DevOps Senior Engineer

Fortescue Metals Group; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortescue Metals Group seeks an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to design, build and operate secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and AI platform delivery pipelines. You will enable self-service capabilities and guide MLOps/LLMOps workflows across AI engineers and data scientists.

You will lead initiatives with Terraform, AWS services and containerised workloads, while mentoring teams and improving platform reliability and security across Fortescue Integrated Technology (FIT).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, IT or equivalent.
• Hands-on DevOps/platform/cloud engineering in enterprise environments.
• Strong AWS experience including Lambda, IAM, VPC, S3 and CloudWatch.
• Proficient with Terraform for IaC and automated provisioning.
• Experience building CI/CD with GitHub Actions and automated tests.
• Experience deploying Docker/Kubernetes workloads and Linux networking.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and operate AWS infrastructure and AI Platform services balancing security, reliability, performance and cost.
• Develop serverless solutions using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, SQS and Step Functions.
• Create reusable Terraform modules for provisioning across dev/test/prod.
• Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, including tests, security scans and approvals.
• Automate packaging, deployment and monitoring of AI apps, models and agents for MLOps/LLMOps.
• Deploy and troubleshoot containerised workloads with Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring secure integration.
• Implement cloud security controls: least privilege, identity federation, secrets management, encryption, secure networking.
• Establish monitoring with CloudWatch, Grafana, Prometheus, Loki; lead incident investigations.

Skills

Python

Shell scripting

Linux administration

CI/CD

Security

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

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Work Location: Perth Office – Fortescue's Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people.

Roster: Monday – Friday

We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join Fortescue Integrated Technology's (FIT) Data and AI team. In this senior hands-on role, you will design, build and operate secure, scalable cloud infrastructure, delivery pipelines and automation supporting Fortescue's AI Platform. Working across AWS cloud services, serverless applications and containerised workloads, you will develop reusable engineering patterns and self-service capabilities that improve delivery speed, security and reliability. Collaborating with AI engineers, data scientists, infrastructure, networking and Cyber teams, you will influence engineering standards, mentor others and take ownership of solutions from design through to production operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and operate AWS infrastructure and shared AI Platform services, balancing security, reliability, performance and cost.
• Develop serverless and event-driven solutions using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, SQS and Step Functions.
• Develop reusable Terraform modules and automate cloud infrastructure provisioning across development, test and production environments.
• Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines using GitHub and GitHub Actions, incorporating automated testing, security scanning, approvals and rollback capabilities.
• Automate the packaging, deployment and monitoring of AI applications, models and agents, supporting MLOps and LLMOps workflows.
• Deploy, configure and troubleshoot containerised applications using Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring secure and reliable integration with enterprise platforms.
• Implement cloud security controls including least-privilege access, identity federation, secrets management, encryption and secure network connectivity.
• Establish monitoring, logging, tracing and alerting capabilities using tools such as CloudWatch, Grafana, Prometheus and Loki.
• Lead incident investigation, root cause analysis and operational improvements to enhance platform availability, performance and resilience.
• Provide technical leadership through mentoring, code reviews, documentation and collaboration with engineering, infrastructure, networking and Cyber teams.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology or equivalent industry experience.
• Significant hands-on experience in DevOps, platform engineering or cloud engineering, including delivering and operating production services in enterprise environments.
• Strong AWS experience, including Lambda, IAM, VPC networking, S3, CloudWatch and serverless or event-driven architectures.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, including reusable modules, automated provisioning and controlled infrastructure changes.
• Strong experience developing and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub and GitHub Actions, including automated testing, security controls and release management.
• Practical experience deploying and troubleshooting Docker and Kubernetes workloads, with strong Linux administration and networking knowledge.
• Strong Python and shell scripting skills, with experience developing automation, APIs and integration components.
• Understanding of AI/ML application lifecycles and MLOps/LLMOps practices, including deployment, monitoring and integration with AI model services.
• Experience implementing enterprise security and identity controls, including SSO, role-based access, secrets management and Microsoft Entra ID integration.
• Proven ability to lead technical delivery, troubleshoot complex production issues, mentor engineers and influence engineering standards across multidisciplinary teams.

About Us

Be part of something big. Fortescue is leading the world with our plan to decarbonise our iron ore operations, projects that harness renewable energy and the development of technology that will change our planet forever.

Our Commitment

Fortescue celebrates individual strengths and team members are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics.We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.