- Join a customer-obsessed technology business at the heart of Australia’s largest retailer

- Opportunity to work across the latest technology and methodology

- Norwest based with a hybrid working model

- Join a customer-obsessed technology business at the heart of Australia’s largest retailer

- Opportunity to work across the latest technology and methodology

- Norwest based with a hybrid working model

We Are Woolworths Group

We are Woolworths Group. 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives connected by a shared Purpose – ‘to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.’ It’s that Purpose that fuels our ambition to explore new ideas, make brave commitments and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week.

If you’re excited to turn today’s blue sky thinking into a better tomorrow for future generations, you’ll find yourself supported and enriched in a dynamic, inclusive and empowering workplace that reflects the diverse communities we serve. With a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and opportunities across the group to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.

At BIGW, a job is never just a job.

It’s the start of something bigger. There are over 15,000 of us, in the most significant cities and the tiniest towns. And each of us has an important role to play. If you have a passion for excellent customer service, a desire to make a real difference for families and you’re looking for a place to develop, you could be who we’re looking for.

The Opportunity





Join BIG W’s fast-evolving digital team as a Platform / DevOps Lead, where you will be instrumental in powering Australia’s favorite everyday retail experiences. In this role, you will take ownership of the reliability, security, performance, and cost-effectiveness of the infrastructure that underpins our customer‑facing digital environment.

Working at the intersection of modern platform engineering and agile delivery, you will define and embed standard‑setting engineering practices across digital squads—championing continuous integration, deployment automation, and self‑healing infrastructure. You will enjoy the autonomy to shape how we build and scale platforms while leading and mentoring engineering talent to translate product ideas into resilient digital solutions at pace.

What You'll Do

- Architect & Scale Digital Platforms:Partner closely with Solution Architecture and Engineering Managers to select, design, and optimize modern cloud infrastructure and DevOps tooling tailored to digital services.

- Embed Engineering Excellence:Champion modern systems engineering practices across cross‑functional squads, ensuring solutions are inherently performant, secure, reliable, deployable, and evolvable.

- Accelerate CI/CD & Automation:Drive end‑to‑end automation across build and deployment pipelines (CI/CD),



infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and self‑recovery mechanisms.

- Leverage Next-Gen Tooling:Utilize AI‑assisted development tools (such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and ChatGPT) to accelerate cloud infrastructure delivery, automate routine platform tasks, and improve developer velocity.

- Platform Operations & Triage:Play an active, hands‑on role in investigating and resolving complex production issues, conducting root‑cause analyses, and hardening platform telemetry and observability.

- Lead & Mentor Squads:Provide technical leadership and guidance to DevOps and platform engineers, fostering an agile, team-oriented culture centered on continuous improvement and customer‑first outcomes.

- Manage Risk & Dependencies:Identify, communicate, and proactively mitigate technical debt, platform vulnerabilities, and architectural dependencies across consumer‑facing digital applications.

What You'll Bring

- DevOps & Platform Engineering Background:Strong foundation as a DevOps / Platform Engineer with proven experience designing, scaling, and maintaining large‑scale consumer‑facing digital platforms.

- Leadership & Influence:Practical experience leading, coaching, or mentoring technical squads (or acting in a senior advisory/consultancy capacity), with strong communication and stakeholder skills.

- Multi-Tool CI/CD & IaC Mastery:Deep hands‑on expertise building Infrastructure as Code usingTerraformand orchestrating delivery pipelines withAzure DevOpsandGitHub Actions.

- Cloud & Container Ecosystem:Robust experience managing containerised workloads withDockerandKubernetesacross enterpr

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