Senior DevOps Engineer

Location: Adelaide
Discipline: Defence
Job type: Full Time
Salary: $AU$110 - AU$125 per hour
Contact name: Lisa Whitehorn

Contact email: lisaw@thenetworkit.com
Job ref: BBBH10388_1775088560
Published: 11 days ago
Startdate: ASAP

The Network are seeking an NV2 cleared Senior DevOps Engineer to join a high-performing Defence project.

6 month contract with possible extensions
Location: Mawson Lakes, SA

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining secure software factory platforms. You'll work across platform engineering, automation, and infrastructure to enable teams to deliver software efficiently and securely.

You will contribute to platform design and deployment, manage Kubernetes/K3S environments, and oversee services such as Jira and Confluence. You'll also work across server and workstation environments (RHEL/Windows), automate processes using BASH or Python, and support CI/CD pipelines and Azure resource management.

Who are we looking for:

Must have:
o NV2 Security Clearance
o Minimum 5+ years relevant DevOps/Platform Engineering experience
o Strong understanding of DevSecOps practices and culture

Key skills and experience:
o Kubernetes/K3S deployment and management
o Containerisation using Docker/Podman
o CI/CD pipeline design and maintenance
o Configuration-as-Code (e.g. Ansible)
o Scripting (BASH/Python)
o Linux/RHEL environments
o Azure resource deployment and management

Desirable:
o VMWare experience
o Air-gapped environment knowledge
o Active Directory management

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