Lead DevOps Engineer

Join us and experience Bunnings from the other side of the counter!

What’s in it for you when you’re part of our team:

• Team discount at Bunnings and other Wesfarmers brands including Kmart, Target and Officeworks to name a few

• Free standard OnePass membership

• Access to over 100+ exclusive team member benefits across health, shopping, travel and stay, wealth, work and leave

• 12 weeks paid parental leave, regardless of gender

• Fun stuff like annual festive gifts, discounted food and drinks at our Bunnings Cafe, and travelling store team member opportunities

• We’re genuinely invested in your career and no matter where you start with us, that pathway is yours to build

As the Lead DevOps Engineer, you will take ownership of designing, building, and supporting complex platforms, operational processes, and infrastructure automation. You’ll develop and maintain a framework for DevOps best practices, bridging operations with development, QA, and engineering teams. Your lead across Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) pipelines, ensuring seamless software delivery.

You’ll champion DevOps methodologies within delivery teams, automating tasks and processes across the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC). This includes creating tools and practices that deliver exceptional customer experiences through disaster recovery, high availability, scalable solutions, infrastructure monitoring, and continuous deployment capabilities.

• Provide technical leadership and contribute to the architecture of DevOps platforms.
• Define and implement enterprise-wide DevOps standards and best practices.
• Enable CI/CD solutions and automate configuration management across environments.
• Drive automation of repetitive tasks to maintain secure, up-to-date operational environments.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and capacity planning for high availability and performance.
• Collaborate with software and operational engineers to integrate modern tools and techniques.
• Maintain documentation, runbooks, and knowledge bases for team support.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and identify opportunities for improvement.

You’ll have a passion for automation, continuous improvement, and enabling teams to deliver high-quality solutions. Strong initiative, problem-solving ability, and a customer-focused mindset are essential, along with the ability to mentor and influence others in adopting DevOps best practices.

• 5+ years of DevOps experience in enterprise-level environments with proven technical leadership and mentorship in an Agile DevOps culture.
• Strong background in automating large-scale infrastructure and enabling CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure cloud services and Kubernetes
• Broad understanding of tools and technologies such as Source Control, Continuous Integration, Infrastructure Automation, Deployment Automation, Containers, Orchestration, and Cloud.
• Coding and scripting proficiency across multiple languages.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Systems Engineering, or equivalent experience.

You’ll be part of a workplace where you’ll feel like you belong.

We love the diversity across our teams, brought together in an inclusive culture guided by our values. We welcome applications from individuals of all ages, cultural backgrounds, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities. We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in shaping a workplace that celebrates First Nations voices, perspectives, and contributions. Please note, you must be age 15 or over to apply for a role at Bunnings.

We’re all about fairness at Bunnings, and our team’s here to support you every step of the way. If you need any adjustments, just let us know - we’re here to help. If you’ve got the experience, skills, and drive to grow - but don’t quite nail every part of the job description - we still want to hear from you. For support, contact us at [email protected].

Bunnings reserves the right to close job advertisements at any time, so we encourage you to apply early. We do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies, as we have a dedicated internal Talent Acquisition team managing all hiring processes.

About Us

Bunnings is the leading retailer of home improvement and lifestyle products in Australia and New Zealand. We're proud to support project builders, commercial tradespeople and the housing industry through our network of stores, trade centres, frame and truss sites and online.

At Bunnings, our purpose is simple: we’re here to inspire people to have a red hot go! Whether that's backing our team to grow, supporting customers to take on new projects, or helping communities make a real difference. By joining our passionate and diverse team, you will be part of a culture that encourages you to roll up your sleeves and build something great together. If you’re ready to have a go, apply today.

Please note if you are offered a role with us, background checks may be required. This can include police, employment, medical and qualification checks. If a police check search returns a criminal record, Bunnings will assess whether the record impacts your ability to perform the key requirements of the role.