Devops Engineer

Australian Securities Exchange - Sydney NSW

ASX: Powering Australia's financial markets

Why join the ASX?

When you join ASX, you're joining a company with a strong purpose - to power a stronger economic future by enabling a fair and dynamic marketplace for all.

In your new role, you'll be part of a leading global securities exchange with a strong brand. We are known for being a trusted market operator and an exciting data hub.

We are more than a securities exchange

The ASX team brings together talented people from a diverse range of disciplines.

We run critical market infrastructure, with 1 in 3 people employed within technology. Yet we have a unique complexity of roles across a range of disciplines such as operations, program delivery, financial products, investor engagement, risk and compliance.

We're proud to foster a workplace where diversity is celebrated and inclusion is part of our everyday culture. Our employee-led networks champion LGBTIQ+ inclusion, promote gender equality, accessibility and wellbeing, inspire giving and volunteering, and celebrate cultural and religious events, creating a sense of belonging for all. As an AWEI Bronze employer and member of the Champions of Change Coalition for gender equality, we're committed to a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Develop and maintain automation solutions using Python, Bash, PowerShell or similar scripting languages.
• Build reusable tools and workflows that eliminate manual processes, improve consistency and accelerate delivery.
• Design, develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Terraform.
• Engineer and automate AWS cloud infrastructure using repeatable, version-controlled patterns.
• Build, implement and improve CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps or similar tooling.
• Manage source code, branching strategies, peer review and controlled delivery of infrastructure and application changes using Git.
• Build and deploy containerised workloads using Docker, Kubernetes or equivalent container orchestration platforms.
• Engineer observability into applications, cloud infrastructure and delivery pipelines through consistent metrics, logs and distributed tracing.
• Build reusable OpenTelemetry instrumentation patterns using SDKs, auto-instrumentation and collectors as part of application and platform delivery.
• Embed automated testing, quality gates, artifact management and deployment controls into delivery pipelines.
• Integrate security controls, secrets management and policy checks into cloud and CI/CD workflows.
• Create reusable templates, reference patterns and automation frameworks that improve developer experience and engineering productivity.
• Develop technical documentation, engineering standards and implementation guides for DevOps and observability capabilities.
• Promote DevOps, DevSecOps and observability principles, automation-first thinking and secure engineering practices.

WHAT YOU’VE DONE

• Around 5+ years of hands-on DevOps, cloud or platform engineering experience, supported by a degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent practical experience.
• Practical experience engineering cloud infrastructure, primarily on AWS.
• Good Linux knowledge and proficiency in Python, Bash, PowerShell or similar scripting languages.
• Hands-on experience designing and delivering Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform.
• Experience with Git and collaborative source-control practices, including branching, pull or merge requests and peer review.
• Hands-on experience building CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps or similar tooling.
• Practical experience with Docker, Kubernetes and container-based delivery patterns.
• Understanding of observability as an engineering capability, with practical experience implementing metrics, logs and traces within cloud platforms and delivery workflows.
• Experience implementing OpenTelemetry instrumentation using SDKs, auto-instrumentation or collectors.
• Experience integrating automated testing, artifact repositories, quality gates and deployment approvals into delivery workflows.
• Knowledge of cloud and pipeline security, including identity and access management, secrets management and secure configuration.
• Experience working with Agile delivery practices and tools such as Jira and Confluence.

AND IF YOU’VE GOT SOME OF THIS, EVEN BETTER

• AWS certifications.
• Experience with platform engineering, developer enablement or self-service delivery capabilities.
• Experience with GitLab, configuration management or immutable infrastructure patt