Senior DevOps Engineer

Job role – Senior DevOps Engineer

Job Location – Sydney/Melbourne

Job Type – FTE (Full time employment)

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer with 8+ years of hands-on experience in infrastructure automation, CI/CD, cloud platforms, and container orchestration. The ideal candidate is a proactive leader with a deep understanding of DevOps principles, infrastructure as code, cloud-native systems, and monitoring/observability. You will be instrumental in optimizing our deployment pipelines, improving system reliability, and mentoring DevOps team members.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and manage highly available, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

• Lead the development and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, reliable, and repeatable software deployments

• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi

• Automate system provisioning, configuration, and monitoring using tools like Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or custom scripting

• Manage and scale Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications (Docker, Helm, etc.)

• Set up comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Datadog

• Collaborate with developers, QA, security, and other stakeholders to streamline the software delivery lifecycle

• Drive cost optimization, infrastructure resilience, and performance improvements

• Own and manage incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortem reporting

• Establish and enforce DevOps best practices including GitOps, release strategies, and disaster recovery plans

• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to cross-functional training and knowledge sharing

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

• 8+ years of DevOps / Site Reliability Engineering / Infrastructure Engineering experience

• Deep experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure)

• Proven expertise in container orchestration (Kubernetes) and container technologies (Docker)

• Proficient in writing IaC with Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent

• Strong scripting or programming skills in Python, Bash, Go, or similar

• Expertise with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, ArgoCD, or Spinnaker

• Experience with Linux systems administration, networking, and security best practices

• Experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, etc.)

• Strong understanding of DevSecOps practices including secrets management, vulnerability scanning, and IAM

• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills

Preferred Skills / Nice to Have:

• Certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, CKA, or GCP Professional DevOps Engineer

• Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd, Consul)

• Familiarity with serverless frameworks (Lambda, Cloud Functions, etc.)

• Experience supporting microservices and distributed systems at scale

• Exposure to compliance standards (SOC 2, PCI-DSS, HIPAA)

• Experience in FinTech, SaaS, e-commerce, or other high-scale environments