DevOps Engineer

Salary: Up to $190K pkg inc super

DWS is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS) to join a high-impact engineering team delivering scalable, cloud-native solutions within a complex enterprise environment. You’ll play a key role in uplifting platform maturity, enabling rapid and secure deployments, and driving best practices across CI/CD, automation, and cloud engineering. This is a hands-on role working across modern cloud ecosystems while helping modernise legacy systems at scale. This is an opportunity to work on large-scale, modern cloud environments, contributing to critical platform evolution and helping drive innovation within a highly collaborative team.


Where: Melbourne, VIC
Type: Permanent
Start: ASAP
Style: Hybrid; 3+ days onsite
Salary: Up to $190K (inc super)


You will bring:

• Expert knowledge in Python, NodeJS or similar programming languages
• Strong experience working across AWS
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, source control, and build tooling (e.g. Git, Jenkins/GitLab, Maven, SonarQube, Nexus)
• Advanced hands-on experience with Docker and containerisation
• Strong experience with NoSQL technologies such as DynamoDB or Redis
• Demonstrated expertise in cloud-native development and event-driven architectures
• Deep experience working within AWS environments (Lambda, ECS/Fargate, ECR, EC2, API Gateway, Route53, RDS, Load Balancers, etc.)
• Strong Infrastructure-as-Code experience (CloudFormation, Terraform) and use of services such as Secrets Manager and Parameter Store
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools (CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Sumo Logic, New Relic)
• Exposure to security tooling such as Snyk, Checkmarx or similar
• Strong understanding of continuous delivery, automation frameworks, and secure development practices
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments

You will also demonstrate:

• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to clearly articulate technical solutions
• Excellent problem-solving capability and analytical thinking
• Ability to prioritise workloads and deliver outcomes within tight timeframes
• A proactive approach to improving engineering standards and platform maturity
• A passion for mentoring and contributing to engineering community uplift

About Us:
Since 1991, DWS has been helping organisations across Australia reimagine what’s possible through technology, business, and management consulting. With offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, and Canberra, our 300+ locally based consultants bring deep expertise and fresh thinking to every project. We deliver end-to-end solutions spanning IT consulting, Staff Augmentation, Managed Delivery, Data & Analytics, Cloud, AI and Automation.
Our strength lies in our people; each consultant is carefully selected for their expertise, creativity, and commitment to excellence. Together, we deliver impactful solutions that drive innovation, efficiency, and long-term value. At DWS, we don’t just meet expectations - we redefine them.


Applicants must hold Australian Citizenship, Permanent Residency (PR), or other permanent work rights – DWS are unable to sponsor or support visas.


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