Manager, DevOps and Cloud Platforms

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $127,467 - $170,579

Occupation: IT and Telecommunications

Reference: VG/DJ7795_AUG

At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we’re looking for people who want to make a difference. People who take pride in their work. People who get things done. People who are committed to making Victoria a safer place.

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We’re all about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a good fit for our department, we’d love to hear from you.

The department is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and recognises that children’s rights need to be respected, their views welcomed and valued, and their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.

For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit justice.vic.gov.au/careers

We’re proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?
- ** Ongoing opportunity available**:

- **Attractive VPS 6 salary range ($127,467 - $170,579) plus superannuation**:

- **The chance to lead and manage the CloudOps, InfrastructureOps and DevOps teams**

**What does the business unit do?**

The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) delivers a justice and community safety system that works to build a safer, fairer and stronger Victoria.

Data, Digital and Insights (DDI) focuses on meeting the departments data and digital needs by providing responsive and sustainable services focused on supporting departmental outcomes. The specialist groups within DDI consist of Technology Solutions and Evidence and Insights.

Technology Solutions explores and employs modern technology to enable the department's business to function via the use of modern, appropriate platforms, products and services.

Evidence and Insights leads the DJCS data reporting, analytics and modelling program, outcomes measurement and evaluation services. It includes the Crime Statistics Agency and National Coronial Information System.

The DevOps group within Technology Solutions is responsible for the development and operations of enterprise platforms. These platforms include the department's AWS Platform and Landing Zone, enterprise service bus, consolidated data base platform, web platform, online transactions environment, M365 development, ServiceNow platform and DevOps tooling. The DevOps group preferences Agile methodologies in operations, utilising Kanban, Scrum and SAFe. The team is collaborative at its foundation and aims to deliver services to citizens and the rest of the department that are simple, repeatable, innovative and end-user focused.

**What will the role do?**

The Manager, DevOps and Cloud Platforms will:

- Lead the Cloud Centre of Excellence (COE) and establish a product roadmap for Cloud COE, based on business and technology needs, to solve critical customer needs.
- Leads the CloudOps, InfrastructureOps and DevOps teams and oversee the product management of their key platforms and products.
- Defines strategies to improve the efficient and secure use of the department's Cloud Platforms.
- Drives innovation and change in the team's integration of DevOps and Agile methodologies to support critical business process development.

**What skills should a Manager, DevOps and Cloud Platforms have?**
- Solid business judgment and financial acumen and relationship management experience
- Experience of having worked in an Agile/Scrum environment, and/or knowledge of operating in an Agile/scrum approach
- Experience leading large and complex projects
- Experience in planning and sequencing projects based on business priority
- Experience of driving finance strategy to deliver economic value for a customer
- Understanding of Cloud computing technologies and workload transition challenges
- Knowledge of technology infrastructure, network, compute, storage, and virtualization
- Enterprise architecture successes including virtualization technologies & distributed architecture
- Familiarity with archive, disaster recovery and business continuity in global operation
- Familiarity with compliance & security standards across the enterprise IT landscape
- Prior experience of integrating change management activities into business plan
- Experience of leading the plan, design and execution of training initiatives
- Experience of building and developing cross-functional and multidisciplinary teams

To learn more about the type of skills you will need to thrive in this role, please read the position description.

**What's in it for you?**

You will be working for the Department of Justice and Community Safety, which is one arm of the Victorian State Government, a recognised top employer of choice nationally. All our s