Modern DevOps Melbourne schedule

In this 10-minute networking session, the goal is to connect with three new people. Let the questions on the screen spark your conversation. Enjoy the opportunity to expand your network!

• Advance DevOps maturity to significantly enhance efficiency and innovation within organisations.
• Secure leadership buy-in and foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement to create a conducive environment for DevOps practices, leading to improved team performance and productivity.
• Address and overcome common challenges in DevOps practices, enabling smoother operations and reducing downtime.
• Utilise real-life examples and Lean Methodology in DevOps to optimise processes, reduce waste, and drive greater business success.

In the dynamic realm of digital transformation, organisations face the challenge of harmonising swift software delivery, transformative AI technologies, and robust security protocols. This session delves into the symbiotic relationship among DevSecOps, AI, and Value Stream Management (VSM) to navigate this intricate balance. Explore the integration of VSM and AI to elevate DevSecOps methodologies, empowering organisations to fortify their security stance adeptly. Join us to unlock a seamless delivery pipeline, fortified security, and enhanced business value amidst the ever-evolving threat landscape.

The success of DevOps is intricately tied to the culture within both the organisation and the DevOps team itself. This presentation explores the profound impact culture has on the effectiveness and productivity of DevOps teams, and how fostering a positive culture can drive exceptional outcomes.
•    Understand the stark differences between a toxic culture and a thriving culture, both at an organisational level and within DevOps teams.
•    Discover why culture is a fundamental driver of DevOps success and how it influences team performance and output.
•    Learn strategies to prioritise the right results, dismantle detrimental habits, and eliminate inefficient processes within DevOps teams.
•    Explore how a strong, positive team culture can align your organisation closer to achieving technical strategic readiness.
•    Let’s not just talk about it; take action today to create cultural changes that make a lasting impact.

Join our panellists to discuss the measures and practices required to ensure security is embedded as a process and responsibility throughout the SDLC to optimise DevOps success.

• How do we foster a culture of security to develop a mature DevSecOps practice and strategy?
• What robust security measures can be implemented to protect the full application development cycle?
• What practices and approaches do we need to apply security by design throughout the CICD pipeline?
• How do we encourage product and security ownership throughout the SDLC?
• What solutions are available to automate security testing and identify vulnerabilities to be addressed quickly?

Moderator:

Darragh Kennedy, Director of Engineering, Zendesk

Panellists:

Nigel Fernandes, VP/GM Engineering (Ecosystem, Cloud, Platforms, Identity), Xero

Pouya Ghotbi, Security Lead APJ, AWS

Suganthi Krishnavathi, Staff Solutions Engineer, Snyk

Organisations want to get a mobile app to market as quickly as possible but may often overlook crucial components (like security) to save time and money.  While the idea of saving a few thousand dollars sounds ideal in the beginning, it may end up costing millions of dollars to fix a security breach. This is why it’s critical to have a DevSecOps mindset and prioritise security during development.

• The importance of considering mobile apps as a digital platform
• Why security should be a top priority in the initial app development phase
• The digital shift in mobile app security over the last five years
• What are leading organisations (Inc. Banks) doing for Mobile DevSecOps?  

• Explore how Medibank's robust API lifecycle management, integrated with CI/CD pipelines, ensures seamless API development, deployment, and retirement within a DevOps framework.
• Discover the strategies used to foster collaboration between development and operations teams, enhancing communication and operational efficiency.
• Learn about the security measures implemented to protect APIs from unauthorised access and data breaches, adhering to DevSecOps principles.
• Understand how Medibank's approach to API management has led to more reliable, secure, and scalable APIs, accelerating the delivery of healthcare services and improving customer experiences.

Speakers:

Mathangi VijayShankar, Engineering Lead API, Medibank

Senad Ameti, Principal Engineer - Cloud, DevOps & API, Medibank

Shiran will explore the transformative impact of AI on Software Engineering and DevOps, focusing on practical applications that are reshaping workflows and productivity. The presentation will highlight how their in-house AI/Engineering product, IntelliOps, is driving innovation and streamlining operations. 

Key Take aways:

• Contextual GenAI Integration: How IntelliOps integrates with DevOps and Engineering tools (Source Code, Pipelines, Documentation) to deliver actionable AI-driven insights.
• Accelerated Knowledge Access: Reducing friction by providing faster access to organizational knowledge and documentation.
• Efficient Code Reviews: Improving pull request reviews through automated context generation and intelligent suggestions.
• Proactive Error Detection: Detecting and resolving service and pipeline errors faster with AI-powered diagnostics.
• Faster Onboarding & Employee Adaptation: Helping new team members internalize company processes and systems more quickly through AI-guided learning paths.

In this talk, we will discuss how Generative AI (GenAI) is poised to transform the DevOps landscape. We will provide an overview of GenAI's innovative potential and share examples of how AI-driven automation is enhancing code generation and optimising CI/CD pipelines. Additionally, we will explore the challenges and considerations involved in integrating GenAI into existing workflows.

AI and machine learning are changing the world, but they also introduce new security challenges. The need to innovate faster and deliver secure, reliable digital products has never been more critical. Yet, developers, who are not security experts, must act as the first line of defence in safeguarding the software supply chain.Join our session to discover:

• Key metrics that define high-performing DevOps teams
• Common challenges encountered in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) by managers, developers, and release operatives
• Effective strategies for implementing a DevOps-centric security approach and best practices to stay ahead of evolving attack vectors

Empower your team with the knowledge to fortify their defences while continuing to push the boundaries of innovation.

Dave Lemphers, CTO of Kick and former Principal Applied Data Scientist at Amazon and Microsoft, delivers a session on the seamless integration of machine learning (ML) and DevOps:
•    Emphasise the critical support role of DevOps in ML workflows, this presentation offers practical insights and real-world examples.  
•    Enable ML-driven capabilities such as real-time monitoring, predictive maintenance, and automated incident response. 
•    Optimise the performance of ML and data science teams, underscoring the central role of DevOps in this process.

DevSecOps has gone from buzzword to best practice —but best practice doesn’t mean easy. Join us for an in-depth discussion on the current state of DevSecOps and how your peers are balancing speed, agility, and security in their SDLC.

 

In this presentation, Checkmarx will outline established best practices and emerging paradigms, including:
• Establishing #DevSecTrust
• The role of secure code training
• Why shifting left is no longer enough

From the early days of standalone Kubernetes production setups to modern fully managed cloud provider solutions, the challenges of running Kubernetes in production have evolved significantly. This talk explores:

• The problems managed Kubernetes solved and the new challenges they introduced.
• The concept of immutable clusters and their continued relevance in the era of managed Kubernetes.
• Challenges associated with rebuilding clusters and practical strategies for achieving seamless transitions with zero downtime.
• The importance of immutable clusters in building robust and resilient architectures.

Olga Mirensky, Senior Platform Engineer, ANZ
Michael Fornaro, Tech Lead Platform Engineer, ANZ

Greenfield environments are rare. Most teams would love to ship cloud-native applications to multi-cloud environments, but it's more realistic to be in the middle of an IT transformation modernizing brownfield systems. It's impossible to stop everything and rewrite systems to be cloud-native only, so teams must be strategic about what they modernize.

Join Rob Pearson, Principal DevOps Engineer at Octopus Deploy, as he shares his experience modernizing older systems, the impact it can have on your CI/CD pipelines, how to track progress, and how AI tooling can help the process. Rob will cover how to approach modernisation strategically, approaches to working with legacy systems, and technologies for working across on-prem and cloud environments. 

Key takeaways for attendees:

• Lessons learned maintaining brownfield applications
• How to prioritize changes and adopt an evolutionary architecture 
• Deployment strategies for modernizing your CI/CD pipeline in hybrid environments

• Explore the difficulties and potential benefits of scaling Terraform as a platform engineering service, including firsthand experiences of the limits of horizontal scaling.
• Learn about the crucial role of strong tenancy and user isolation in the journey towards more efficient solutions, supported by real-world scenarios.
• Gain valuable insights into the complexities of scaling Terraform, making this session essential for those involved in platform engineering, infrastructure management, or DevOps.

 

Discover the latest advancements in NAB's DevOps journey since Andrew Brydon’s presentation last year. Get insights into key milestones, technical strategies, and successes that are driving NAB's ongoing DevOps innovation. Gain actionable takeaways for your own DevOps initiatives from NAB's experience.

• Achieving clear and persuasive communication to convey complex DevOps visions to diverse stakeholders
• Translating technical concepts into business value and aligning DevOps initiatives with overarching business goals.
• Exploring methods for articulating the value proposition of DevOps practices in driving innovation, efficiency, and competitive advantage.
• Influencing stakeholders across all levels of the organisation to gain support for DevOps initiatives by building trust, fostering collaboration, and addressing stakeholder concerns.
• Developing leadership abilities to anticipate risks, adapt strategies, and propose scalable solutions, essential for driving DevOps transformation initiatives forward.

Moderator:

Darragh Kennedy, Director of Engineering, Zendesk

Panellists:

Jack Latrobe, Enterprise Architect – Sustainability External Relations & Legal, Telstra

Shivansh Sharma, Senior Manager Engineering - Platform & Reliability, Tabcorp

Gaurav Joshi, Chapter Lead Testing, ANZ