Senior Devops Engineer

Datacom

Australia

Hybrid

AUD 120,000 - 190,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EA

Ongoing learning and certifications

Career development opportunities

Industry-leading learning platforms

Recognition programmes

Employee discounts

Job summary

Datacom is hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer to join a high-performance Operations team in Australia. You’ll work on scalable, maintainable customer-facing systems, emphasising automation and IaC with a modern stack. The role is hybrid (3 days onsite, 2 days work from home) across Australian offices.

Australian citizenship and NV1 security clearance eligibility are required. The team collaborates in an Agile environment, leveraging VMware, GitLab CI/CD, Puppet Bolt, Ansible, and container tooling

Qualifications

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts and full stack automation including CI/CD.
Strong background in automating operations and delivering repeatable, reliable platforms.
Ability to design and implement platform automation in collaboration with SMEs.

Responsibilities

Establishing and maintaining operational excellence with automation across multiple technologies.
Operate OS deployment, configuration, and security hardening.
Install and configure application middleware platforms.
Deploy to VMware and VMware Cloud on AWS.
Code deployment and platform lifecycle management.
Reporting for audit and compliance requirements.
Ensure high availability through reliable change and release processes.
Engage with customers through technical collaboration and solution design.

Skills

CI/CD

IaC

Automation

Agile

Collaboration

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Puppet Bolt

Ansible

PowerShell DSC

F5 BIG-IP

APM

Infoblox DDI

HAProxy

Prometheus

Alertmanager

Grafana

RESTful API

Bash

Python

PowerShell

Javascript

VMware vRO

Rundeck

RPM packaging

Chocolatey packaging

Docker

Buildah

Podman

Artifactory

Job description

About Us

At Datacom, we combine technology, expertise, and talented people to help organisations thrive in a rapidly changing world. As one of Australasia's leading technology providers, we work with customers across industries to solve real-world problems and deliver meaningful outcomes.

Whether we're supporting governments, enterprise organisations, or growing businesses, we're committed to creating meaningful outcomes for our customers, communities, and each other.

About the Role

You will be joining a high-performance team in our extensive Operations business with a focus on innovative, modern approaches to improving the stability, scalability and maintainability of our customer facing systems.

As Senior DevOps Engineer, you will contribute to building solutions that solve our customers' hardest problems. You will be building elegant, maintainable, highly available and repeatable solutions, with an experimentation and continuous improvement mindset. You will work collaboratively within an Agile team of dedicated technology SMEs with access to Datacom’s global pool of technical specialists.

Please note, the team are hybrid and work across our Australian offices 3 days onsite and 2 days work from home. To be eligible for this role you will need to be an Australian Citizen and eligible to obtain NV1 security clearance.

What you’ll do

As Senior DevOps Engineer, you will be accountable for, but not limited to:

Establishing and maintaining operational excellence with automation across a number of technologies and areas, including:
Operating System deployment, configuration, and security hardening
Installation and configuration of application middleware platforms
Deployment to VMware and VMware Cloud on AWS
Code deployment and platform lifecycle management
Reporting for audit and compliance requirements
Ensuring platform high availability is maintained through reliable operational change and release processes
Customer engagement through technical collaboration and solution design

What you’ll bring

As Senior DevOps Engineer, you will contribute to the team’s existing cross functional capabilities by providing high level experience with a combination of open source and VMware automation products. You will bring a detailed understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts, and experience with full stack automation including Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD).

You will be given the ability to continually research, develop, and actively promote platform agnostic technology solutions that eliminate manual processes and solve genuine technical challenges.

If you have experience in the following technology areas, it would be an advantage, but ultimately, we’re looking for DevOps Engineers with a deep understanding and appreciation of technology that can adapt quickly to rapid, iterative change.

Operating Systems

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Windows Server

Configuration Management

git, GitLab CI/CD
Puppet including Puppet Bolt
Ansible
PowerShell DSC

Networking / Load Balancing

F5 BIG-IP including Access Policy Manager (APM)
Infoblox DDI
HAProxy

Monitoring

Prometheus
Alertmanager
Grafana

Automation / Scripting

RESTful API integration and development
Bash, Python
PowerShell
Javascript, VMware vRO
Rundeck

Software Packaging / Deployment

RPM packaging
Chocolatey packaging
Docker / Buildah / Podman container development
Artifactory

Please Note: If the above product stack isn’t exactly what you’ve been working with, don’t be discouraged. We’re always keen to speak to candidates that work in similar environments that can demonstrate an ability to implement innovative solutions with equivalent products.

Culture and benefits

Join a team where you'll be supported to grow your career, prioritise your wellbeing, and make a genuine impact. From industry-leading learning and development opportunities to parental leave, wellbeing support, and employee benefits, we're committed to helping our people thrive both professionally and personally.

We're passionate about creating a workplace where people feel supported, empowered, and inspired to do their best work. Whether you're developing new skills, tackling complex challenges, or collaborating with some of the best minds in the industry, you'll be part of a team that values curiosity, innovation, inclusion, and making a genuine difference.

Why you will love working here