Work with cutting edge AI technology, making the world a safer and more secure place. DroneShield (ASX:DRO) offers an opportunity to solve some of world’s most challenging technical problems in the rapidly growing counterdrone sector.  

Our customers are some of the most demanding in the world, including militaries, government agencies, airports, critical infrastructure, law enforcement and many others. The counterdrone sector is rapidly changing, with DroneShield being in an arms race against state-backed drone manufacturers globally.  

With one of the largest listed defence company market capitalisations in Australia, now part of the ASX200 index, DroneShield is experiencing a period of hypergrowth. Revenue has surged from A$57 million in 2024 to over A$190 million in 2025, representing growth of more than 400% year-on-year, with record profitability and cashflow. The total addressable global market for counterdrone is assessed at approximately $100 billion, and is currently at the nascent stage with much of the growth still to come, with DroneShield well positioned as a global market leader, and the only public listed pure-play business in this sector.  

The company has grown from 11 employees in 2017 to over 450 staff globally today, and is on track to reach around 550 by the end of 2026. This expansion includes investment of over A$50 million annually in R&D, a global pipeline exceeding A$2.5 billion, and continuous scaling of production capacity to meet accelerating demand. 

The role is based at DroneShield’s central Sydney headquarters. Overseas on-the-ground presence includes Virginia (USA), Netherlands, Denmark, Mexico and Dubai, as well as distributors in over 70 countries worldwide. 

About the role

Join DroneShield as a DevOps Engineer (AU) and play a hands-on role in building practical tools that support our embedded software and R&D teams. You’ll be working at the cutting edge of defence technology, helping deliver real-world solutions that make a difference. From improving CI/CD pipelines to automating deployments across containerised and Hardware-in-the-Loop environments, this role offers the chance to take ownership of systems that directly impact product quality, reliability and speed of delivery. 

We’re looking for a proactive DevOps professional with solid experience in CI/CD, Python and Linux-based environments, who enjoys improving legacy systems and building smart tooling for developers. You’ll thrive here if you have strong attention to detail, enjoy problem-solving, and can work both independently and as part of a fast-paced team. If you have a “can do” attitude and want to contribute to meaningful technology in a collaborative Australian workplace, DroneShield would love to hear from you. 

Responsibilities, Duties and Expectations 

• Add maintain pipelines/jobs for nightly builds, merge builds, commit builds and add-hoc builds.
• Improve Continuous Integration - recommend and implement improvements to build times, flexibility, new user features and quality control of the pipelines supporting the testing, building and management of the embedded system software.
• Improve Continuous Delivery - Automate and reduce friction in the deployment of code to containered and Hardware-in-the-Loop test infrastructure.
• Infrastructure management - Extend and streamline the management and observability of DroneShield’s Hardware-in-the-Loop test infrastructure on specialised hardware through tooling, managing new runners and developing features.
• Tooling - Integrate tools into automated workflows to improve feedback given to developers on the code quality, security, testing and documentation.
• Write and maintain internal documentation for implemented features and tools.
• Own, maintain, and improve legacy tools and systems.
• Improve the reliability by adding tests to exercise all pipeline actions.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills 

• BS degree in Computer Science, Mechatronics, IT or similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in maintaining/ developing pipelines for Gitlab CI, Github Actions, Jenkins or similar.
• Experience with development tools including Git, Jira, Confluence, GitLab CI/CD, Docker.
• Experienced in Python required.
• DevOps experience, automated testing, and system monitoring.

Knowledge of the following would also be desirable:

• Linux build systems such as Yocto, Buildroot.
• Comfortable on the command line in a Linux first environment.
• Minimum 1 year working with build process and testing of embedded devices.
• Minimum 1 year maintaining Hardware-in-the-loop test system.

Non-technical skills:

• Excellent written and visual communication skills.
• Experience writing instructional documentation.
• Strong troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a fast-paced team.
• Strong ability to multi-task, meet deadlines and handle pressure.
• “Can do” attitude and willingness to help in variety of tasks, including occasional tasks unrelated to the core role.

Note for recruitment agencies: We do not accept unsolicited candidates from external recruiters unless specifically instructed.