Our client is a federal government organisation with offices throughout Australia. Due to growth, they are seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer with SAS Visual Investigator experience to join their team in Richmond or Geelong.

• 12-month initial contract plus 12-month extension
• Hybrid with 3 days per week onsite
• Federal government role - Australian citizenship required

The role:

The Principal DevOps Engineer (EL2) operates under broad direction to lead highly complex initiatives that drive quality outcomes across the client. This position requires a high level of autonomy and expertise, engaging in advanced problem-solving and issue management within the organization's core functions. The role will involve making strategic decisions and providing high-level advice and support to senior leadership.

The Principal DevOps Engineer will collaborate closely with key business stakeholders and our local full-stack team to support and enhance project development within the client. The role is also responsible for managing critical internal and external stakeholder relationships, representing, and negotiating on behalf of the client to promote the agency's objectives across various forums.

Key duties and responsibilities

• Leading the design, development, deployment, and support of the Agency's Cloud & Data Infrastructure.
• Prioritizing and managing the work queue to ensure timely delivery of key initiatives.
• Ensuring that all solutions adhere to integration best practices.
• Collaborating with business stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes.
• Playing a key leadership role in project teams, utilising an agile development framework.
• Engaging with stakeholders to define project requirements, set priorities, and deliver results.

To apply you will need the following skills and experience:
Essential criteria

• Extensive hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure and services, with proven ability to design, implement, and manage scalable cloud solutions.
• Develop and Customise SAS Visual Investigator data models, workflows, entities and rules to support investigative case management.
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform for automating infrastructure provisioning and management. Build and optimize ETL pipelines to ingest structured / unstructured data into the VI platform.
• Integrate external data sources and API's with SAS VI for entity resolution, alert generation and case enrichment. Implement CI/CD pipelines and version control for SAS Projects and configuration files.
• Ability to write and maintain moderately complex code across multiple programming languages, including Python, JavaScript, and Golang.
• In-depth experience with containerization, cluster deployment, and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring efficient application delivery and management.

Desirable criteria

• Experience with database deployment and administration, particularly with Postgres and MySQL, for efficient data management and performance optimization.
• Proficiency in administering Azure infrastructure, expanding multi-cloud capabilities alongside AWS.
• Monitor and troubleshoot system health, logs and performance using SAS tools.
• Familiarity with HashiCorp Vault for securing sensitive data and managing secrets across cloud infrastructure.

APPLY:
Submit your resume or contact Shelley at [email protected] or call on 0418 572 482 for further information. Shortlisted will be contacted and applicants will be required to provide an overview of your experience addressing each essential and desirable criterion up to 3000 characters.