Senior Engineer - DevOps - Hawthorn East

Full job description
We’ve been trusted to serve Aussie communities since 1914 and grown to become a top 30-listed on the ASX with over 115,000 team members and a portfolio of iconic brands. At Coles Group, you’ll not only get to make a difference to millions of Aussie lives—you’ll also get to see your impact.


About the team

Our Technology team is the backbone of the business, building and maintaining the information technology infrastructure that support Coles Group. As a part of the Technology team, you get the opportunity to work through complex, challenging, meaningful problems using large data sets and new technologies to expand your skills and experience.


Technology is the backbone of our business. Every day, our team solves complex and meaningful problems. Those solutions help thousands of our fellow team members succeed and make millions of customers’ lives easier every day.


As part of the broader Technology team, Store Team Platforms partner with the business to deliver quality technology solutions to make it easy for store team members to be customer obsessed. Our platforms are used by store team members daily ranging from critical applications, multiple instore devices including smart phones, iPads and back-office PC’s Software and Applications that are used across 100,000+ Supermarkets Team members and the Store Support Centre



About the role


As a Senior DevOps Engineer you’ll be instrumental in fostering a collaborative, transparent, and solution-focused approach to achieve common goals. You will be required to communicate effectively cross functionally with engineering, quality, and operations to integrate software development workflows with infrastructure and deployment processes.

As part of this role, you will provide technical and design leadership in the implementation and maintenance of infrastructure and pipelines. This includes creating and managing CI/CD pipelines to automate testing, building, and deployment of applications across various environments.

You will provide guidance and mentorship to junior DevOps engineers and software developers and help to cultivate a high-performing team culture.

This role is pivotal in evolving our cloud engineering capability, building and maintaining secure, repeatable, and scalable infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, and modern automation tools. You’ll help define reusable Azure patterns and frameworks that enable the delivery of high-quality solutions.

You’re a hands-on engineer with a strong foundation in Microsoft Azure and a passion for building secure, scalable, and automated cloud solutions. You’re comfortable navigating complex environments, collaborating across teams, and delivering practical outcomes that align with business goals.


You’ll bring a mix of practical engineering experience, cloud expertise, and a mindset for continuous improvement


About you and your skills


minimum of 3 years in DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), focusing on building and maintaining complex infrastructure systems.
Cloud Platforms and Tooling: Expertise in cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, and Azure (with Azure preferred) for managing cloud-based infrastructure.
Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and container orchestration.
Demonstrated practical understanding of tooling and frameworks, including Git, Docker, Kubernetes (AKS), JFrog Artifactory, Azure DevOps/GitHub
Version Control: Advanced experience with version control systems like Git and GitHub and configuration management tools such as helm
Scripting and Automation: Strong proficiency in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, Bash, .NET, and JavaScript/Node.js. Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar (Terraform preferred).
Monitoring & Logging: Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools like Datadog, Splunk, or Grafana.
Network & Security: In-depth understanding of networking (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP) and security best practices in cloud-based environments.
Experience: Proven track record in delivering and/or providing technical services in distributed environments (e.g., Web-Based Services, Internet Products).
Integration Systems: Experience in delivering and/or providing technical services in Integration systems (e.g., Event Hub, Kafka, message queues).
Problem-Solving: Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex system issues.
Database Management: Knowledge of database management, including relational and NoSQL databases
Agile Methodologies: Familiarity with agile methodologies and experience working in agile teams
Hands on experience implementing complex solutions using multiple frameworks
Understanding of contemporary data architecture, integration patterns and techniques, and industry logical models.
Code review, testing, deployment, and support of solutions
We’re looking for someone with a growth mindset, a collaborative style, and the willingness to get stuck into technical problem-solving.
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.


What’s in it for you?

Flexible working options:

We know that work is only one part of your life, so we actively encourage a positive work-life balance and provide hybrid working options to help you achieve it.
Office perks:

Take advantage of our gym facility and fitness classes, free parking, BBQ area, mini-Coles supermarket, fooderie hub where you can sample new products before they hit the shelves, school holiday program and so much more when you come in.
Discounts:

Eligible team members receive 5% discount all year round on your Supermarket and Liquor online and in-store purchases. We also offer additional periods of double discount (10%) at various times throughout the year. As well as hotdeals exclusive to team members that translate into additional savings.
Reward through recognition:

Give and receive recognition, linked to our Coles values, through our digital recognition platform ‘mythanks’. You can accumulate points to redeem in the online shop for exciting gifts and electronic gift cards from an extensive range of retailers.
Opportunities for learning and development:

No matter where you start within our diverse business, you’ll have experiences, exposure, and education to satisfy you. Discover and explore a variety of career development programs and job-specific training.
Paid parental leave:

We understand how important your life outside work is and offer permanent team members paid parental leave to support you in balancing work and family.
Investment in your future:

Our annual team member share plan offer allows eligible team members to make regular pre-tax salary sacrifice deductions to purchase Coles Group shares.

About the recruitment process

We’re continuing to build a gender equitable team, and a culture that is just as diverse, inclusive and welcoming as the communities we serve. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe and respectful for our team. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), abilities, ****** orientation and gender identities.


We’re happy to adjust our recruitment process to support candidates with disability. For further information and additional contact details visit the ‘Our Recruitment Process’ section of our careers site or email inclusionrecruitment@coles.com.au


Job ID: 155548

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Employment Type: Full time

 

Australia
Victoria
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