Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Calleo Australia; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Long-term contract with extension potential

Collaborative team environment

Opportunity to work on large-scale projects

National-level impact

Job summary

Calleo Australia is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to manage, implement, and retire infrastructure that supports critical digital services. The role requires a strong background in AWS, particularly with EKS and Kubernetes.

You will be responsible for designing cloud infrastructure, maintaining CI/CD pipelines and ensuring operational readiness for new builds. The position offers a collaborative team environment and the chance to contribute to national-level security outcomes.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience as Senior DevOps AWS Engineer.
• Strong technical experience in cloud security.
• Must have an AGSVA NV1 security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and manage AWS Cloud infrastructure.
• Provide level 2 and 3 support for platform builds.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• 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.

Skills

AWS Cloud infrastructure management

Kubernetes containerisation

Terraform and CDK experience

CI/CD pipeline development

Cloud security best practices

Cloud security

NV1 clearance

EKS

AWS cloud

Tools

Terraform

CDK

Kubernetes

AWS Cloud Platform

EKS

ECS

Job description

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.