Specialist, Digital Engineering

IAG; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Superannuation 13%

Annual leave 20 days

MyLeave extended leave

Work from home flexibility

Insurance discounts

Private health partner discounts

Parental leave 20 weeks

Learning & study support

Job summary

IAG, Australia’s leading general insurer, seeks a senior software professional to enable delivery across a diverse technology landscape in Naarm (Melbourne).

You will lead DevOps adoption, CI/CD, and automation to drive secure, scalable, high-performing digital experiences for customers, colleagues, and partners, while mentoring teams and shaping technology priorities.

Qualifications

• Experience with Java development and frameworks such as Spring Boot and Struts.
• Proficiency with build and testing tools including Maven, Gradle, JUnit, and Swagger/OpenAPI.
• Experience integrating enterprise platforms and modern cloud-based solutions.

Responsibilities

• Enable secure, scalable, and high-performing digital experiences for customers and colleagues.
• Provide technical leadership and contribute to strategic technology priorities.
• Drive innovation, continuous improvement, and risk management.
• Support delivery and management of technology products, services, and platforms.
• Lead the adoption of DevOps, CI/CD, and automation practices.
• Mentor engineering teams and support delivery planning.

Skills

Java development

Spring Boot

Struts

DevOps

CI/CD

Leadership

Tools

Maven

Gradle

JUnit

Swagger/OpenAPI

Job description

At IAG, we're ready for you. We're the largest general insurance group in Australia and New Zealand. Our family of brands turns the IAG purpose of making your world a safer place into action by helping everyday Aussies and New Zealanders, supporting their ambitions and making insurance accessible.

In this role, you will work across a diverse technology landscape, enabling software development teams to build, test, and deploy solutions efficiently through modern engineering practices, automation, and continuous improvement.

You will support the delivery of resilient, scalable, and high-performing technology outcomes while promoting best practices in software development, DevOps, and operational excellence.

You will also have the opportunity to broaden your technical capabilities, collaborate across teams and technologies, and contribute to innovative solutions that create value for customers, partners, and the wider business.

This is a permanent full opportunity based in Naarm (Melbourne)

What You'll Do

• Enable secure, scalable, and high-performing digital experiences for customers, colleagues, and partners.
• Provide technical leadership and contribute to strategic technology priorities and business outcomes.
• Drive innovation, continuous improvement, value creation, and effective risk management.
• Support enterprise growth through the delivery and management of technology products, services, and platforms.
• Promote a culture of leadership, collaboration, accountability, safety, and wellbeing.
• Lead the adoption of DevOps, CI/CD, and automation practices to improve software delivery and operational efficiency.
• Partner with delivery teams to build, test, deploy, and support reliable software solutions.
• Improve system performance, scalability, reliability, security, and observability through engineering best practices.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, testing frameworks, production-like environments, and security standards.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing, mentor engineering teams, and support backlog prioritisation and delivery planning.

What You'll Bring

• Experience with Java development, including frameworks such as Spring Boot and Struts.
• Proficiency with build and testing tools including Maven, Gradle, JUnit, and Swagger/OpenAPI.
• Experience integrating enterprise platforms including Guidewire Policy & Billing Center, Tibco CMDM, and Salesforce Services.
• Strong Linux administration and infrastructure automation experience using tools such as Ansible.
• Knowledge of microservices architecture components including Eureka, Zuul, and Spring Cloud Config.
• Experience with monitoring, observability, distributed tracing, and alerting tools such as Prometheus and Zipkin.
• Hands-on experience with API gateways, Kubernetes, container platforms, and cluster administration.
• Strong database skills across Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB, and DB2, with proficiency in Java, JavaScript, and Python.
• Experience with enterprise integration technologies, web service testing tools, and application servers including Mulesoft, IIB, Postman, SoapUI, Tomcat, and WebSphere.
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Private Cloud), developer toolsets, and infrastructure orchestration for automated environment provisioning.

What We Offer

• Boosted superannuation with 13% as standard.
• 20 days annual leave + 5 daysMyLeave(extra leave forwhat'simportant to you).
• Work from home and many more flexibility options withmyFlex.
• Up to 50% off personal insurance, including home and motor insurance.
• Partner discounts on private health insurance, tech & appliances, and many more.
• Industry-leading 20 weeks paid parental leave.
• Access to LinkedIn Learning, the award-winning IAG Academy, and studyassistance.

employmenttype eligibility criteria apply

Applications close: Wednesday 28 October 2026 11:59PM AEDT

Adjustments and Support

If you require any support or adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process, we encourage you to reach out to [e-mail] for a confidential conversation.