Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Calleo Australia; Canberra; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative team environment

Long-term contract with extension potential

Opportunity to work on large-scale projects

Job summary

Calleo Australia is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to support digital services through managing physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructure. Candidates need at least 5 years of experience as a Senior DevOps AWS Engineer, with strong expertise in Kubernetes and EKS.

This role offers a collaborative environment and is open to Australian Citizens only, particularly those with NV1/NV2 security clearance. The contract has potential for extension and involves meaningful contributions to national-level outcomes.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience as Senior DevOps AWS Engineer specializing in EKS and Kubernetes.
• Strong technical experience and proficiency across cloud security best practices.
• Must have an AGSVA NV1 security clearance.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automating build, test and deployment processes.
• Use Terraform and CDK for infrastructure orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Implement, manage and retire the infrastructure supporting digital services.
• Design, implement and manage AWS Cloud infrastructure.
• Provide level 2 and 3 support for new platform builds.

Skills

Cloud Security Best Practices

AWS Cloud Infrastructure

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD Pipelines

Tools

AWS EKS

CDK

EKS

Terraform

CDK

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Canberra Location, NV1 Clearance, Initial 12 months contract

The Client

Our client is a statutory agency in the Defence portfolio that defends Australia against global threats and advances our national interests through the provision of foreign intelligence, cyber security and offensive cyber operations as directed by the Australian Government.

Role

As an Infrastructure Engineer you will implement, manage and retire the infrastructure (including physical, virtual, networking and cloud infrastructure) that supports digital services.

Responsibilities

• Minimum 5 years' experience as Senior DevOps AWS Engineer specialising in EKS and Kubernetes
• Design, implement and manage AWS Cloud infrastructure.
• Provide level 2 and 3 support and go-live operational readiness for new platform builds.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automating build, test and deployment processes.
• Use tools like Terraform and CDK for infrastructure orchestration.
• Create and maintain detailed technical design documents.
• Develop and execute test plans.

You will have

• Must have an AGSVA NV1 security clearance
• Strong technical experience and proficiency across cloud security best practice.
• Strong experience with containerisation for Kubernetes, ECS and EKS.
• Deep understanding of AWS Cloud Platform infrastructure and AWS landing zones.
• Experience in transitioning complex infrastructure to AWS, driving innovation through cloud native solutions.

What's on Offer

• Collaborative team environment
• Long-term contract with extension potential
• Opportunity to work on large-scale projects
• Meaningful work contributing to national-level outcomes

Onsite, working arrangements will be at the discretion of the assigned work area, subject to operational need. Due to the nature of our clients operations, not all work areas can accommodate work from home.

Due to the nature of this role, this job is open to Australian Citizens only, NV1/NV2 security cleared candidates are encouraged to apply.

Calleo is an equal opportunity employer and we encourage applications from all people including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.