DevOps Engineer

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About the Agency
As the steward for digitally enabling Australia's health system, the Agency plays a key role in coordinating national engagement, delivery, and adoption of digital health to facilitate person-centred, connected healthcare. Our responsibilities span national digital health services and systems, including My Health Record, Electronic Prescriptions, and my health App.

About the Division
When you step into our Digital Solutions Division, your creativity and analytical skills become an integral part of shaping our national digital health ecosystem. We're leading the way in shaping the digital landscape, establishing connectivity standards, and designing user-friendly interfaces. As custodians of this ecosystem, we manage products through comprehensive analysis, innovative architecture, and user-centric design. Your expertise will be instrumental in crafting a seamless digital health journey. This is your opportunity to leave a lasting imprint in the realm digital health.

About the Role
The DevOps Engineer (EL1) is a Full-time, ongoing position available as soon as possible for the successful candidate. As a DevOps Engineer, you will be part of a dynamic and motivated team delivering robust, scalable, and secure digital health solutions. Working closely with project teams, you will apply modern technologies and infrastructure practices to support the delivery of Australia's digital health agenda. Your role will be pivotal in enabling faster, more reliable, and well-tested software releases through agile methodologies and automation.

You will contribute to enhancing platforms such as Provider Connect Australia (PCA), My Health App (MHA), and SMART on FHIR forms, ensuring seamless integration, continuous improvement, and high system performance. You will play a key role in streamlining development and deployment pipelines, automating infrastructure, and ensuring high availability and performance of critical systems. Drawing on your expertise in cloud technologies, containerization, and system monitoring, you will build and maintain resilient environments that support continuous delivery. Working collaboratively with developers, testers, product owners, and other stakeholders, you will contribute to innovative, secure, and user-focused solutions that address the evolving healthcare needs of Australians.

Skills and Experience

• Proven experience in a DevOps Engineer role, with a track record of delivering scalable and secure solutions in agile environments.
• Expertise in CI/CD tools such as, but not limited to MS DevOps, BitBucket, GitHub, TeamCity, Octopus Deploy, and SonarQube.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, particularly Microsoft Azure and AWS, including infrastructure-as-code using Bicep templates and Azure FrontDoor.
• Strong collaboration skills, working effectively with stakeholders such as; developers, designers, cyber security, and testing teams to maintain efficient deployment pipelines.
• Knowledge of Essential 8 security controls and experience in maintaining secure, compliant environments.
• Desirable - Relevant qualifications, such as a Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science, along with certifications like Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional.

For all queries relating to the responsibilities of the position, please contact Megan Doherty at [emailprotected]

Our Benefits

• Ask us about our 2025-26 salary increases, annual performance reviews and superannuation employer contribution of 15.4%.
• Salary packaging (also known as salary sacrifice) is available.
• Annual Christmas closedown– with no leave deduction
• Work From Home & Attractive Flexible Working Arrangements: All staff can apply for flexible work arrangements that offer a range of options for how, when and where you work.
• Collaborative workspaces with new technology available within central locations.
• Agency Study bank: Our employees are eligible for financial assistance up to 100% of costs and up to 7.5 hours per week study leave as per our study assistance guidelines.
• Generous leave opportunities including Parental (primary & secondary), compassionate, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Leave, Cultural, Emergency Response, Defence, Half Pay option, and Portability of leave across most State and Federal government agencies.
• TOIL: in lieu of reasonable hours worked is offered also to EL staff however requires recording of hours worked.

Notes: Order of Merit: Applicants rated as suitable will be placed in a merit pool that may be used to fill similar ongoing or non-ongoing positions throughout the Agency for up to 18 months.

Eligibility

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Negative Vetting 1 security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a higher clearance if required by the Agency.
• Ability to obtain and maintain national police check.
• Australian Citizenship is a condition of eligibility.

Application
To apply for the role, please submit your resume and a cover letter (1 page maximum) addressing the skills and experience requirements above and outlined in the position description. Please contact the recruitment team at [emailprotected] with queries relating to the application process.

Closing Date: 7 September 2025, 11pm (AEST)

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Better use of data and technology can help people live healthier, happier and more productive lives. Digital health can make a real difference to people's health by giving them greater control and better access to information.

Tasked with improving health outcomes for Australians through the delivery of digital healthcare systems and the national digital health strategy for Australia, the Australian Digital Health Agency (the Agency) commenced operations on 1 July 2016.

The Agency is responsible for all national digital health services and systems, with a focus on engagement, innovation and clinical quality and safety. Our focus is on putting data and technology safely to work for patients, consumers and the healthcare professionals who look after them.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website

Better use of data and technology can help people live healthier, happier and more productive lives. Digital health can make a real difference to people's health by giving them greater control and better access to information.

Tasked with improving health outcomes for Australians through the delivery of digital healthcare systems and the national digital health strategy for Australia, the Australian Digital Health Agency (the Agency) commenced operations on 1 July 2016.

The Agency is responsible for all national digital health services and systems, with a focus on engagement, innovation and clinical quality and safety. Our focus is on putting data and technology safely to work for patients, consumers and the healthcare professionals who look after them.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website

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