DevSecOps Engineer

Kinexus Australia; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 111,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Kinexus Australia is recruiting a DevSecOps Engineer for a major defence prime program based in Adelaide. The role requires NV1 security clearance and English-speaking eligibility, with an attractive base salary and extensive benefits.

Adelaide-based with Melbourne applications welcomed. You will deliver environment enhancements, monitor defence system environments, and build robust CI/CD pipelines with IaC and containerised solutions using Docker or Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• Active or eligible for Australian security clearance; compliance with ITAR.
• Experience in defence or defence-aligned environments and knowledge of ISM.
• Experience developing and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Ansible.
• Containerised solutions with Docker or Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver planned environment enhancements supporting development of the system.
• Monitor and resolve issues across the environment and defence systems.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, IaC and containerised solutions.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Linux

Security awareness

Monitoring

Container orchestration

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK Stack

Ansible

Job description

Job Description

DevSecOps Engineer - Major Defence Prime Business

Permanent position - $130,000 base salary plus extensive benefits

Adelaide based position (Melbourne-based applications also welcomed)

NV1 security clearance required - Australian citizens eligible for clearance encouraged to apply

Kinexus is a specialist defence and national security recruitment agency with over 25 years of working and specialising in the industry. We have partnered with a major defence prime with significant work with the ADF to support with recruitment on a large command and control program.

Role

• Deliver planned environment enhancements supporting development of the system.
• Monitor and resolve issues across the environment and defence systems.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, IaC and containerised solutions.

What's Needed From You

• Active or eligibility for Australian security clearance (non-Australian citizens will not be considered for this position) and compliance with ITAR laws.
• A deep knowledge of the Australian Information Security Manual (ISM) and experience in defence or defence-aligned environments.
• Experience development and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Ansible.
• Experience developing and managing containerised solutions with Docker or Kubernetes.
• Skills in monitoring and analytics tools such as Prometheus, Grafana and the ELK stack.
• Knowledge of Linux, open-source applications and tools management.