At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and maintain cloud services while ensuring security and performance.
- Company: Join Red Energy, an award-winning Australian company with a passion for customer service.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible work arrangements, competitive pay, and generous parental leave.
- Other info: Dynamic team culture with opportunities for career growth and development.
- Why this job: Be part of a tech evolution that impacts over 1.5 million customers.
- Qualifications: 3+ years in DevOps, strong Linux and cloud skills required.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 $ per year.
About Us
At Red Energy, we are passionate about providing award-winning customer service to over 1.5 million of our customers across the country.
Owned by the mighty Snowy Hydro, we are 100% Australian owned which our customers love us for.
Our award winning team have won 16 consecutive Canstar Blue Awards for best overall customer satisfaction amongst Victorian electricity providers.
Ready for a new career - come grow with us!
About the Role
We're looking for a Dev Ops Engineer to join our team on a 12-month fixed-term contract.
Reporting to the Infrastructure Manager, you will be at the forefront of our technology evolution, helping us design, deliver, and maintain the high-quality cloud services that power our retail operations.
In this role, you'll be part of a team that acts as a bridge between technology and business, ensuring our information systems are secure, scalable, and always available.
This is a unique opportunity to work with modern toolsets across on-prem and cloud environments while helping elevate our digital maturity through automation and agile methodologies.
In this role, you will
- Identify, participate in the design, and deliver cloud-based IT services that align with our technology vision and drive greater business performance.
- Maintain our security posture and compliance standards, ensuring all new software developments meet regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
- Adopt and encourage an agile approach to infrastructure, delivering quality systems that meet both commercial objectives and end-user needs.
- Liaise with internal stakeholders and the T&D group to provide expert guidance on cloud operations, maximising the availability of our critical systems.
- Manage and evolve our CI/CD pipelines, utilising tools like Git Lab and Argo CD to ensure seamless and continuous delivery.
- Monitor and optimise our cloud platforms, ensuring robust performance and security across our environments.
- Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships to ensure our technology services are delivered on time and within budget.
What we're looking for
- 3+ years of experience as a Dev Ops Engineer. You should be highly proficient with Linux (Redhat/Ubuntu), CLI, and Shell Scripting.
- Strong working knowledge of Open Shift Container Platform and/or Kubernetes.
- Proven track record with Git Lab, Gitflow, Git Ops, and CI/CD pipelines to ensure high-quality software delivery such as continuous Delivery tools like Argo CD.
- Strong expertise in Azure, combined with hands‐on experience using Terraform to drive infrastructure as code.
- Experience with Open Telemetry and Grafana Cloud.
- Reasonable understanding of networking, including SDN network routing, network policies, and micro‐segmentation.
- Experience with GCP or other cloud services is highly advantageous.
- Familiarity with WAF and Proxy services such as Cloud Flare.
The Perks
- 30 weeks of paid parental leave for primary carers. Plus, the option to purchase 4 weeks of additional annual leave (up to 8 weeks off every year!).
- Competitive employee rates for your Red Energy electricity & gas bills.
- Dog-friendly office.
- Enjoy flexible working arrangements with 3 days in the office, 2 days remote.
- We actively support your professional journey. Gain experience across different areas of the team to fuel your career development and explore internal advancement opportunities.
If you're ready to bring your energy, ideas, and technical expertise into a team that values Teamwork, Ownership and Agility — we'd love to hear from you.
DevOps Engineer employer: Red Energy
At Red Energy, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a vibrant and inclusive work culture that fosters professional growth and development. Located in Melbourne, our team enjoys flexible working arrangements, a dog-friendly office environment, and a commitment to employee wellbeing, all while contributing to one of Australia's leading renewable energy organisations. Join us to make a meaningful impact and elevate your career in a supportive setting that values diversity and innovation.
