Principal DevOps Engineer - Platform Infrastructure

Saltus Group; City of Melbourne; Remote; AUD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading enterprise IT consulting organization is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to lead large-scale cloud-native infrastructure initiatives across Australia and New Zealand. This role requires deep expertise in AWS, GCP, or Azure, along with hands-on experience in Infrastructure-as-Code. Responsibilities include architecting multi-region infrastructure, leading CI/CD strategies, and driving reliability practices. Join a collaborative culture with a strategic focus on modern engineering and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 6+ years’ experience in DevOps or Infrastructure Engineering within complex production environments.
• Deep expertise in cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Strong hands-on Infrastructure-as-Code experience using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.

Responsibilities

• Architect multi-region, multi-cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Lead CI/CD strategy and platform modernization.
• Drive observability and reliability practices.

Skills

DevOps

Infrastructure Engineering

AWS

GCP

Azure

Kubernetes

Infrastructure-as-Code

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.