Senior DevOps Engineer – AWS, Kubernetes & AI Automation

Senior DevOps Engineer – AWS, Kubernetes & AI Automation

Job Type: Full time

Location : Sydney

Delivery Centric is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud & DevOps Engineer with strong hands-on experience in AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes and EKS. The role will focus on designing and managing scalable cloud infrastructure, infrastructure automation, container platforms and CI/CD environments. The successful candidate will also contribute to cloud optimisation, security, troubleshooting and the adoption of AI-assisted automation across DevOps workflows.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, deploy and manage scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
  • Build, configure and maintain Kubernetes environments, with strong hands-on experience in Amazon EKS.
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management and application deployments.
  • Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation.
  • Monitor cloud infrastructure health, performance and availability, and implement improvements where required.
  • Troubleshoot and provide operational support for cloud-native and Kubernetes environments.
  • Work closely with development, DevOps and security teams to implement cloud and DevOps best practices.
  • Contribute to cloud architecture, infrastructure and container platform design decisions.
  • Implement networking, security, reliability and cost-optimisation best practices across AWS environments.
  • Maintain technical documentation covering infrastructure, configurations, standards and operational procedures.
  • Support occasional cloud projects and deployments in Microsoft Azure.
  • Explore and implement AI-assisted automation for infrastructure and DevOps activities, including IaC generation, code review, security checks and pipeline automation.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional experience in Cloud Engineering, DevOps or a similar role.
  • Strong hands-on experience with AWS, particularly EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, CloudWatch and EKS.
  • Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker.
  • Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
  • Scripting experience with Bash, Python or similar.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure and core cloud concepts.
  • Strong understanding of cloud networking, security, availability and cost optimisation.
  • Experience troubleshooting production cloud and Kubernetes environments.
  • Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with development, security and technical teams.
  • Exposure to AI/LLM tooling, MCP or AI-assisted DevOps automation is highly desirable.

Preferred Qualifications

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect or equivalent AWS certification.
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or equivalent Kubernetes experience.
  • Microsoft Azure certification such as Azure Fundamentals.
  • Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK or AWS-native monitoring tools.
  • Exposure to GitOps tools such as ArgoCD or Flux.
  • Familiarity with AWS CloudFormation or other IaC technologies.
  • Experience integrating AI/LLM tools into DevOps workflows.
  • Experience building AI-assisted solutions for IaC generation, code review, security analysis or configuration management.

How to Apply

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