Principal Devops Engineer - Platform Infrastructure

Saltus Group; Australia; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

The role requires 6+ years in DevOps, deep cloud expertise (AWS/GCP/Azure), and hands-on IaC and Kubernetes experience. You will mentor a distributed team and drive security, observability, and cost optimization.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of DevOps or Infrastructure Engineering experience in complex production environments.
• Deep expertise in AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Hands-on Infrastructure-as-Code experience.
• Production Kubernetes and container orchestration experience.
• Strong architectural leadership and commitment to operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Architect multi-region, multi-cloud infrastructure using IaC.
• Lead CI/CD strategy and platform modernization.
• Drive observability and reliability practices, including SLOs and incident response maturity.
• Mentor and lead a distributed DevOps team across Australia and New Zealand.
• Optimize cost, performance, and scalability across AWS, GCP, and/or Azure.
• Embed security and compliance controls aligned to enterprise standards.

Skills

AWS

GCP

Azure

Infrastructure as Code

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Observability

Security

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

GitHub Actions

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

GitHub Actions

Job description

Job Description

We're partnering with a leading enterprise IT consulting organization to hire a Principal DevOps Engineer to lead large-scale, cloud-native infrastructure initiatives across Australia and New Zealand.

This role sits at the heart of a high-throughput platform environment—routing thousands of customer interactions daily, executing millions of API and monitoring calls, and orchestrating petabytes of data across hybrid and multi-cloud systems. Reliability isn't optional—it's mission-critical.

As Principal DevOps Engineer, you will architect and lead the evolution of modern infrastructure platforms, enabling engineering teams to deploy faster, operate safely, and scale confidently.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect multi-region, multi-cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar).
• Lead CI/CD strategy and platform modernization, supporting frequent, safe production deployments.
• Drive observability and reliability practices, including SLOs, monitoring strategy, and incident response maturity.
• Mentor and lead a distributed DevOps team across Australia and New Zealand.
• Optimize cost, performance, and scalability across AWS, GCP, and/or Azure.
• Embed security and compliance controls aligned to enterprise and regulatory standards.

What We're Looking For

• For 6+ years' experience in DevOps or Infrastructure Engineering within complex production environments.
• Deep expertise in AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Strong hands-on Infrastructure-as-Code experience.
• Production Kubernetes and container orchestration experience.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and strong architectural thinking.
• Commitment to operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Why This Opportunity?

• Strategic, high-impact infrastructure leadership.
• Enterprise-scale environment with modern cloud-native stack.
• Distributed, collaborative engineering culture.
• Stability of a global consulting organization with exposure to cutting-edge platform transformation.