Senior DevOps Engineer

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Water is essential for life. At Seqwater, we’re not just delivering water—we’re driving innovation, growth and transformation to secure the future of water across South East Queensland.

As one of the largest water businesses with the most geographically spread and diverse asset base of any capital city in Australia, our operations extend from the New South Wales border to the base of the Toowoomba ranges and north to Gympie.

As we enter an exciting period of expansion, we're embracing new technologies and sustainable practices to meet the growing needs of our region. We work collaboratively across our organisation and with our stakeholders, constantly striving to enhance the quality of service we provide. As we modernise our systems and invest in smarter water grids, we remain focused on delivering the highest standard of service, always with the future in mind.

Our transformation is about more than just infrastructure—it’s about people. Our team of dedicated professionals are united by a shared passion for creating lasting, meaningful outcomes for the communities we serve, and this is reflected in Our Vision, Water for Life, Our Promise - Safe for Life, and Our Values of integrity, respect, care, and courage that shape everything we do.

If you want to be part of an organisation that’s shaping the future of water management, now is the time to join Seqwater.

We will be working on some of the most high-profile water infrastructure projects in the industry, helping to secure Water for Life for generations to come.

About Your Opportunity

In this role, you will lead Seqwater’s DevOps Engineer function, ensuring effective design, implementation, and management of scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure for Seqwater’s cloud services development and deployment processes. You will establish work area outcomes, prepare proposals and budget submissions, develop and implement operational procedures, and review operations for effectiveness.

Responsibilities

- Provide expert guidance in developing and implementing complex technical solutions, including briefing materials and performance reports for stakeholders.
- Manage continuous improvement projects across Azure and AWS using CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), and automation of the software development lifecycle.
- Administer and coordinate DevOps services across Seqwater, acting as a technical escalation point and ensuring efficient problem resolution.
- Establish tools and processes to monitor cloud platforms, ensuring security, performance, cost-efficiency, and availability under agreed SLAs.
- Design solutions that meet operational requirements such as scalability, reliability, and maintainability using architectural and DevOps engineering concepts.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will possess:

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
- Proven experience in cloud platform engineering and operations, including scripting and automation.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement skills, with a client-focused and agile delivery approach.
- Ability to evaluate complex business requirements and implement cost-effective, fit-for-purpose solutions.
- Experience in budget preparation and proposal development.

The position is offered on a permanent full-time basis, with a competitive salary package including 12.75% superannuation.

To apply

Submit your cover letter outlining how you meet the requirements of the role and your resume via the Apply button.

Please note – applications cannot be accepted via email.

Advertised: 21 Oct 2025 E. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 26 Oct 2025 E. Australia Standard Time

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