DevSecOps Engineer: Secure CI/CD & Cloud Automation

00160 Leidos Australia Pty Ltd.; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to embed security, automation and reliability across the software delivery lifecycle. You will collaborate with engineering, security and platform teams to design secure, scalable solutions for mission-critical services.

Responsibilities include building secure CI/CD pipelines, automating operational processes and applying IaC in cloud environments (Azure/AWS/GCP). Strong scripting and containerisation skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in DevSecOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering or a similar role.
• Experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps, GitLab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins or similar platforms.
• Capability in cloud technologies and services, preferably within Azure, AWS or Google Cloud environments.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation or equivalent.
• Knowledge of secure software development practices, vulnerability management, application security testing and security-by-design principles.
• Experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Ability to automate operational and security processes using scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell or Bash.
• Well-developed communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, security and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and enhance secure CI/CD pipelines, ensuring security controls are integrated throughout the development and deployment lifecycle.
• Collaborate with software engineers, cloud specialists and cyber security teams to improve platform reliability, automate operational processes and strengthen security posture.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code, cloud-native environments and security tooling that enable scalable, repeatable and compliant delivery practices.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to optimise automation, monitoring, vulnerability management and DevSecOps practices across the delivery environment.

Skills

DevSecOps

Platform Engineering

Site Reliability

Cloud technologies

IaC

Security by design

Docker

Kubernetes

Scripting

Communication

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitLab

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Terraform

Bicep

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Job description

Leidos Australia is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to embed security, automation and reliability across the software delivery lifecycle. You will collaborate with engineering, security and platform teams to design secure, scalable solutions for mission-critical services.

Responsibilities include building secure CI/CD pipelines, automating operational processes and applying IaC in cloud environments (Azure/AWS/GCP). Strong scripting and containerisation skills are essential.