Careers at TAFE NSW
DevOps Engineer
3 temporary full-time DevOps Engineer roles available at TAFE NSW, supporting agile application build, release, deployment, and configuration activities. Apply Now!
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- Far West and North Central NSW, NSW, Australia
- Gosford, Central Coast and Region, NSW, Australia, 2250
- Goulburn & Southern Tablelands, NSW, Australia, 2580
- Lake Macquarie, NSW, Australia
- Lismore & Far North Coast, NSW, Australia, 2480
- Meadowbank, NSW, Australia, 2114
- Newcastle, Hunter & Region, NSW, Australia
- Port Macquarie & Mid-North Coast, NSW, Australia, 2444
- Riverina & Murray, NSW, Australia, 2650
- Southern Highlands, NSW, Australia
- Statewide, NSW, Australia
- Sydney - East, NSW, Australia
- Sydney - Greater West, NSW, Australia
- Sydney - Inner West, NSW, Australia
- Sydney - North/North West, NSW, Australia, 2060
- Sydney - South, NSW, Australia
- Sydney - West, NSW, Australia
- Sydney City, NSW, Australia
- Tamworth & North West NSW, NSW, Australia, 2340
- Wollongong & The South Coast, NSW, Australia, 2500
- Analysts
- Field Implementation Officers
- Help Desk/Support Services
- IT Professional
- Management and Supervision
- Networking & Cyber
- Programming
- Project Management
- Security
- Systems Administration
- Systems Architecture
- Vocational Education and Training/TAFE
- Web Programming
- Temporary Full Time
- Closing at: Nov 15 2026 - 23:55 AEDT
DevOps Engineer
Location negotiable across NSW (subject to campus availability)
3 x Temporary Full Time till 30 June 2027
$191,363 package includes base salary $168,598 per annum plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
At TAFE NSW, we are dedicated to life-changing impact.
That’s why we offer world-class training and education that delivers the skills needed for the jobs of today and tomorrow.
Life-changing impact starts with an incredible team that sees their career as an opportunity to transform someone’s world. Whether that’s inspiring students, supporting each other, or helping our communities and industries flourish.
We live by TAFE NSW values: Customer Focus, Integrity, Collaboration, and Excellence. They define who we are, how we work, and inspire our performance.
We invest in our people
At TAFE NSW, you will discover a diverse, dynamic, and collaborative environment, where you can innovate, create value, and do meaningful work.
We provide you with tools and ongoing training and professional development, health and wellbeing programs, with a variety of flexible working options.
About the role
The DevOps Engineer position, as a team member in an agile development process, will be responsible for designing and implementing applications build, release, deployment and configuration activities. Working closely with business and Digital Solutions Group staff to understand business requirements that drive the analysis and design of technical solutions that are aligned with Digital Solutions Group strategy and compliant with enterprise architectural standards.
About You
To be considered for the role you will have: -
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Degree qualification in related field or equivalent significant experience.
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Strong CI/CD and automation experience; Bamboo, Bitbucket, Puppet, Chef, Ansible and/or Jenkins experience; virtual environments and containers; and understanding and background in monitoring and alerting (Splunk, New Relic etc).
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Demonstrated experience with infrastructure configuration, management and orchestration tools (Cisco CloudCenter, AWS CloudFormation, Ansible, Salt, Terraform, Docker, or equivalents); Web Servers/Applications; and multi-zone load balancing and redundancy.
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Demonstrated experience in collaborating with infrastructure and application teams to deploy services in public cloud environments (e.g. AWS, Azure).
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Highly proficient in shell and one or more scripting languages (e.g. python, ruby) and a sound understanding of network configuration (DNS, routing, security, protocols).
Highly Regarded
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Experience working in Agile teams
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Experience with continuous compliance to build secure applications.
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Excellent communication skills, experience collaborating with Developers, and non-technical stakeholders.
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Proficient in ServiceNow integration, automation, and configuration management
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Experience with containers at scale & container orchestration e.g. Kubernetes or Nomad
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Exposure to Dynamics 365
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Exposure to Atlassian suite of tools in an administration/development
To find out more about the role, click to view the Role Description.
Our commitment to Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion
We are committed to creating a culturally safe and accessible workplace where dignity, trust, respect, and the promotion of diversity and inclusion are valued, so you can safely bring your whole self to work and connect with your community through our many diverse employee networks. If you require an adjustment in the recruitment process, please contact our Talent Acquisition Advisor listed below.
To apply for this role, click on 'Apply Now' and provide:
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Your current resume
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Copies of your qualifications, where applicable. Certified copied preferred; these will be required if successful for the role (if applicable as a single PDF document)
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Response to a targeted question when prompted in the application process (max 300 words)
Targeted Question:
Describe a significant DevOps initiative that you led or played a key role in. Outline how you improved CI/CD processes, automated infrastructure or deployment activities, collaborated with stakeholders, managed risks or technical challenges, and the outcomes achieved for the organisation and its customers. Please outline the tools and technologies used.
A career of life-changing impact awaits you. Apply now!
Applications close 11.55pm AEDT Sunday 15th November 2026
Role-specific enquiries: contact Leonard Low, Manager Quality Management and Assurance via email leonard.low@tafensw.edu.au
General recruitment and adjustment enquiries: contact Talent Acquisition Advisor Shweta Yadav via email shweta.yadav@tafensw.edu.au
For support with preparing your application and understanding the recruitment process, visit our Application Process page, and explore the helpful resources available through I Work for NSW.
This is a child-related position. Successful candidates must hold a valid NSW Working with Children Check (WWCC) prior to commencing. TAFE NSW will also conduct an Australian National Criminal Record Check on the preferred applicant as part of the pre‑employment process.
To be eligible for a position at TAFE NSW, you must be an Australian citizen, a permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand passport.
A Talent Pool, valid for 18 months, may be created for this position and maybe used to fill future vacancies.
Location is negotiable across our TAFE NSW campuses. Please note that preferred campus location is not guaranteed and is subject to campus availability at the time of offer.
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