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Work on cloud infrastructure and engineering platforms supporting AI, machine learning and data science solutions within a major Australian Government environment. Use AWS, Terraform, CI/CD and Kubernetes to deploy secure, scalable platforms supporting generative AI, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and production-ready applications.
Location : QLD, ACT, VIC, NSW, SA
Work Arrangement: Hybrid - subject to negotiation with the line manager and applicable workplace policy.
Contract Duration: 12 months, with a possible 12-month extension. Commencing 14 December 2026.
Security Clearance Requirement: Current NV1 clearance.
- Design, build and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, AWS CDK or CloudFormation.
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automating application builds, testing, security scanning and deployments.
- Deploy and support containerised applications using Docker, Kubernetes and Amazon EKS, ensuring platform reliability and performance.
- Support MLOps and LLMOps capabilities, including AI model deployment, monitoring, generative AI and RAG solutions.
- Demonstrated experience designing, deploying, supporting and troubleshooting AWS cloud infrastructure and services.
- Strong experience developing CI/CD pipelines and implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation or equivalent.
- Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes and container orchestration, preferably Amazon EKS.
- Experience implementing cloud monitoring, logging and observability solutions. Exposure to MLOps, LLMOps or Amazon Bedrock is desirable.
Compas Pty Ltd is a Canberra based wholly Australian owned, Recruitment and Services company that has been operating since 1987. We specialise in the provision of permanent, contract and temporary recruitment services, as well as specialised Consulting assignments.
YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE TREATED WITH THE STRICTEST CONFIDENCEDue to the nature of this environment, candidates must hold a current NV1 clearance.
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