DevSecOps Application Engineering Manager

Bureau of Meteorology; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bureau of Meteorology is seeking a DevSecOps Application Engineering Manager to lead software engineering, DevSecOps, and release management across the organisation. You will shape enterprise frameworks, standards, tooling, and practices to deliver secure, scalable, high-quality software.

You will partner with executives and technical teams to drive digital transformation and governance in line with government requirements.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in DevSecOps governance and software engineering.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for software delivery governance and standards.
• Lead enterprise DevSecOps tooling, platforms, and secure patterns.
• Advise senior executives on DevSecOps and service improvement.
• Oversee workforce capability development and cross-team collaboration.
• Ensure compliance with government security, governance, and risk management.
• Drive organizational readiness and transition for new services.

Job description

DevSecOps Application Engineering Manager

The DevSecOps Application Engineering Manager is responsible for providing strategic leadership, governance, and operational oversight of the Bureau’s software engineering, DevSecOps, and release management capabilities. The role leads the development and implementation of enterprise frameworks, standards, tooling, and practices that enable secure, scalable, high-quality, and sustainable software delivery across the organisation.

This position drives the adoption of modern DevSecOps methodologies, software engineering best practices, and continuous improvement initiatives to support the Bureau’s digital transformation objectives and service delivery outcomes. It provides expert advice to senior stakeholders, leads workforce capability development, and fosters collaboration across technical teams, business areas, and external partners to ensure solutions are secure, supportable, and aligned with organisational priorities and government requirements.

The role is accountable for building a high-performing team culture, strengthening software development capability across the Bureau, monitoring enterprise software quality and security outcomes, and ensuring operational readiness for new and enhanced services. As a senior leader within IT Services, the position contributes to strategic planning, innovation, organisational change, and the achievement of broader Bureau objectives while maintaining accountability for service performance, governance, risk management, and after-hours escalation management responsibilities.

The DevSecOps Application Engineering Manager is responsible for providing strategic leadership, governance, and operational oversight of the Bureau’s software engineering, DevSecOps, and release management capabilities. The role leads the development and implementation of enterprise frameworks, standards, tooling, and practices that enable secure, scalable, high-quality, and sustainable software delivery across the organisation.

This position drives the adoption of modern DevSecOps methodologies, software engineering best practices, and continuous improvement initiatives to support the Bureau’s digital transformation objectives and service delivery outcomes. It provides expert advice to senior stakeholders, leads workforce capability development, and fosters collaboration across technical teams, business areas, and external partners to ensure solutions are secure, supportable, and aligned with organisational priorities and government requirements.

The role is accountable for building a high-performing team culture, strengthening software development capability across the Bureau, monitoring enterprise software quality and security outcomes, and ensuring operational readiness for new and enhanced services. As a senior leader within IT Services, the position contributes to strategic planning, innovation, organisational change, and the achievement of broader Bureau objectives while maintaining accountability for service performance, governance, risk management, and after-hours escalation management responsibilities.

The key duties of the position include:

• Lead the team, providing strategic direction, operational oversight, and accountability for service delivery, workforce capability, culture, and achievement of organisational outcomes.
• Develop and maintain enterprise DevSecOps, software engineering, and release management frameworks, ensuring alignment with Bureau objectives, government standards, security requirements, and industry best practice.
• Lead the implementation of DevSecOps patterns across project delivery, working with technical leads to ensure that existing patterns are fit for purpose and teams can implement DevSecOps patterns within the project scope.
• Provide strategic leadership for software delivery governance, including coding standards, quality assurance, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement initiatives across IT Services and the Bureau.
• Oversee the management and evolution of enterprise DevSecOps tooling and platforms, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, cost-effective, and support current and future business requirements.
• Provide strategic workforce planning and capability development outlining key training initiatives team leads should be implementing across the Bureau to improve the software development standards.
• Provide authoritative advice to senior executives and stakeholders on DevSecOps, software engineering, application operations, technology standards, and service improvement opportunities.
• Establish and maintain effective partnerships with architects, project teams, business areas, vendors, and technical communities to drive collaboration and successful delivery of enterprise outcomes.
• Ensure the adoption of secure, scalable, and supportable technology patterns and operational practices, complying with Bureau and Australian Government security, governance, and risk management requirements.
• Lead organisational readiness and operational transition activities for new and enhanced services, ensuring solutions can be effectively supported, maintained, and continuously improved throughout their lifecycle.
• Monitor, analyse, and report on the performance, quality, risks, and sustainability of Software standards, tools, and security postures of software development across IT Services and the Bureau, providing strategic insights and recommendations to support executive decision-making.
• Other duties as required to contribute to IT Services program outcomes.
• Available for After-Hours roster restriction as an escalation manager
• Drive innovation, continuous improvement, and organisational change initiatives, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and high performance while contributing to broader IT Services and Bureau strategic outcomes.

Getting to know the Bureau of Meteorology

The Bureau of Meteorology is one of the few organisations that touches the lives of all Australians and all Australia, every day. The Bureau works across Australia and remote islands, providing services from the Antarctic to beyond the equator, and from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific.We are Australia's national weather, climate and water agency, in the Agriculture, Water and Environment portfolio of the Australian Government, operating under the authority of the Meteorology Act 1955 and the Water Act 2007. We provide data, information, knowledge, insight and wisdom to help Australians prepare and respond to the realities of their natural environment, including droughts, floods, fires, storms, tsunami and tropical cyclones.Our products and services include observations, forecasts, analysis and advice covering Australia's atmosphere, water, oceans and space environments. We undertake focused scientific research in support of our operations and services. Through regular forecasts, warnings, monitoring and advice, we provide one of Australia's most fundamental and widely used public services.We have strong relationships with our customers, partners and stakeholders in Australia, including the Australian Community and the emergency services sectors, all-levels of Government, and focus sectors including aviation, agriculture, energy and resources, national security and water.

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