DevOps & Infrastructure Lead

Be part of the growth of a South Australian success story
- Join the market leading Technology team in South Australia
- Excellent internal and external professional development opportunities

**About Us**

The G’day Group comprises three leading Australian tourism brands in Discovery Parks, G’day Parks and loyalty program G’day Rewards. Employing more than 2,200 people Australia-wide, G’day Group has a truly national footprint of over 300 holiday parks, including 85+ fully owned and operated parks and Resorts. The largest park network in the country, we’re about authentic Australian holiday experiences and inviting all Aussies to say g’day to more of Australia.

We’re on a journey of growth and evolution to reshape the industry, offering the best customer experience underpinned by the best technology. Each year, we showcase the true Australia to millions of guests and we are the co-custodians of some of the country’s most treasured places; a privilege we don’t take lightly. With eyes on domestic and regional tourism like never before, we are building a passionate, adaptable, high-performance team to create holiday memories that put a smile in every g’day.

**The Role**

As the DevOps and Infrastructure Lead you will own the technical aspects of DevOps within the Azure and AWS ecosystems with Financial Operations (FinOps) to manage and optimise DHP's cloud infrastructure performance and costs.

You will provide governance, thought leadership and standardisation across our Azure and AWS environments, automating processes and implementing strategies to ensure efficient recourse usage and cost optimisation.

Your role responsibilities will include;
CI/CD Pipeline Implementation
- Design, build & maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure Devops & AWS or similar tools like Github, Gitlab, Bitbucket targeting Azure & AWS as hosting platforms
- Automate testing, integration & deployment processes using tools such as Azure Pipelines

Infrastructure Automation or similar automation scripting and frameworks
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Bicep (Azure) and Cloudformation (AWS)
- Automate & manage Azure & AWS services e.g. AD, VMs, AKS, App Services, Lambda, Cloudfront, WAF, App Gateway, APIM for scalability & reliability

Cloud Infrastructure Management
- Deploy & monitor AWS & Azure services to meet high availability & disaster recovery requirements
- Implement Azure Monitor, Log Analytics & Application Insights for monitoring, alerting & troubleshooting e.g. Data Dog

Security & Compliance
- Ensure Azure & AWS infrastructure follows best practices for security, compliance & governance
- Manage role-based access control (RBAC) and IAM in AWS, network security & encryption strategies

Collaborate with Digital & Development Teams
- Work closely with developers to integrate DevOps practices & ensure seamless release cycles
- Facilitate a DevOps culture by encouraging automation, lean thinking, measurement, continuous delivery, recovery & feedback loops

Azure & AWS Cost Management
- Identify & establish owners for cloud products & facilitate a service owner forum
- Monitor & manage cloud costs using tools like Azure Cost Management, Azure Advisor & Azure Pricing Calculator
- Provide insights & reporting on Azure & AWS spending trends & cost optimisation opportunities

Cost Optimisation
- Identify & implement cost-saving measures, including resource rightsizing, reserved instances, spot VMs, and scaling policies
- Collaborate with teams to design & deploy cost-efficient solutions without compromising performance.

Budgeting & Forecasting
- Develop cloud budgets & forecasts in collaboration with the finance team, ensuring alignment with business goals
- Monitor & analyse spending variances to ensure adherence to budget and identify areas for further cost optimisation

FinOps Automation
- Develop automated scripts or use tools to track and report Azure costs, budgets, and alerts for potential overspending
- Implement policies and governance to avoid budget overruns and ensure adherence to cloud financial strategies

Vendor Relationship Management
- Liaise with Microsoft Azure and AWS account managers to negotiate pricing, secure discounts, and leverage cloud credits.

Mentor and Coach IT Infrastructure Team
- Coach DHP’s corporate IT infrastructure engineers
- Develop the team’s skills in DevOps & cloud cost management

**Your Experience**

Tertiary Qualifications in Computer Science, Information Technology or a relevant field, combined with ITIL 4 certification and extensive experience in DevOps, particularly Azure and AWS.

You will understand DevOps methodologies and CI/CD for network automation. You will have lean agile thinking and practices and disaster planning and business continuity for network systems experience. You will have prepared quality written documentations and have extensive experience in architecting and leading DevOps implementations.

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