Dev Ops Engineer - 12mth Contract

PRASydney, New South Wales🇦🇺AustraliaPosted 3 Oct 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This contract role offers a fantastic opportunity to deepen your expertise in DevOps and security within a highly secure environment, driving impactful improvements to scalable technology. You'll thrive here if you're a mid-senior DevOps specialist with proven experience in CI/CD, cloud, and automation, eager to contribute to critical projects. Apply now to gain valuable experience and make a significant contribution.

Quick Overview

Seniority

Mid Senior

Employment type

Full Time

Work mode

Hybrid

Location

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Job Description

DevOps Specialist 12-Month Contract NV1 or NV2 Clearance Australia
We are seeking an experienced DevOps Specialist for an initial 12-month contract, working within a complex, highly secure technology environment. This is an opportunity to contribute to the development of secure, scalable and reliable technology capabilities.
About the Role

As a DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for building and setting up development tools and infrastructure, supporting the full software development lifecycle, and driving improvements across deployment, automation, cloud and security.
Key responsibilities include:

Design and implement robust DevOps and security solutions.
Build, maintain and optimise CI/CD pipelines to improve automation, security and efficiency.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement security best practices.
Conduct regular security assessments and audits to identify vulnerabilities.
Monitor and improve system security, performance and reliability.
Work with container orchestration and cloud technologies.
Support automation and infrastructure improvements across the development lifecycle.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members.
Identify and help remediate security threats and vulnerabilities.

About You You will ideally have:

Strong experience as a DevOps Engineer / DevOps Specialist.
Proven experience with CI/CD, cloud platforms, infrastructure and automation.
Strong knowledge of container orchestration and modern DevOps practices.
Experience implementing security controls across development and deployment environments.
Knowledge of security assessments, vulnerability management and security best practices.
Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Experience working in highly secure or regulated environments is desirable.
Current NV1 or NV2 security clearance is essential.