DevOps & Platform Engineer

ABOUT US

Football Australia is situated on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We acknowledge the histories, traditions and living cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and commit to building a brighter future together. 

Football in Australia is a melting pot of approximately 2 million participants represented by over 200 different cultures; we are proud to be the most diverse and globally connected sport within the Australian sporting landscape.  

This diversity in culture, ideas, and experience makes us strong and prepares us to achieve our vision to ‘be a leading football nation where everyone is inspired to live and love the game’. To achieve this, we live by our company values which are:

Welcome: Open doors, open minds, open hearts – One Game for All

Ready: Always ready, always ahead

Connect: Together, united

Excel: Our best, every day in every way

Protect: Guarding the game, Securing the future

WHAT WE OFFER

At Football Australia we want to look after our people and below are just some of the many benefits of joining our team:

• Flexible work arrangements
• Birthday Leave
• Study Leave
• Wellbeing & Lifestyle leave
• Paid Parental leave in addition to statutory government offering
• Volunteer leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Partner discounts
• Workplace Banking Program
• Social Activities such as 5-a-side futsal

ABOUT THE ROLE

Football Australia maintains a comprehensive suite of digital solutions serving both internal operations and the Australian football community, combining in-house developed applications with enterprise vendor platforms.

The DevOps Engineer works closely with the Lead Architect to deliver Football Australia’s digital transformation — building and maintaining the secure, automated platform foundation that enables engineering teams to focus on delivering value.

Operating within a cloud environment, the role spans infrastructure management, security hardening, CI/CD pipeline development, and full-stack engineering. A core focus is tightening platform security and architecture, embedding best practices throughout the infrastructure lifecycle to ensure systems remain resilient, scalable, and compliant.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines, continuously improving performance, reliability, and developer experience
• Provision and manage cloud infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code, ensuring scalability, availability, and cost efficiency
• Embed security best practices throughout the infrastructure lifecycle, supporting platform hardening and compliance
• Design and maintain data pipelines and platform components, ensuring reliable data flow, performance, and governance
• Work closely with the Lead Architect to implement platform architecture decisions and contribute to technical design discussions
• Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions, proactively identifying and resolving infrastructure issues
• Contribute hands-on development capacity, building and developing solutions alongside the engineering team when required
• Document solutions, infrastructure designs, and operational processes to support knowledge sharing and team continuity

ROLE OUTCOMES

• Platform security uplift — Close identified security gaps, harden infrastructure, and progress towards compliance with relevant standards across the platform
• Architecture modernisation — Work with the Lead Architect to evolve and document a more scalable, resilient platform architecture
• CI/CD maturity — Move from partial to full pipeline automation, increasing deployment frequency and reducing manual intervention
• Development tooling uplift — Improve and standardise tooling across the engineering team, reducing friction and accelerating delivery
• Hands-on development contribution — Actively contribute to building and developing solutions alongside the engineering team, providing development capacity when and where it’s needed
• Observability & incident response — Establish robust monitoring, alerting, and logging practices that reduce mean time to detect and resolve issues
• System reliability — Improve platform uptime and resilience through proactive infrastructure management and automated recovery
• Data platform maturity — Establish well-governed, performant data pipelines that support reliable data flow across Football Australia’s systems
• Developer productivity & onboarding — Reduce time-to-productivity for new engineers through better tooling, documentation, and automated environments
• Cost optimisation — Identify and act on opportunities to reduce cloud infrastructure spend without compromising performance or reliability

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL

• Minimum 3–4 years of industry experience in a DevOps, platform, or cloud infrastructure role
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience
• Hands-on AWS experience across infrastructure design, deployment, and management
• Strong practical knowledge of system and application security, including secure design principles and vulnerability management
• Solid understanding of ISO 27001 or equivalent security standards and their practical application
• Experience with both relational and NoSQL databases, including design and optimisation
• Exposure to data engineering concepts and pipeline development
• Solid CI/CD experience, including pipeline design and automated deployment practices
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code using Terraform for provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure
• An inquisitive mindset with a genuine appetite for continuous learning and staying current with emerging technologies and practices

DESIRABLE

• Proficiency in one or more of TypeScript, Golang, Python, or PHP
• Familiarity with Bash scripting for automation and operational tasks
• Experience with Amazon Redshift, including its use as a data lake platform
• Familiarity with AI-assisted coding and code review practices
• Understanding of PII handling and data protection principles, including privacy-by-design practices
• Exposure to Australian industry and regulatory standards relevant to data, security, and compliance
• Experience contributing to digital transformation initiatives within a complex or multi-platform environment
• AWS certification, such as AWS Solutions Architect, AWS DevOps Engineer, or AWS Security Specialty

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: 

• Full working rights in Australia
• Working with children check (paid/employee) or state-based equivalent 
• International Criminal History Record for each country (other than Australia) in which you have resided for 12 months or more in the last 10 years (if applicable)
• Out of hours and weekend work as required

Application deadline: 20th March 2026