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Senior DevSecOps Engineer - AWS

Canberra, Australian Capital TerritoryFull-time2026-11-13
Security clearance required

Core

Design, build, and run AWS platforms for mission systems serving Australian Government and National Security customers, with security designed into infrastructure from the first template.

Role type

Senior DevSecOps Engineer (AWS Infrastructure)

Builds

CloudFormation templates, CodePipeline delivery pipelines, and secure AWS infrastructure services (EC2, ECS, EKS, RDS, etc.)

Domain

Public Sector / National Security / Cloud Infrastructure

Required skills

AWS CloudFormation (nested stacks, StackSets), AWS CodePipeline, Git administration, AWS services (EC2, ECS, EKS, Secrets Manager, Private CA, ElastiCache, Amazon MQ, RDS, OpenSearch), Infrastructure as Code, Python/Go/TypeScript/Java, Security by design, Policy-as-code (cfn-lint, cfn-guard)

Preferred skills

Terraform, AWS CDK, SIEM administration (Splunk, Elastic, Microsoft Sentinel), ITSM platforms (ServiceNow, Jira), Threat intelligence platforms (MISP, OpenCTI), Linux/Windows system administration, ISM/Essential Eight/IRAP assessments, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, AWS Certified Security – Specialty

Technologies

AWS CloudFormation, AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodeDeploy, Git, CodeCommit, Python, Go, TypeScript, Java, Redis, RabbitMQ, cfn-lint, cfn-guard

Responsibilities

Write and maintain best-practice CloudFormation templates; Build and operate AWS CodePipeline; Administer Git repositories; Commission and deploy AWS services as code; Integrate security controls (IAM, encryption, network segmentation); Produce accreditation documentation; Write automation and application code; Troubleshoot platform issues; Mentor engineers in DevSecOps

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC