Security-Cleared Senior DevOps Engineer

PDG Power Data Group; Canberra; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

PDG Power Data Group is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer in Canberra to support secure, scalable platforms underpinning national security systems. The role emphasizes delivering DevOps and CI/CD solutions within high‑assurance environments, driving automation, and ensuring robust release processes.

You will design and implement pipelines for applications, databases, and infrastructure, while enhancing observability and automation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience delivering DevOps/CI/CD solutions in complex environments
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipeline design and automation
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management
• Systems integration and build automation
• Secure software development practices
• Proven ability to operate in high-assurance / regulated environments
• Experience contributing to availability management, resilience and disaster recovery
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Drive the adoption and maturity of DevOps practices, tooling, and platforms across ASD environments
• Design, implement, and support CI/CD pipelines for applications, infrastructure, and databases
• Implement and maintain observability capabilities including monitoring, logging, and alerting
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using infrastructure-as-code principles
• Identify, assess, and mitigate release engineering and availability risks during planning and delivery
• Improve developer productivity, release frequency, and operational outcomes through automation
• Support secure build, integration, and deployment pipelines aligned to Defence security requirements
• Plan, automate, test, and deploy database changes using controlled pipeline processes
• Identify and implement process and tooling improvements across DevOps workflows
• Provide senior technical guidance on integration, build, and deployment practices
• Produce and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and recovery procedures

Skills

DevOps practices

CI/CD pipelines

Observability

Infrastructure as Code

Systems integration

Secure software development

High‑assurance environments

Availability management

Disaster recovery

Stakeholder communication

Education

Degree in Computer Science / ICT

Job description

PDG Power Data Group is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer in Canberra to support secure, scalable platforms underpinning national security systems. The role emphasizes delivering DevOps and CI/CD solutions within high‑assurance environments, driving automation, and ensuring robust release processes.

You will design and implement pipelines for applications, databases, and infrastructure, while enhancing observability and automation.