The DevSecOps Application Engineering Manager is responsible for providing strategic leadership, governance, and operational oversight of the Bureau’s software engineering, DevSecOps, and release management capabilities. The role leads the development and implementation of enterprise frameworks, standards, tooling, and practices that enable secure, scalable, high-quality, and sustainable software delivery across the organisation.

This position drives the adoption of modern DevSecOps methodologies, software engineering best practices, and continuous improvement initiatives to support the Bureau’s digital transformation objectives and service delivery outcomes. It provides expert advice to senior stakeholders, leads workforce capability development, and fosters collaboration across technical teams, business areas, and external partners to ensure solutions are secure, supportable, and aligned with organisational priorities and government requirements.

The role is accountable for building a high-performing team culture, strengthening software development capability across the Bureau, monitoring enterprise software quality and security outcomes, and ensuring operational readiness for new and enhanced services. As a senior leader within IT Services, the position contributes to strategic planning, innovation, organisational change, and the achievement of broader Bureau objectives while maintaining accountability for service performance, governance, risk management, and after-hours escalation management responsibilities.

1. Lead the team, providing strategic direction,



operational oversight, and accountability for service delivery, workforce capability, culture, and achievement of organisational outcomes.
2. Develop and maintain enterprise DevSecOps, software engineering, and release management frameworks, ensuring alignment with Bureau objectives, government standards, security requirements, and industry best practice.
3. Lead the implementation of DevSecOps patterns across project delivery, working with technical leads to ensure that existing patterns are fit for purpose and teams can implement DevSecOps patterns within the project scope.
4. Provide strategic leadership for software delivery governance, including coding standards, quality assurance, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement initiatives across IT Services and the Bureau.
5. Oversee the management and evolution of enterprise DevSecOps tooling and platforms, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, cost-effective, and support current and future business requirements.
6. Provide strategic workforce planning and capability development outlining key training initiatives team leads should be implementing across the Bureau to improve the software development standards.
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Provide authoritative advice to senior executives and stakeholders on DevSecOps, software engineering, application operations, technology standards, and service improvement opportunities.
8. Establish and maintain effective partnerships with architects, project teams, business areas, vendors, and technical communities to drive collaboration and successful delivery of enterprise outcomes.
9. Ensure the adoption of secure, scalable, and supportable technology patterns and operational practices, complying with Bureau and Australian Government security, governance, and risk management requirements.
10. Lead organisational readiness and operational transition activities for current and enhanced services, ensuring solutions can be effectively supported, maintained, and continuously improved throughout their lifecycle.
11. Monitor, analyse, and report on the performance, quality, risks, and sustainability of Software standards, tools, and security postures of software development across IT Services and the Bureau, providing strategic insights and recommendations to support executive decision-making.
12. Other duties as required to contribute to IT Services program outcomes.
13. Available for After-Hours roster restriction as an escalation manager
14. Drive innovation, continuous improvement, and organisational change initiatives, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and high performance while contributing to broader IT Services and Bureau strategic outcomes.

📌 DevSecOps Application Engineering Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 Bureau Of Meteorology
📍 Melbourne