Senior DevSecOps Engineer

IDEMIA; Canberra; On-site; AUD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

IDEMIA is seeking a DevSecOps engineer in Canberra to translate requirements into automated, secure software and infrastructure. You will integrate systems for cloud and on‑prem environments and drive a robust DevSecOps strategy across the full software lifecycle.

You will work on architecture, tooling, and automation to improve deployment reliability, security posture, and performance. Candidates should have extensive experience with IaC, CI/CD, and cross‑platform environments, delivering value

Qualifications

• At least 5 years’ experience in object-oriented and agile software development.
• At least 2-3 years’ experience in similar DevOps and Cloud engineering role.
• Experience with infrastructure as code and cloud/on-prem deployments.

Responsibilities

• Promotes DevSecOps and Cloud infrastructure principles
• Builds and maintains infrastructure code
• Defines and implements architectures CI/CD (Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment) process tailored for the team’s environment
• Develop infrastructure to incorporate latest technology best practices, and improve operational performance, quality considering security and service health
• Improves development, deployment and testing to make it as automated as possible
• Supports teams by sharing knowledge and best practices (including clear documents for complex integration procedures).
• Participate in software architecture (specification analysis, technical studies, technology assessment, etc.)
• Uses programming, scripting, and/or database languages to write software code/script that meets requirements and that optimize software performance
• Supports software testing, deployment, maintenance, and evolution activities by correcting programming errors, responding to scope changes, and coding software enhancements
• Documents and demonstrations solutions by developing code/script comments, layouts, diagrams and charts
• Will be assigned to work on product development, delivery and maintenance of projects.
• Operate and Troubleshoots Cloud infrastructure issues
• Builds and maintains infrastructure code

Skills

DevSecOps

Cloud engineering

CI/CD

Automation

Security awareness

Scripting

Linux/Windows

Troubleshooting

Analytical thinking

Education

Degree in Electrical / Electronics / Computer Engineering / Computer Science or a relevant discipline

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Kafka

Drools

ElasticStack

Job description

DevSecOps transform requirements into software according to design, to maximize business value and customer satisfaction. He/She must be able to do System integration, for cloud or on-prem infrastructure.

Responsible for developing and executing a Development Operations (DevSecOps) strategy to ensure quality software and infrastructure deployments and overall application health, security and performance, for cloud and on-prem infrastructure.

The candidate participates in the realization of high systems technology in the field of biometrics applied to security, civil ID and/or border control applications.

Key Missions

• Promotes DevSecOps and Cloud infrastructure principles
• Builds and maintains infrastructure code
• Defines and implements architectures CI/CD (Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment) process tailored for the team’s environment,
• Develop infrastructure to incorporate latest technology best practices, and improve operational performance, quality considering security and service health,
• Improves development, deployment and testing to make it as automated as possible,
• Supports teams by sharing knowledge and best practices (including clear documents for complex integration procedures).
• Participate in software architecture (specification analysis, technical studies, technology assessment, etc.),
• Uses programming, scripting, and/or database languages to write software code/script that meets requirements and that optimize software performance
• Supports software testing, deployment, maintenance, and evolution activities by correcting programming errors, responding to scope changes, and coding software enhancements,
• Documents and demonstrations solutions by developing code/script comments, layouts, diagrams and charts
• Will be assigned to work on product development, delivery and maintenance of projects.
• Operate and Troubleshoots Cloud infrastructure issues
• Builds and maintains infrastructure code

Profile & Other Information

• At least 5 years’ experience in object-oriented and agile software development;
• At least 2-3 years’ experience in similar DevOps and Cloud engineering role;
• Degree in Electrical / Electronics / Computer Engineering / Computer Science or a relevant discipline;
• Experience in writing Design Documentation.
• Extensive Knowledge of configuration management tools and languages (Terraform, Ansible, GIT, etc.),
• Good understanding of IT infrastructure and architecture,
• Basic database knowledge and best practices,
• Security awareness,
• Windows, GNU/Linux, networking knowledge,
• Containerization and orchestration knowledge (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.),
• Cloud knowledge (Private and Public),
• Knowledge on DevSecOps process and different tools (Jira, Testlink, GIT, etc.),
• CI/CD tools and platforms knowledge (Jenkins, CI/CD as a service, etc.),
• Ideally candidate should be familiar with open-source technologies like Kubernetes, kafka, Drools, Elasticstack etc
• Experience in Linux and Windows environment and scripting is compulsory
• Hands-on different development, automation, build and test environments (Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, etc.),
• Strong understanding of software lifecycle (agile, waterfall, etc.)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills