Senior DevOps Engineer: Cloud Platform & Automation

Reserve Bank of Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Reserve Bank of Australia is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join the Platform Engineering team in IT, focusing on supporting DevOps services across the Bank. You will design, build, and evolve scalable hybrid infrastructure spanning on‑prem VMware and Microsoft Azure.

The role requires strong Azure experience, Terraform expertise, and proficiency with CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, and container platforms like Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• 4+ years’ experience in platform engineering, site reliability engineering, or DevOps.
• Proven experience managing Microsoft Azure and strong infrastructure knowledge.
• Experience with DevOps tooling such as Azure DevOps Services, Maven, Artifactory, or equivalent platforms.
• Strong expertise with Terraform in live production environments.
• Strong experience on PowerShell and Java or .Net.
• Experience designing and operating CI/CD and release pipelines.
• Strong Linux and Windows Server administration skills.
• Experience with configuration management and automation tooling (e.g. Puppet).
• Solid understanding of secure coding, automation security, and DevSecOps principles.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum/Kanban teams.
• Experience with Kubernetes and container platforms.
• Experience working with APIs and integration patterns.
• Demonstrated contribution to platform design patterns, standards, and architectural guidance.
• Relevant industry certifications (or working towards accreditation within 12 months).

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and evolve scalable hybrid infrastructure architectures spanning on‑premises VMware environments and Microsoft Azure.
• Contribute to development and adoption of software‑defined infrastructure patterns to improve operational efficiency, security, and system stability.
• Define and manage compute, networking, and cloud resources using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Perform analysis and design of new platform solutions, ensuring designs align with RBA enterprise architecture and IT standards.
• Evaluate and introduce emerging technologies, tools, and techniques where they deliver clear business value.

Skills

Communication

Agile/Scrum/Kanban

Linux

Windows Server

APIs & integration patterns

PowerShell

Java/.Net

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Public cloud

Education

Terraform Associate

Terraform Advanced

Tools

Azure DevOps Services

Maven

Artifactory

Terraform

Puppet

Kubernetes

PowerShell

Java/.Net

Job description

Reserve Bank of Australia is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join the Platform Engineering team in IT, focusing on supporting DevOps services across the Bank. You will design, build, and evolve scalable hybrid infrastructure spanning on‑prem VMware and Microsoft Azure.

The role requires strong Azure experience, Terraform expertise, and proficiency with CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, and container platforms like Kubernetes.