Water is essential for life. At Seqwater, we’re not just delivering water—we’re driving innovation, growth and transformation to secure the future of water across South East Queensland.

As one of the largest water businesses with the most geographically spread and diverse asset base of any capital city in Australia, our operations extend from the New South Wales border to the base of the Toowoomba ranges and north to Gympie.

As we enter an exciting period of expansion, we're embracing new technologies and sustainable practices to meet the growing needs of our region. We work collaboratively across our organisation and with our stakeholders, constantly striving to enhance the quality of service we provide. As we modernise our systems and invest in smarter water grids, we remain focused on delivering the highest standard of service, always with the future in mind.

Our transformation is about more than just infrastructure—it’s about people. Our team of dedicated professionals are united by a shared passion for creating lasting, meaningful outcomes for the communities we serve, and this is reflected in Our Vision, Water for Life, Our Promise - Safe for Life, and Our Values of integrity, respect, care, and courage that shape everything we do.

If you want to be part of an organisation that’s shaping the future of water management, now is the time to join Seqwater.

About Your Opportunity

Reporting to our Team Leader Cloud Services, you will lead Seqwater’s DevOps Engineering function, ensuring effective design, implementation, and management of

scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure for Seqwater’s cloud services development and deployment processes. You will establish work area outcomes, prepare proposals and budget submissions, develop and implement operational procedures,

and review operations for effectiveness. You will also provide guidance and direction to peers and direct reports and engage and influence stakeholders and customers for successful service delivery.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide expert guidance and leadership in the development and implementation of complex technical solutions, providing briefing material and regular performance reports for key stakeholders.
• Lead and manage the team’s development, implementation, and review of continuous improvement projects for but not limited to Azure and AWS cloud platforms and services using continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC) and automation of the software development lifecycle.
• Administration and coordination of DevOps services and solutions across all Seqwater.
• Act as a point of escalation for technical issues, providing effective and efficient problem-solving expertise while maintaining formal request management utilising appropriate systems.
• Establish and implement processes, procedures, tools and techniques for monitoring and managing the performance of cloud platforms and services, managing the security, performance, costs and availability of cloud-based services under agreed SLAs.
• Apply architectural and DevOps engineering concepts to design a solution that meets operational requirements, such as scalability, maintainability, security, reliability, extensibility, flexibility, availability and manageability.
• Establish and maintain a mechanism for identifying systems trends from relevant data and systems, providing high level advice and recommendations for improving operations and evaluate emerging technologies and make recommendation for adoption.
• Manage the establishment, maintenance, and development of effective working relationships between DTI Cloud Services and customer business units to identify agree and meet customer requirements for core services provided.
• Undertake work outside of core business hours as required to minimise interruption to end users, including involvement in the on call roster.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will possess:  

• Relevant Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Azure or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or similar.
• Proven Experience in cloud platform engineering and operations.
• Experience in a supervisor equivalent role.
• Experience in resource management for a DevOps engineering team inclusive of handling external contractors.
• Proven track record of client-centric collaboration and agile solution delivery.
• Experience in budget preparation and developing proposals.

This position has a salary range of $118,579.95 - $129,013.30 (dependent on experience) plus 12.75% superannuation.

Appointment to this role is subject to the provision of a national police check and may be subject to other medical/character requirements. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically deemed ineligible. Each application will be considered on its merits.

For a more detailed preview of the work that you will be involved in for this role, feel free to take a look at the position description on our careers page - careers.seqwater.com.au   We also invite you to connect with us on LinkedIn and join our growing community of followers to see all the latest news and job opportunities as and when they happen - https://www.linkedin.com/company/seqwater/

If you are looking for an extraordinary career in which you can make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you!

Why Work For Us? 

At Seqwater we care.  

We offer competitive pay and job security while prioritising the health and wellbeing of our employees through initiatives such as immunisation programs and skin checks. Our flexible hybrid working options help you balance your career with your personal life. 

You’ll benefit from discounted memberships, ongoing professional development opportunities, and generous leave options, including the ability to purchase additional leave. 

At Seqwater, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace that celebrates diversity, ensuring everyone feels included, respected, and treated fairly. 

To apply

Submit your cover letter outlining how you meet the requirements of the role and your resume via the Apply button.

Applications close: 11:55PM AEST, Sunday 16^th March 2025

For further information please email enquiries to recruitment@seqwater.com.au

Please note – applications cannot be accepted via email.