Security-Cleared Senior DevOps Engineer – CI/CD & Resilience

Powerdata Group Consulting; Canberra; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Powerdata Group Consulting in Canberra, Australia, is seeking highly experienced Senior DevOps Engineers to support secure, scalable platforms underpinning national security systems.

The role centers on delivering and operating DevOps pipelines, IaC, and observability, with emphasis on high-assurance environments and Defence security requirements.

You will mentor teams, create runbooks and align release practices with accreditation processes across Defence and intelligence domains.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, ICT, or equivalent
• 5+ years of senior-level DevOps and CI/CD delivery experience
• Strong experience with CI/CD design and automation, IaC and configuration management
• Systems integration and build automation
• Experience in high-assurance / regulated environments
• Experience with availability management, resilience, and disaster recovery
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience in Defence, intelligence, or national security environments
• Familiarity with SFIA-aligned roles at Level 4–5
• Experience with systems requiring accreditation and operational resilience

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 experience

Observability

Automation

Stakeholder communication

Education

Degree in Computer Science, ICT, or equivalent

Job description

Powerdata Group Consulting in Canberra, Australia, is seeking highly experienced Senior DevOps Engineers to support secure, scalable platforms underpinning national security systems.

The role centers on delivering and operating DevOps pipelines, IaC, and observability, with emphasis on high-assurance environments and Defence security requirements.

You will mentor teams, create runbooks and align release practices with accreditation processes across Defence and intelligence domains.