The Game Changers:
Australian Payments Plus (AP+) is here to shape the future of payments for Australia. We aim to deliver more innovation to Australia’s payments ecosystem, for the collective benefit of Australian businesses, government and consumers.
Our solutions include Australia’s domestic debit network, real-time, data rich payments infrastructure, secure bill payments, digital identity verification, QR payments and experiences and open wallet solutions. It’s a new chapter with more possibilities.
Life @ AP+:
We are one connected team in pursuit of one inspiring purpose – to unite people and technology to power better experiences. Each of us has a part to play in making that happen. You’ll be encouraged to bring your big ideas forward and make a difference through your work. Taking steps forward in your career whilst still having room for fun, friendships, and flexibility in your daily life.
We’re driven by our core values: lead with heart, learn for tomorrow and live our legacy. A purpose like ours takes the inspired impact of an incredible team. Ready to change the game? We’re ready to help you do it.
The Purpose:
The DevOps Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the infrastructure and integration pipelines that support secure, scalable, and high-performing software delivery at AP+. This role ensures seamless deployment and operation of systems across cloud environments. It is hands-on in automating processes, managing configurations, and using AI-assisted development and monitoring tools to improve efficiency, code quality, and operational reliability.
The core accountabilities of the role will include:
- Implement infrastructure as code (IaC) practices to ensure reproducibility and consistency
- Ensure infrastructure and deployment processes follow best practices for security, monitoring, and observability
- Collaborate closely with development teams to streamline code integration, testing, and deployment workflows
- Drive automation in operational processes to minimize manual interventions.
- Design, develop, test, and maintain deployment pipelines
- Ensure infrastructure & deployment processes follow best practices for security, monitoring and observability.
- Provision, configure, and optimise infrastructure cloud environments
- Participate in quality assurance and resolve deployment issues
- Manage stakeholder engagement, feedback, and issue resolution
- Drive continuous improvement of DevOps tools, processes, and practices
- Leverage AI-driven tools and methods to enhance DevOps efficiency and automation
The capabilities needed to be successful for this role are:
Education & Certification: Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience. Certifications in cloud platforms, DevOps, or scripting languages are desirable
Experience: Approximately 3+ years in a DevOps or equivalent engineering role, ideally within technology-driven environments
Technical Proficiency:
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks.(Gitlab CI preferred)
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform or CDK
- Skilled in scripting languages including Bash, Python or GoLang
- Familiar with container orchestration and major cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
- Deep understanding of event-driven and microservices architectures
AI & Automation: Awareness of AI-enabled tools for software delivery and operations (e.g., AI-assisted coding, testing, anomaly detection) and their ethical, responsible application
Tooling & Monitoring: Experience with modern monitoring, logging, and alerting tools to ensure operational reliability
Analytical & Problem-Solving: Strong troubleshooting, diagnostic, and performance optimisation skills
Collaboration & Communication: Effective at working across development, operations, and business teams to deliver reliable, secure, and scalable systems
Industry Insight (Desirable): Exposure to payments or financial technology environments is an advantage
What happens next:
At AP+, we believe in the power of passion, pride, and purpose. Our team is driven by a shared mission to make a difference in the world of payments, and we're proud to work together towards this common goal.
If you’re ready to be a game changer, please submit your application. The Talent Acquisition team will endeavour to review your application and notify you of the outcome within the next two weeks.
We want to remove all barriers to inclusion so if you need advice or support with your application, we’re here to help. Please reach out to [email protected] We also encourage you to let us know your pronouns at any point during the recruitment process.
AP+ are not partnering with Recruitment agencies for this role.
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What We Do
Introducing Australian Payments Plus
Australian Payments Plus (AP+) brings together Australia’s three domestic payment providers, BPAY Group, eftpos and NPP Australia, into one integrated entity.
Bringing these businesses together enables AP+ to create a more competitive and coordinated Australian payments organisation that is strategically placed to respond to the impacts of regulatory and technological change today, and into the future.
Operating in the public interest, AP+ is a member-owned organisation, with a diverse range of members including Australia’s domestic banks, international banks operating in Australia, some of the country’s largest merchants, payment service providers and payment processors, together with a range of challenger and disruptor brands focused on specific markets and products.
