DevOps Specialist

We’re on the hunt for a DevOps Specialist who lives and breathes automation. You’ll design streamlined workflows and powerful orchestration processes - driving efficiency, slashing manual tasks, and transforming how we operate. If you thrive on solving complex problems and building smart systems that just work, this is your stage.

Your Role in Action

• Design and implement automation and self-service capabilities for infrastructure and cloud services.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify automation opportunities and drive workflow innovation.

• Create and manage workflows that enable the seamless coordination of tasks and data across multiple systems and applications.
• Own your code - write clean, maintainable scripts that are secure and version controlled.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and refine automated processes to keep everything running smoothly.
• Create clear and concise documentation for automated workflows, processes, and configurations.
• Document and share knowledge to champion automation adoption and upskill teams across the business.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• Hands-on experience in complex ICT environments delivering reliable cloud, infrastructure, or application services to agreed service levels using service management tools.
• Collaborative and curious mindset – you thrive in a team and value open, respectful communication
• Proficient in scripting languages - Python, Bash and PowerShell etc.
• Skilled in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines - Hashicorp Terraform, Red Hat Ansible, Github, Bitbucket, Azure Devops, JIRA.
• Experience with Redhat Linux and Windows Server operating systems.
• Experience with public, private and hybrid cloud platforms - VMware Aria, Microsoft Azure and associated technologies.
• Understanding of cloud security principles and best practices - identity and access management (IAM), logging, secret management, encryption, firewalls.

By joining Western Power, you will contribute to powering a cleaner energy future. We are dedicated to fostering career development and promoting a healthy work-life balance, empowering you to drive innovation as we develop a network that will serve the Western Australian community for generations. You will also benefit from a range of perks and opportunities, including: 

• Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.  
• The opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year. 
• Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership. 
• An award-winning employee recognition and benefits programme. 
• An innovative team culture that’s enabling the transition to renewable energy and decarbonisation.  
• In addition to standard leave, enjoy three wellness leave days each year.

Applications close on 18 September 2025

We value diversity and inclusivity, encouraging applications from all backgrounds, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and LGBTQIA+ communities. Find out more about our Reconciliation Action Plan and Disability Access and Inclusion Plan. 

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