DevOps Engineer
- Classification
- Occupation
- Skill level
- 1
- Major group
- Professionals
Classification
- Major group
- 2Professionals
- Sub-major group
- 26ICT Professionals
Description
Facilitate and undertake communication, collaboration, integration and automation to improve efficiency and workflow across different specialist IT teams.
Specialisations
- Cloud Computing Engineer
- Continuous Integration Engineer
Unit group
2613 · Software and Applications ProgrammersDescription
Software and Applications Programmers design, develop, test, maintain and document program code in accordance with user requirements, and system and technical specifications.
Skill level
Australia
In Australia and New Zealand: Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification. At least five years of relevant experience and/or relevant vendor certification may substitute for the formal qualification. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).
New Zealand
In Australia and New Zealand: Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification. At least five years of relevant experience and/or relevant vendor certification may substitute for the formal qualification. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).
Occupation skill level 1
Tasks
Tasks include
- researching, consulting, analysing and evaluating system program needs
- identifying technology limitations and deficiencies in existing systems and associated processes, procedures and methods
- testing, debugging, diagnosing and correcting errors and faults in an applications programming language within established testing protocols, guidelines and quality standards to ensure programs and applications including technical security controls perform to specification
- writing and maintaining program code to meet system requirements, system designs and technical specifications in accordance with quality accredited standards
- writing, updating and maintaining technical program, end user documentation and operational procedures
- providing advice, guidance and expertise in developing proposals and strategies for software design activities such as financial evaluation and costings for recommending software purchases and upgrades
- managing testing and automation of software and application deployments
- collecting and analysing operational metrics
- developing continuous improvement and continuous delivery strategies across system design and software development
- the creation and development of the tools required to support software and its management and security
- performing forensic analysis to identify anomalies or threats
- encryption and decryption
- identification and mitigation of risks that may affect the performance and security throughout the lifecycle of the product.