DevOps Engineer

About the role

The Game Changers: Australian Payments Plus (AP+) is here to shape the future of payments for Australia. We aim to deliver more innovation to Australia's payments ecosystem, for the collective benefit of Australian businesses, government and consumers. Our solutions include Australia's domestic debit network, real-time, data rich payments infrastructure, secure bill payments, digital identity verification, QR payments and experiences and open wallet solutions. It's a new chapter with more possibilities. The Purpose: The DevOps Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the infrastructure and integration pipelines that support secure, scalable, and high-performing data delivery at AP+. This role ensures seamless deployment and operation of systems across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. It is hands-on in automating processes, managing configurations, and using AI-assisted development and monitoring tools to improve efficiency, code quality, and operational reliability. The core accountabilities of the role will include: Define and manage requirements across the delivery lifecycle, ensuring alignment, traceability and stakeholder engagement. Design, build, test and maintain secure, scalable data and infrastructure solutions using standardised engineering practices. Plan and execute system integration activities, including build configuration, testing and issue resolution. Provision, configure and optimise infrastructure across on-premise, virtual and cloud environments. Automate operational and system administration tasks to improve efficiency, reliability and scalability. Maintain secure and auditable configuration management processes and configuration items (CIs). Support release and deployment activities to ensure stable, compliant and efficient delivery outcomes. Participate in testing and quality assurance activities to validate deployment readiness and resolve issues. Build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships through collaboration, communication and issue management. Drive continuous improvement of DevOps tools, processes and delivery practices. Leverage AI-driven tools and automation techniques to enhance DevOps operations and engineering outcomes. Success in this role requires demonstrated capability in the following areas: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience. Industry certifications across cloud platforms, DevOps tooling or scripting technologies are advantageous but not essential. Experience 3+ years' experience in a DevOps or related engineering role. Experience within payments or financial services environments is highly regarded. Exposure to AI-assisted development, automation or operational monitoring tools is advantageous. Technical Capability CI/CD: Experience designing and supporting automated delivery pipelines using GitLab CI/CD; experience with comparable CI/CD platforms is valued. Cloud Platforms: Hands-on experience with AWS and GCP, with AWS as the preferred cloud platform. Containerisation & Orchestration: Experience deploying and operating containerised workloads using Kubernetes (EKS) and Amazon ECS; other container platforms are encouraged. Monitoring & Observability: Experience implementing monitoring and observability solutions using Dynatrace and CloudWatch; familiarity with similar platforms is beneficial. Data Platforms & Integration: Experience building and supporting data integration and processing solutions using AppFlow, Confluent Kafka, Airflow, Snowflake, S3 and SFTP. AWS Services: Practical experience with core AWS services including EKS, ECS, S3, ALB, CloudFront, Lambda and DynamoDB. Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Experience provisioning and managing infrastructure using Terraform, OpenTofu and AWS CDK; knowledge of similar IaC tools is welcomed. Security Tooling: Experience implementing cloud security, vulnerability management and web application protection using Wiz, CrowdStrike and Cloudflare WAF. What happens next: At AP+, we believe in the power of passion, pride, and purpose. Our team is driven by a shared mission to make a difference in the world of payments, and we're proud to work together towards this common goal. If you're ready to be a game changer, please submit your application. The Talent Acquisition team will endeavour to review your application and notify you of the outcome within the next two weeks. We want to remove all barriers to inclusion so if you need advice or support with your application, we're here to help. Please reach out to recruitment@auspayplus.com.au We also encourage you to let us know your pronouns at any point during the recruitment process. AP+ are not partnering with Recruitment agencies for this role.

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