolution, helping us design, deliver, and maintain the high-quality cloud services that power our retail operations.

In this role, you’ll be part of a team that acts as a bridge between technology and business, ensuring our information systems are secure, scalable, and always available. This is a unique opportunity to work with modern toolsets across on-prem and cloud environments while helping elevate our digital maturity through automation and agile methodologies.

In this role, you will:

• Identify, participate in the design, and deliver cloud-based IT services that align with our technology vision and drive greater business performance.
• Maintain our security posture and compliance standards, ensuring all new software developments meet regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
• Adopt and encourage an agile approach to infrastructure, delivering quality systems that meet both commercial objectives and end-user needs.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders and the T&D group to provide expert guidance on cloud operations, maximising the availability of our critical systems.
• Manage and evolve our CI/CD pipelines, utilising tools like GitLab and ArgoCD to ensure seamless and continuous delivery.
• Monitor and optimise our cloud platforms, ensuring robust performance and security across our environments.
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships to ensure our technology services are delivered on time and within budget.

What we’re looking for:

• 3+ years of experience as a DevOps Engineer. You should be highly proficient with Linux (Redhat/Ubuntu), CLI, and Shell Scripting.
• Strong working knowledge of OpenShift Container Platform and/or Kubernetes.
• Proven track record with GitLab, Gitflow, GitOps, and CI/CD pipelines to ensure high-quality software delivery such as continuous Delivery tools like ArgoCD.
• Strong expertise in Azure, combined with hands‑on experience using Terraform to drive infrastructure as code.
• Experience with OpenTelemetry and Grafana Cloud.
• Reasonable understanding of networking, including SDN network routing, network policies, and micro‑segmentation.
• Experience with GCP or other cloud services is highly advantageous.
• Familiarity with WAF and Proxy services such as CloudFlare.

The Perks:

• 30 weeks of paid parental leave for primary carers. Plus, the option to purchase 4 weeks of additional annual leave (up to 8 weeks off every year!).
• Competitive employee rates for your Red Energy electricity & gas bills.
• Dog-friendly office.
• Enjoy flexible working arrangements with 3 days in the office, 2 days remote.
• We actively support your professional journey. Gain experience across different areas of the team to fuel your career development and explore internal advancement opportunities.

If you're ready to bring your energy, ideas, and technical expertise into a team that values Teamwork, Ownership and Agility — we’d love to hear from you.