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SalaryAt Optus, we don’t sit back and let the future happen to us - we’re out there making it. By expanding into new technology and relentlessly improving every day, we’re creating a better tomorrow for all Australians.We believe in the strength of a vibrant, diverse and inclusive workforce where backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people help us innovate and create strong connections with our customers.Are you passionate about enabling developers to build innovative and ground-breaking solutions? Do you enjoy creating scalable solutions that streamline the development process? If so, join us as a DevOps/Platform engineer within our Developer Enablement team.In this exciting role, you'll support the technical lead and broader developer enablement team in designing and delivering tools and infrastructure that enable our developers to build and deliver quickly and reliably. You will work closely with our developers to understand their challenges and problems and implement solutions to help solve their problems, ensuring developer experience is considered at every stage of the Optus Development lifecycle.If you thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and deeply understand developer needs, we want to hear from you. Join us and help us change our business by revolutionising how we deliver solutions to our customers!The day to day
- Design and maintain stable and reliable platform infrastructure for efficient development environments.
- Automate daily development tasks and simplify operations by creating and updating tools and scripts.
- Collaborate with the Technical Lead and product owner to prioritise improvements based on developer feedback and data analysis.
- Contribute to developing internal processes and best standards for developer platforms and experience.
- Led the application deployment automation for production and pre-prod environments to reduce cognitive load associated with software delivery and improve delivery performance.
- Find opportunities for process and efficiency improvements and recommend solutions for implementation.
- Work in tendem with the developer platform team and broader technology foundation tribe.
- Stay updated with developer trends and technologies and run PoCs/experiments to validate technologies and hypotheses. Work closely with the broader team to introduce new practices and technologies into our ecosystem as appropriate.
- Advocate for our developers by capturing their feedback and concerns and promoting best standards to drive improvements to the Developer Experience at Optus.
- Thorough comprehension of DevOps practices and methodologies, with a track record of applying them in other organizations and enterprises.
- Proven understanding of automation practices in the development, build, and deployment phases of the software engineering life cycle.
- Proficient w/ Unix shell scripting languages such as BASH & Groovy.
- Proven understanding working with database technologies such as MySQL, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL.
- Proven understanding of in containerization technologies, specifically Docker.
- Have practical hands-on experience working with configuration management tooling such as Ansible, Chef and using such tools to configure services at scale.
- Proven understanding in using IaC tooling to manage infrastructure, Terraform preferred.
- Experienced in using automated testing frameworks and tooling, specifically integrating such tools into CI pipelines.
- Strong experience with at least one major cloud platform, with a preference for AWS or GCP.
- Proficient with observability & monitoring tools, such as including Xray, CloudWatch, Dynatrace, ELK, and others.
- High proficient working with source control management systems such as Git.
- In depth understanding of and proven experience in working with CICD platforms and developing pipelines to test, build and deploy code.
- Skilled in working within Agile delivery teams and frameworks.
- Demonstrated capacity to manage tasks and seeing them through to completion efficiently and effectively.
- A motivated self-starter with a robust work ethic who excels in fast-paced, ever-changing settings. Assumes responsibility for projects and assignments.
- Proficient in organizing and navigating a complicated technical environment.
- Works collaboratively with a customer-centric focus, able to establish relationships across a diverse set of backgrounds and hierarchies.
- Proficient in written, verbal, and interpersonal communication.
- Committed to upholding high ethical standards, integrity, and fairness in all actions.
- Skilled in both written and verbal communication, able to work well in a team environment that spans multiple functions.
- 3 days in the office, 2 days remote – with flexible hours to suit!
- Inclusive paid parental leave, up to 14 weeks for the primary care giver
- All Optus employees have access to resources, webinars and support via the ‘Parents at Work portal’
- Own your own growth by accessing an extensive online and facilitator led learning catalogue – even earn a MBA micro-credential via OptusU (University)
- Connect at work through one of our employee-led volunteer groups: Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network, Express Yourself (LGBTQIA+), United Veterans and Yarn Network
- Vibrant campus life, variety of facilities including restaurants, cafes, gymnasium, GP, and post office
- Two easy travel options to Sydney Campus: Optus bus from Sydney CBD (20min travel time) and Macquarie University Metro Station (every 6-8 minutes); morning and afternoon!
