Head of DevOps

At Bunnings, you’ll make a positive difference to our business and beyond.

Bunnings is the leading retailer of home improvement and lifestyle products in Australia and New Zealand and a major supplier to project builders, commercial tradespeople and the housing industry. Operating from a network of stores, trade centres, frame and truss sites, and online, Bunnings caters for consumer and commercial customers.

By joining our passionate and diverse team, you will have the opportunity to grow, develop, have fun and make a positive difference – to our customers and the communities where we live and work.

About the role:

We are currently looking for our next Head of DevOps! This role will be based at our National Support Office in Burnley and will report directly into our General Manager, Digital. This is an exceptional key leadership role in our exciting digital team overseeing a team of up to 30 highly motivated team members and leaders.

This role is responsible for overseeing the continued development of our inhouse software engineering team to help to maintain and develop our Bunnings digital platforms. Key to success of this team is the delivery, quality and release management practices as well as the quality and speed to market of change. Our Head of DevOps will liaise directly with multiple large, complex external vendors to ensure developments are released to the highest quality and velocity possible.

This is an incredible opportunity for a technical leader who is analytical, can manage complexity well, can influence and communicate sophisticated ideas to a range of stakeholders and can define and set a vision well through to implementation! This is a strategic leadership role which is critical to our Bunnings business. Want to be responsible for keeping Australia’s most heavily trafficked and transacted website running? If you are excited by the prospect of leading a team that delivers and support  this – this could be your next leadership role!

You'll need:

• You are degree qualified ideally in computer science with substantial experience coming from a technical DevOps background and now leading high performing technical teams
• You have led, coached and developed highly engaged teams and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment
• You bring with you extensive experience building complex consumer facing digital products and internal facing systems across web and mobile applications in demanding environments
• Experience working in a retail/consumer environment would be highly regarded
• You are passionate about software engineering and delivering best practices including Agile, Continuous Delivery as well as modern architecture and technologies
• You have demonstrated experience managing budgets as well as identifying and realising cost optimisation opportunities

You’ll be part of a workplace where you’ll feel like you belong.

There’s so much on offer when you’re part of the team. Our flexible and informal work environment helps bring balance between work and home. Then there’s the fun stuff like team discount at Bunnings and other Wesfarmers brands, incentives, discounts from corporate partners (such as private health insurance) and cost price food and drinks at the Bunnings café. We also offer 12 weeks paid parental leave, regardless of gender, and you will have the opportunity to create a real difference in your community and environment. Join us and experience Bunnings from the other side of the counter.

Please note that if your application progresses to the reference check stage, you may be required to submit a police check. If your search returns a criminal record, Bunnings will assess whether the record impacts your ability to perform the key requirements of the role.