Senior DevOps Engineer
Summary
12-month contract (with extension) Senior DevOps Engineer role via Ignite on a federal government program, productionising AI/ML and data science solutions in secure AWS environments. Day to day: leading DevOps/MLOps practices, CI/CD, IaC, data pipelines and monitoring. Requires Australian citizenship and NV1 clearance eligibility; hybrid, NSW or VIC.
Salary: Competitive
Senior DevOps Engineer | AWS & AI- 12-month contract + 12-month extension
- Hybrid working arrangements
- NSW or VIC location
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design, deployment and operationalisation of AI, machine learning and data science solutions.
- Drive DevOps, MLOps and cloud engineering best practices across AWS environments.
- Build and maintain scalable data pipelines, deployment frameworks and monitoring solutions.
- Develop reusable architectures, templates and automation patterns for AI workloads.
- Collaborate with Data Scientists, Business Analysts, Delivery Leads and technical teams to deliver secure and scalable solutions.
- Provide technical leadership, mentoring and engineering governance across multidisciplinary teams.
You will bring demonstrated experience in:
- AWS cloud engineering and deployment of AI, Machine Learning or Data Science solutions.
- DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code and automation practices.
- MLOps, model deployment, monitoring and production support.
- Leading technical teams across DevOps, Data Engineering, Cloud Engineering or Machine Learning Engineering.
- Building scalable, secure and maintainable cloud-based solutions.
- Working closely with business and technical stakeholders to deliver outcomes.
- Experience with LLMOps, AI workflow automation or Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
- Strong understanding of responsible AI, security, privacy and governance frameworks.
- Experience producing technical standards, reference architectures and reusable engineering guidance.
Requirements
- Australian Citizenship is mandatory.
- Ability to obtain and maintain NV1 Security Clearance.
To apply, send your CV or reach out to Lorena on (02) 6113 1800 for a confidential discussion.
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