EL1 Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer

Australian Secret Intelligence Service; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ASIS is seeking a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer to lead the migration of workloads to AWS and support cloud adoption across delivery teams.

You will design and maintain foundational cloud products, embed DevOps practices, and collaborate with architects, cyber security and IT services to meet government requirements.

Five years of relevant experience and eligibility for TOP SECRET-Privileged Access clearance are required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in senior DevOps/Cloud roles.
• Experience delivering production AWS environments.
• Experience migrating workloads to AWS.
• CI/CD pipelines and automation.
• Security-focused engineering with gov standards.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, design and migrate workloads to AWS.
• Design, build and maintain cloud products (landing zones, IAM, container services).
• Provide DevOps guidance and embed automation across teams.
• Ensure cloud solutions meet Australian Government security requirements.
• Collaborate with industry and government to mature cloud standards.
• Champion cloud adoption and knowledge transfer.

Skills

Senior DevOps

Cloud engineering

AWS

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure automation

Security focus

Tools

AWS

Job description

ASIS is seeking a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer with depth of experience delivering cloud-based solutions to support the Service’s adoption and migration of workloads to AWS. Working closely with the Cloud Business Office (CBO), Solution Architects and embedding within technical delivery areas, you will provide practical engineering expertise to assist teams with cloud adoption and contribute to the Service’s broader cloud objectives.

We are looking for an experienced and pragmatic engineer who can work autonomously across application, platform and infrastructure teams. The successful candidate will have hands‑on experience designing and developing applications and/or cloud platforms, and will assist teams to design, build and migrate workloads using modern DevOps practices.

Responsibilities, accountabilities and skills for this role align to SFIA Level of Responsibility Five (LoR5).

Role responsibilities

• Provide engineering expertise to assist teams with the assessment, planning, design and migration of workloads from traditional on-premise environments to AWS.
• Design, build, and maintain foundational cloud products, including;
  • landing zones
  • identity and access management services
  • container orchestration and management services
  • development, integration and deployment automation services
  • observability and monitoring services
• Provide technical guidance and embed contemporary DevOps practices across teams, including CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure automation and reusable patterns for cloud services.
• Engage with engineering teams, architects, cyber security and IT service delivery areas to ensure cloud solutions meet Australian Government and relevant cyber security requirements.
• Champion cloud adoption by resolving technical delivery challenges and facilitating knowledge transfer on cloud technologies and practices.
• Collaborate with industry and government partners to develop and mature cloud practices, patterns and standards.

Experience Requirements:

At least five years’ experience across one or more of the following skill areas:

• Demonstrable experience as a senior full-stack developer, DevOps Engineer, Cloud Engineer, Cloud Platform Engineer or similar technical role, with the ability to work autonomously and provide practical technical leadership.
• Experience developing applications and/or designing, building, and operating production AWS cloud environments.
• Experience assessing, planning, designing and supporting the migration of workloads to AWS environments.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and contemporary DevOps principles and practices.
• Experience engineering solutions with high security focus, combining cyber security and industry standards and best practices.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to engage across application, data, platform, and infrastructure teams to embed cloud engineering practices, adopt reusable patterns and resolve technical delivery challenges.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality technical outcomes as part of a broader Cloud Business Office capability.

To be eligible for a role you must:

• Be an Australian citizen
• Be assessed as suitable to hold and maintain a TOP SECRET-Privileged Access security clearance
• For more information on eligibility please see the Protective Security Policy Framework which is publicly accessible at protectivesecurity.gov.au, Release 2026 section 18.5 provides information on Eligibility and suitability