Hybrid DevOps Lead — Cloud, CI/CD & Security

EML Group; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Fitness Passport

Discounts via RewardsHub

Corporate wellbeing program

Learning and development

EAP access

Celebration events

Annual incentive scheme

Job summary

EML Group is expanding its Technology team in Sydney and seeks a DevOps Lead to drive automation, cloud infrastructure and secure software delivery. You will lead a growing team, shape engineering standards, and partner with AI and security specialists to implement high-impact improvements.

The role focuses on Terraform/Ansible, Kubernetes, and robust CI/CD across cloud and on-premise setups, with a strong emphasis on security and reliability in a mission-critical Workers Compensation platform.

Qualifications

• 7+ years IT experience, including 5 years in DevOps, SRE or cloud infrastructure, and 3 years leading a technical team.
• Hands-on AWS and Azure hybrid environments with Terraform, Ansible, Linux and scripting.
• Experience managing containerised apps using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong CI/CD implementation skills with GitHub Actions or equivalent, GitOps and progressive delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the DevOps team, setting engineering standards and coaching.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines and automation for fast, reliable releases across cloud and on-premise environments.
• Design and manage infrastructure using Terraform and Ansible, improving scalability and cost efficiency.
• Manage Kubernetes environments and containerised applications, ensuring availability and security.
• Strengthen monitoring, observability and incident response to preemptively resolve issues.
• Partner with AI, infrastructure and security teams to embed security and meet regulatory requirements.

Skills

AWS

Azure

Terraform

Ansible

Linux

Scripting

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

GitOps

Security practices

Communication

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

GitOps tooling

Job description

EML Group is expanding its Technology team in Sydney and seeks a DevOps Lead to drive automation, cloud infrastructure and secure software delivery. You will lead a growing team, shape engineering standards, and partner with AI and security specialists to implement high-impact improvements.

The role focuses on Terraform/Ansible, Kubernetes, and robust CI/CD across cloud and on-premise setups, with a strong emphasis on security and reliability in a mission-critical Workers Compensation platform.