DevOps Engineer

THE COMPANY

This company is a successful, ambitious, innovative, and growing Australian FinTech with a 30+ year history.

Following significant growth and the successful launch of several new products, they require an additional DevOps Engineer to join their team in this newly created role.

What’s on offer?

• Business size that allows your voice to be heard and the ability to influence tech decisions with no unnecessary red tape or bureaucracy.
• Modern tech stack – AWS, Terraform, Docker, K8s, Gitlab etc
• Friendly, open, collaborative, and motivated team who are ‘getting things done!’
• Hybrid working
• Sydney CBD office location.

THE ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

Newly created DevOps Engineer responsible for delivering highly available, scalable, reliable, and secure AWS cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring systems that underpin the company’s Always On customer-facing platforms.

You’ll work in a small yet highly motivated and capable team and undertake a broad/varied role wearing multiple hats.

Hybrid working.

Responsibilities include:

• Architect & implement infrastructure and new features while continuously improving the SDLC process.
• Drive scalability, automation, and innovation, being an enabler for new product offerings.
• Build & integrate a modern toolset and best prices into testing, staging, and production environments.
• Offer expertise on the technical feasibility/scope of DevOps tooling/engineering
• Manage, deploy and improve Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools.
• Increase/optimise CI/CD and software delivery while ensuring cost-effective and fit-for-purpose solutions.
• Tech stack:
• AWS - S3, Lambda, API Gateway, VPC, Transit Gateway, IAM, EKS/ECS etc
• Terraform
• GitLab
• Dynatrace
• Kubernetes & Docker
• Linux

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, PERSONAL QUALITIES

Suitable for a DevOps Engineer with experience managing, improving, and scaling AWS cloud infrastructure, and deploying CI/CD.

Ideal for someone interested of joining a growing FinTech business and capable undertaking a broad role wearing multiple hats.

The following is required:

• 2-3+ years’ experience as DevOps Engineer managing highly reliable and scalable workloads in AWS.
• Demonstrate strong knowledge in AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Background deploying & maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven experience with the management & deployment of APM tools.
• Experience with Container technologies.
• Good networking knowledge (TCP/IP, BGP, subnetting etc).
• Good knowledge of security & risk management.
• Financial Services industry experience is beneficial.
• Previous experience managing cloud costs and implementing cost saving measures is beneficial.
• Established documentation skills.
• Hands-on Linux experience.
• Personality & attitude – tenacious problem solver who loves learning and collaborating with others. Someone proactive with an ownership mentality is important.

This is a full-time permanent role (hybrid working) offering $140,000 - $150,000 (plus super) – depending on experience.

Australian Citizenship or Permanent Residency is required for this role and successful applicants will be contacted.