Lead DevOps Engineer - DHSA

SA Health; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 116,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

SA Health in Adelaide CBD seeks a Lead DevOps Engineer to guide strategic DevOps planning, development, and delivery across hybrid on‑premises and cloud environments. You will drive CI/CD adoption and automate pipelines to support secure, scalable solutions.

You will lead technical directions, mentor teams, manage risks, and oversee vendor relationships to meet service levels and security requirements. This is a full‑time, ongoing role with confirmation processes.

Qualifications

• Lead strategic planning, development, and evaluation of DevOps programs.
• Drive DevOps practices, toolsets, and CI/CD pipelines across projects.
• Provide technical leadership for complex DevOps and platform engineering initiatives.
• Manage vendor relationships and ensure service levels and security requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of complex DevOps programs across hybrid environments.
• Direct and evaluate CI/CD pipelines, automation, and software delivery processes.
• Provide technical leadership for cloud, on-premises, and platform services initiatives.
• Oversee vendor/supplier relationships and ensure performance and security commitments.

Skills

DevOps leadership

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud & on-premises

Vendor management

Job description

Job no: 955512
Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide CBD
Categories: Science, Engineering, Technical, Information/Communication Technology, Project and Program Management

• Department for Health and Wellbeing – Digital Health SA – Technology & Infrastructure - Application Solutioning and Delivery
• Salary: $116,089 to $125,490 – ASO7 – Full Time / Ongoing – Permanent

Overview

• Lead the strategic planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of complex DevOps programs, functions, and services to support the continuous integration, delivery, deployment, and operation of secure, reliable, and scalable solutions across complex hybrid on-premises and cloud environments.
• Lead, direct, and evaluate the delivery of DevOps practices, toolsets, and CI/CD pipelines, driving automation and continuous improvement across the software development lifecycle. Contribute expert technical leadership to the planning and delivery of Digital Health SA projects and initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership in the assessment, planning, and delivery of complex DevOps and platform engineering initiatives, including the evaluation of work requests, management of technical risk, and oversight of change assessment activities for critical cloud, infrastructure, and application platform services.
• Lead the management of vendor and supplier relationships for DevOps, platform, cloud, and application services, including service performance monitoring, escalation management, and ensuring vendors meet agreed service levels, security requirements, delivery commitments, and organisational objectives.

SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.

We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

Criminal History Screening Requirement

• A ‘National Police Certificate’ NPC (also known as a ‘Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check’ NCCHC) for employment involving no contact with vulnerable groups is required for this position (general employment).

Immunisation Risk for this position is Category C (minimal patient contact).

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Enquiries

Louise Calo
Manager, Platform and Data Solutions
Phone:[phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Application Closing Date

Friday, 20 November 2026 – 11:55 PM

Attachments

• 955512 - Lead DevOps Engineer - DHSA - Role Description.pdf
• Digital Health SA Employee Value Proposition.pdf
• Australian Applicant Guidelines
• International Applicant Guidelines

Advertised: 10 Nov 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time
Applications close: 20 Nov 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time

Lead the strategic planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of complex DevOps programs, functions, and services to support the continuous integration, delivery, deployment, and operation of secure, reliable, and scalable solutions across complex hybrid on-premises and cloud environments.

Lead the strategic planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of complex DevOps programs, functions, and services to support the continuous integration, delivery, deployment, and operation of secure, reliable, and scalable solutions across complex hybrid on-premises and cloud environments.