Senior Full-Stack & Cloud DevOps Lead

University of Newcastle; Newcastle City Council; On-site; AUD 121,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Flexible working arrangements

35 hour week

Superannuation 17%

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

The University of Newcastle invites a Senior Full Stack Developer / Senior DevOps Engineer to provide technical leadership across cloud platforms, application development and integration services. This hands-on role designs, builds and supports modern solutions on AWS while mentoring a small technical team and promoting best practices.

You will develop frontend in React, backend and integration services, implement IaC and CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver reliable,

Qualifications

• Experience leading and mentoring engineers across a small technical team.
• Strong AWS experience across development, deployment and operations.
• Proven ability to design, build and operate cloud-based solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and operate modern solutions on AWS.
• Build and support backend, integration and web applications.
• Develop cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code and automation.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.
• Build and integrate services using technologies such as API Gateway, AppSync, Lambda, ECS and SQS.
• Develop modern front‑end applications using React and contemporary web technologies.
• Implement monitoring, observability, alerting and operational support practices.
• Diagnose complex technical issues and contribute to the ongoing evolution of University technology platforms.
• Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers and promote effective software engineering and DevOps practices.
• Work closely with stakeholders and delivery teams to understand problems, develop practical solutions and achieve delivery outcomes.

Skills

Senior software engineer

Cloud & DevOps leadership

Mentoring engineers

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS CDK

SAM

AppSync

Lambda

ECS

SQS

React

Job description

The University of Newcastle invites a Senior Full Stack Developer / Senior DevOps Engineer to provide technical leadership across cloud platforms, application development and integration services. This hands-on role designs, builds and supports modern solutions on AWS while mentoring a small technical team and promoting best practices.

You will develop frontend in React, backend and integration services, implement IaC and CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver reliable,