Job Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Burnside
Job Category: Information Technology
Job Description
Join Sundale as our DevOps Manager
Burnside | Full Time | Make a Real Impact Every Day
Looking for a meaningful career that offers stability, purpose and growth? With more than 60 years of service across aged care, community care, retirement communities and affordable housing, Sundale is committed to empowering Queenslanders to live their best lives — and that includes our team members.
We're seeking a highly skilled and motivated DevOps Manager to lead engineering enablement and operational excellence across Sundale's digital environments.
Why Sundale?
At Sundale, We Live By Our Values
Care – Creating quality and meaningful experiences for everyone in the Sundale community
Connection – Listening and responding to the needs of others
Creativity – Finding better, innovative ways to do things and be part of our community
We offer a supportive, people‑first workplace where your contribution truly matters.
About The Role
As our DevOps Manager, you'll play a key leadership role in ensuring Sundale's technology environment is secure, reliable, scalable and aligned with our Digital Strategy. You will oversee:
Governance of CI/CD, infrastructure automation and service reliability
Cloud, on‑prem and hybrid environments with a strong emphasis on AWS
DevSecOps, observability, incident and problem management
Leadership of a high-performing technical team (Senior Systems Engineer, APS Manager, Developer)
Your work will ensure Sundale's internal teams, residents and clients experience seamless, high‑quality digital services.
What You'll Do
Lead, coach and mentor the DevOps team to deliver operational excellence
Oversee CI/CD platforms (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions) and AWS deployment workflows
Govern infrastructure automation and multi-account management using Terraform or CloudFormation
Ensure cloud, on ‑ prem and hybrid systems meet reliability, security and recovery expectations
Guide technical design quality, release governance and engineering best practice
Drive incident, problem and service request management across applications and infrastructure
Partner with ICT, Executive, vendors and external experts to execute Sundale's Digital Strategy
Maintain AWS security baselines and support DevSecOps frameworks
Develop procedures, documentation, and operational improvements
Required Qualifications And Experience
Bachelor's or Master's in IT, Computer Science, or related discipline
5+ years' experience in DevOps/SRE/Platform Engineering leadership
Strong practical AWS knowledge (mandatory)
Experience in CI/CD governance, infrastructure automation, observability and cyber security
Vendor/partner management experience
ITIL, Project Management or security certifications highly regarded
AWS Certifications desirable (e.g., Solutions Architect, DevOps Professional)
Sundale values its team members and provides a comprehensive range of benefits:
Competitive salary
Salary Packaging: Up to $15,900 tax-free + $2,650 for meals & entertainment
Generous Leave Entitlements: 5 weeks annual leave for full‑time employees (pro‑rated for part‑time)
Paid Parental Leave: 6 weeks for eligible full‑time and pro‑rated part‑time team members
Exclusive Perks: Discounts, financial tips & wellbeing resources via our Flare platform, including savings at 500+ major Australian brands across 9,000+ locations to help reduce everyday costs
Access to Car Salary Packaging: Offering significant tax and running‑cost savings
Private Health Discounts
EAP Support: We're here for you Access to confidential support services
Referral Bonus: Score up to $300 for every successful referral
Uniforms provided
Career progression and development opportunities
Make a Real Difference Every Day
Your leadership will directly influence the reliability, security and performance of the systems supporting our residents, team members and communities.
If you value purpose, teamwork and delivering excellence, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply Now
Apply today or visit our careers page HERE for more information about careers with Sundale.
We review applications as they are received — apply early to avoid missing out.