Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer – AWS, CI/CD & Observability

ASX; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Flexible working

Job summary

ASX is seeking an experienced DevOps/Platform Engineer to automate and modernize cloud infrastructure in a hybrid Sydney environment. You’ll design IaC with Terraform, build scalable AWS platforms and craft robust CI/CD pipelines while embedding security and observability throughout delivery.

The role emphasizes collaborative development, continuous improvement and adherence to secure engineering practices, with flexible working options and a focus on developer enablement.

Qualifications

• Around 5+ years of hands‑on DevOps, cloud or platform engineering experience.
• Practical experience engineering cloud infrastructure, primarily on AWS.
• Good Linux knowledge and proficiency in Python, Bash, PowerShell or similar scripting languages.
• Hands‑on experience designing and delivering Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform.
• Experience with Git and collaborative source‑control practices, including branching, pull or merge requests and peer review.
• Hands‑on experience building CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps or similar tooling.
• Practical experience with Docker, Kubernetes and container‑based delivery patterns.
• Understanding of observability as an engineering capability, with practical experience implementing metrics, logs and traces within cloud platforms and delivery workflows.
• Experience implementing OpenTelemetry instrumentation using SDKs, auto‑instrumentation or collectors.
• Experience integrating automated testing, artifact repositories, quality gates and deployment approvals into delivery workflows.
• Knowledge of cloud and pipeline security, including identity and access management, secrets management and secure configuration.
• Experience working with Agile delivery practices and tools such as Jira and Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automation solutions using Python, Bash, PowerShell or similar scripting languages.
• Build reusable tools and workflows that eliminate manual processes, improve consistency and accelerate delivery.
• Design, develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Terraform.
• Engineer and automate AWS cloud infrastructure using repeatable, version-controlled patterns.
• Build, implement and improve CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps or similar tooling.
• Manage source code, branching strategies, peer review and controlled delivery of infrastructure and application changes using Git.
• Build and deploy containerised workloads using Docker, Kubernetes or equivalent container orchestration platforms.
• Engineer observability into applications, cloud infrastructure and delivery pipelines through consistent metrics, logs and distributed tracing.
• Build reusable OpenTelemetry instrumentation patterns using SDKs, auto-instrumentation and collectors as part of application and platform delivery.
• Embed automated testing, quality gates, artifact management and deployment controls into delivery pipelines.
• Integrate security controls, secrets management and policy checks into cloud and CI/CD workflows.
• Create reusable templates, reference patterns and automation frameworks that improve developer experience and engineering productivity.
• Develop technical documentation, engineering standards and implementation guides for DevOps and observability capabilities.
• Promote DevOps, DevSecOps and observability principles, automation-first thinking and secure engineering practices.

Skills

Python scripting

Linux

Agile delivery

Security awareness

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Technology

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

OpenTelemetry

Job description

ASX is seeking an experienced DevOps/Platform Engineer to automate and modernize cloud infrastructure in a hybrid Sydney environment. You’ll design IaC with Terraform, build scalable AWS platforms and craft robust CI/CD pipelines while embedding security and observability throughout delivery.

The role emphasizes collaborative development, continuous improvement and adherence to secure engineering practices, with flexible working options and a focus on developer enablement.