The Opportunity

At APA, our purpose is simple: to strengthen communities through responsible energy.

We now have an exciting opportunity available for a DevOps Platform Engineer based in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane on a full-time permanent basis.

In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining, optimising, and integrating the DevOps toolchain to enable cloud and application engineering teams to achieve their platform, automation, and operational objectives. Your primary focus will be on ensuring the toolchain integrates seamlessly into CI/CD workflows while upholding reliability, security, and efficiency. This position demands technical expertise in managing and enhancing tools, ensuring compliance, driving automation initiatives, and empowering engineering teams to fully leverage the toolchain's capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Toolchain Management: Administer and optimise tools like GitLab, Terraform, Prisma, Vault, Nexus and Test Automation to ensure security, performance, and stability.

• CI/CD Integration: Build and maintain reusable CI/CD pipeline templates and scripts, integrating the full toolchain for automation and efficiency.

• Enablement and Support: Provide training, documentation and troubleshooting support for engineers to ensure effective tool usage and compliance with best practices.

• Automation: Identify and implement automation opportunities to improve operational efficiency and streamline processes.

• Proactive Monitoring: Monitor and resolve performance and reliability issues across AWS cloud platforms and toolchains.

Your background

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related discipline.

• Advanced experience with DevSecOps frameworks, best practices and standards

• Expansive skills in designing, building, integrating, administering and optimising toolchains such as GitLab, Terraform Enterprise, Vault, Prisma and Nexus.

• Strong understanding of CI/CD, automation frameworks, scripting languages (e.g. Python, Bash) and reliability engineering concepts, with demonstrable outcomes in an environment that has driven these outcomes

• Familiarity with AWS and data platforms like Databricks

About the Team

Technology drives everything we do at APA, from connecting millions of Australians to energy sources to achieving our net zero ambitions. Our technology teams are focused on delivering innovative solutions that position APA as a world leader in energy infrastructure. We’re looking for people who are ready to make an impact—those who are courageous, nimble, and willing to take risks.

Working at APA

At APA we’re committed to fostering a safe and inclusive workplace where you can achieve your best. We’ll provide you with access to targeted career development programs, competitive remuneration, employee benefits, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing programs. We also have an inclusive parental leave policy providing 18 weeks leave including superannuation to support parents at work and in life.

We employ more than 2700 people across Australia and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, where everyone feels safe, valued, and trusted to do their best every day.

We are APA

APA Group is a leading Australian energy infrastructure business.

We proudly own, operate and manage a diverse $27 billion portfolio of gas, electricity, solar and wind assets which deliver essential services to communities and customers across Australia.
And we own over 15,000 kilometres of gas pipelines which deliver energy to families and industry across every corner of Australia.

As the partner of choice in delivering infrastructure solutions for the energy transition, we’re focused on bundled remote grid energy solutions, electricity and gas transmission, and future energy, including hydrogen and carbon capture and storage.

Our customer centric approach means we understand our customers and their businesses offering reliable, innovative, and cost-effective energy solutions that support their decarbonisation ambitions.

We are committed to delivering infrastructure solutions for Australia’s energy transition and supporting the decarbonisation ambitions of our customers.

We prioritise sustainable outcomes so that APA, our people, customers, and communities can thrive – now and in the future.

Join our team and be part of Australia’s energy transition!

We’d love to hear from you.

APA is an equal opportunity employer. The safety, health and wellbeing our people, community and environment a priorty. We embrace diversity in our people to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities that we operate in.

Applicants must be eligible to work in Australia to be considered.

Role closes Saturday, 30 November 2024. Role Reference Number JR1405

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.