Automation Engineer

Careers with Impact

More than one million Australians trust HESTA with their money. HESTA is a top-performing industry super fund working for real-world impact. We use our expertise and influence to deliver strong long-term returns while accelerating our contribution to a more sustainable world.

HESTA is also an inspiring and rewarding place to work. That's because what we do makes a difference to the lives of our members. The people who work at HESTA are not only exceptional at what they do, they're focused on living and creating a strong organisational culture. We're an industry super fund dedicated to the people who keep our communities going. People who provide some of the best health, education and community services in the world are HESTA members - and we are proud to serve them.

Bring your authentic and passionate self to this exceptional role #careerswithimpact

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Automation Engineer with a strong focus on Artificial Intelligence to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be responsible for developing, implementing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models and systems to automate and optimize key business processes to improve critical business area outcomes. The Automation Engineer will play critical role in driving operational efficiency and scalability across the enterprise through the strategic application of AI/ML technologies.

About you
You will have:

• You have a bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or related field.
• You have proven experience with AI/ML model deployment pipelines and automation using cloud services (eg AWS Bedrock, MS Co-Pilot and Azure OpenAI)
• AI/ML infrastructure as code provisioning and automation
• Containerizing and orchestrating AI/ML workloads (Docker, Kubernetes)
• AI/ML model serving, scaling, and optimization on cloud platforms
• Implementing AI/ML monitoring, logging, and observability
• Experience with CI/CD practices and tools for AI/ML systems
• Experience with Scripting/programming for AI/ML automation (Python, Bash)
• Expertise in machine learning operations (MLOps) and AI/ML model deployment pipelines
• Knowledge of AI/ML infrastructure provisioning and automation using IaC tools (e.g. Terraform, Ansible)

Benefits that matter and make a difference for our employees:

• Leave for those moments that matter, an additional 6 days of leave at the end of year, up to 6 days paid volunteer leave, gender neutral paid parental leave of 20 weeks, Gender Affirmation leave, reproductive health and wellbeing leave, Cultural and Ceremonial leave. Access your LSL after 3 years, take AL at half pay, and purchase up to 2 weeks additional leave (just to name a few!).
• Your Professional development matters, up to $5k per year professional development and up to 8 days professional development leave, HESTA scholarships and free access to a range of premium learning tools.
• Your health and wellbeing matters, free annual flu shots and skin checks, incredible social events throughout the year and a comprehensive employee assistance program available 24/7.
• Your financial wellbeing matters, 15% super, financial planning support, end of year payment for all Enterprise Agreement-covered employees, incentivised Employee Referral Program and novated lease options.

We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures and abilities. We welcome and support applications from First Nations people, physically, neuro or culturally diverse, LGBTQI+, and people of any age. We are proud to be WGEA accredited as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equity.

We want all candidates to feel safe, included and provided with the best opportunity to thrive, if you require reasonable adjustments during your application or throughout the recruitment process, please reach out to a member of the Talent team careers@hesta.com.au and we'll call you to discuss.

Please note: Applications via recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position.