Senior Specialist DevOps Engineer

Rio Tinto; Brisbane; In loco; AUD 140.000 - 190.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Competitive base salary with incentive

Private health insurance

Share ownership plan

Salary packaging options

Career development support

Descrizione del lavoro

Rio Tinto is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, build and operate secure, scalable platform capabilities that enable data, analytics and AI solutions. You will work in an open, collaborative environment focusing on automation and practical problem-solving across cloud environments.

You will improve developer experience and deployment performance using reusable patterns, self-service capabilities and resilient services, collaborating across IS&T, EA, Cloud and security teams to drive

Competenze

• Strong platform engineering and DevOps capability with IaC, CI/CD, release automation and cloud design.
• Experience designing and supporting enterprise-scale cloud platforms in Azure or AWS.
• Hands-on with Terraform, GitHub, containers, monitoring/observability and security controls.

Mansioni

• Design, build and operate secure, scalable platform services enabling data, analytics and AI workloads across cloud environments.
• Build and maintain IaC, CI/CD pipelines and release automation using Terraform and GitHub.
• Create reusable, self-service platform capabilities for engineering teams.
• Improve reliability, observability and deployment performance via SRE practices and automation.
• Lead investigation and resolution of complex platform incidents and enable self-healing capabilities.
• Embed secure-by-design controls and governance across platform services.
• Collaborate with EA, Cloud, Cyber Security, Data teams and stakeholders to deliver platform outcomes.

Conoscenze

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

Release automation

Cloud solution design

Terraform

GitHub

Containerisation

Monitoring

Observability tooling

Security controls

Formazione

Degree in CS/Engineering or related

Cloud certification (Azure/AWS/GCP)

Strumenti

Databricks

Foundry

Descrizione del lavoro

• Shape secure, scalable platform engineering that enables data, analytics and AI solutions across Rio Tinto
• Work at the leading edge of DevOps, Databricks and AI enablement, improving automation, reliability and self-service capabilities at enterprise scale
• Permanent full-time opportunity based in Brisbane or Perth

We’re Finding Better Ways to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values - care, courage and curiosity - guide how we work and how we treat each other.

About the role

We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, build and operate secure, scalable and reliable platform capabilities that help Rio Tinto teams deliver data, analytics and AI solutions efficiently. You will join an open, dynamic platform engineering environment where innovation, automation, and practical problem-solving are central to how the team works.

With a particular focus on data and AI infrastructure, you will improve developer experience and deployment performance through reusable engineering patterns, self-service capabilities, and resilient cloud services. You will work across IS&T, Enterprise Architecture, Cloud, Cyber Security and digital teams in our Product Groups and Functions, helping teams adopt the platform capabilities you build and continuously improving how they are consumed.

What you'll be doing

Working in an open, collaborative and innovative platform engineering team within IS&T, you will be:

• Designing, building and operating secure, scalable platform services that enable data, analytics and AI workloads across cloud environments
• Building and maintaining Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines and release automation using tools such as Terraform and GitHub
• Creating reusable, self-service platform capabilities that make infrastructure easier for engineering teams to consume and adopt
• Improving platform reliability, observability, deployment performance and operational efficiency through Site Reliability Engineering practices, monitoring and automation
• Leading the investigation and resolution of complex platform incidents and service issues, including opportunities to introduce intelligent and self-healing capabilities
• Embedding secure-by-design controls, identity and access management, governance standards and maintainable engineering patterns across platform services
• Partnering with Enterprise Architecture, Cloud, Cyber Security, Data Science, Data Engineering, Product Groups, Functions, delivery partners and vendors to deliver platform outcomes and guide effective adoption
• Identifying opportunities to improve reliability, security, cost optimisation and engineering quality as Rio Tinto evolves its Platform Engineering, DevOps and AI Enablement capabilities

About you

We’re looking for someone whose experience aligns with the key requirements below. You do not need to meet every 'helpful for success' item to apply, if you bring relevant experience and are excited by the opportunity, we encourage you to submit an application.

Required for Success

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• Strong platform engineering and DevOps capability, including Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, release automation and modern cloud solution design
• Demonstrated experience designing, operating and supporting enterprise-scale cloud platforms and production environments in Azure or AWS
• Experience supporting data, analytics or AI platforms, with capability to improve platform reliability, automation and developer experience
• Hands‑on experience with Terraform or comparable Infrastructure as Code tooling, source control such as GitHub, containerisation, monitoring and observability tooling, and security and identity controls
• Experience translating complex platform needs into practical outcomes and working across technical and business teams to build adoption, documentation and service excellence

Helpful for Success

• Experience with Databricks, Lakehouse platforms, machine learning infrastructure or AI/ML platform operations
• Experience with Foundry or related enterprise data platform environments
• A degree in computer science, engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience
• Professional cloud certification in Azure, AWS or Google Cloud

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you've helped the world progress.

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Company provided insurance cover
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• Ongoing access tofamily-friendly health and medical wellbeingsupport
• Leave for all of life's reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick & cultural leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

Where you'll be working

Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) is a global function delivering integrated and critical IT services and support to Rio Tinto's mines, refineries, smelters, remote operationscentresand corporate offices. IS&T's mission is to power Rio Tinto's pioneers with data and technology, enhancing safety, productivity, and value for the business. Through our collaborative partnerships and a deep understanding of our mining and metals business, IS&T carefully balances the implementation of 'here and now' solutions with emerging technologies that will help to create thedigitally-optimisedRio Tinto of tomorrow.

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.

We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs - striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can't do it on our own, so we're focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win situations and meet opportunities.

Respect and Inclusion

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTQ+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome - they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.