Manager, DevOps and Cloud Platforms

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 staff work to the vision of a safe, just, innovative and thriving Victoria.
There are many advantages in working for the department, including:

- A fair salary
- enjoy great work conditions and salary sacrificing options.
- Transparent performance framework
- approach your work with confidence in how you're tracking, working to professional development plans agreed on by you and your manager.
- Generous leave entitlements
- provisions for many forms of leave; including personal, parental, carers, study, cultural, compassionate, and sick leave.
- Employee Assistance Program support - you are encouraged to use this short-term, confidential counselling service if you're experiencing emotional stress, relationship problems, conflict with others or personal issues. It is also available for financial counselling and retirement planning.

We want to make sure all Victorians feel represented by the department's work. One of the ways we do this is by recruiting a diverse workforce - we welcome people of any gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability and cultural background. We are also committed to the Victorian Government's promise to increase the number of veterans working in the public sector.
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