Development Operations Manager

Join Sundale as our Development Operations 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 Development Operations 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 Development Operations 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 for more information about careers with Sundale.

We review applications as they are received — apply early to avoid missing out.