Job Description

We're partnering with a leading enterprise IT consulting organization to hire a Principal DevOps Engineer to lead large-scale, cloud-native infrastructure initiatives across Australia and New Zealand.

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This role sits at the heart of a high-throughput platform environment—routing thousands of customer interactions daily, executing millions of API and monitoring calls, and orchestrating petabytes of data across hybrid and multi-cloud systems. Reliability isn't optional—it's mission-critical.

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As Principal DevOps Engineer, you will architect and lead the evolution of contemporary infrastructure platforms, enabling engineering teams to deploy faster, operate safely, and scale confidently.

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Key Responsibilities

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- Architect multi-region, multi-cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar).
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- Lead CI/CD strategy and platform modernization, supporting frequent, safe production deployments.
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- Drive observability and reliability practices, including SLOs, monitoring strategy, and incident response maturity.
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- Mentor and lead a distributed DevOps team across Australia and New Zealand.
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- Optimize cost, performance, and scalability across AWS, GCP, and/or Azure.
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- Embed security and compliance controls aligned to enterprise and regulatory standards.
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What We're Looking For

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- For 6+ years' experience in DevOps or Infrastructure Engineering within complex production environments.
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- Deep expertise in AWS, GCP, or Azure.
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- Strong hands-on Infrastructure-as-Code experience.
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- Production Kubernetes and container orchestration experience.
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- Demonstrated technical leadership and strong architectural thinking.
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- Commitment to operational excellence and continuous improvement.
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Why This Opportunity?

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- Strategic, high-impact infrastructure leadership.
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- Enterprise-scale environment with modern cloud-native stack.
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- Distributed, collaborative engineering culture.
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- Stability of a global consulting organization with exposure to cutting-edge platform transformation.
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📌 Principal DevOps Engineer - Platform Infrastructure (South Australia)
🏢 Saltus Group
📍 South Australia