Senior DevOps Engineer

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Senior DevOps Engineer – Modernize & Launch SaaS Platforms

Melbourne VIC (Remote-friendly within Australia)
Engineering - Software (Information & Communication Technology)
Full-time, Permanent

About Us

Global IT Factory (GITF) is a fast-growing Australian EdTech software company delivering cutting-edge SaaS solutions to universities and vocational education providers worldwide. Our mission is to empower educational organisations by enhancing student experience, acquisition, and retention through agile and high-quality curriculum offerings.

As we scale, we're seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to lead the modernization of our existing SaaS platform running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), while also contributing to the build and launch of other existing & new cloud-native platforms.

Why Join Us?

Play a key role in improving and automating operations for our established OCI-based SaaS platform .

Lead deployment and infrastructure efforts for other brand-new platforms.

Work with cutting-edge DevOps tooling and modern cloud-native architectures.

Remote-friendly role with flexible working arrangements.

Be part of a vibrant and innovative team.

Role Summary

Senior DevOps Engineer will oversee DevOps and SecOps activities across GITF's platforms. This includes enhancing the reliability, scalability, and security of our current OCI-hosted platform, and driving the deployment of other existing & new cloud-based solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Maintain and optimize infrastructure on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and others.

Automate provisioning using Terraform and Ansible.

Implement monitoring, alerting, and logging (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Nagios).

Ensure high reliability and performance across environments.

Cloud Platform Build & Deployment

Build Kubernetes applications using Helm or Kustomize.

Design, implement, and optimise CI/CD pipelines.

Deploy containerized and VM workloads.

Security & Compliance

Integrate security into CI/CD and infrastructure.

Manage vulnerabilities using OWASP, SonarQube, and automated scanners.

Lead incident response and maintain disaster recovery plans.

Ensure compliance with ISO27001, GDPR.

Apply security best practices across all stages of development and deployment.

Work closely with development and operations teams.

Mentor DevOps Engineers and contribute to continuous improvement.

Assist in generating new business/revenue streams and client innovation.

Optimize clouds usage and manage software/infrastructure licenses.

Track and tag resources to ensure cost-effective scaling.

Maintain infrastructure and process documentation.

Evaluate and implement new tools and frameworks.

What You'll Bring

5+ years with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation.

3+ years building and deploying Kubernetes applications with Helm or Kustomize.

Skilled in Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform and Ansible.

5+ years deploying to cloud (AWS, OCI, GCP, Azure) or on-prem.

Nice to Have

Experience with Spring Boot / Java.

Familiarity with GitOps workflows.

Experience with Nagios, Jenkins, Grafana, Prometheus, HashiCorp Vault.

Knowledge of OCI, AWS and other clouds is an advantage as we are in the process of selecting the cloud platforms for our new solutions.

Ready to shape the future of EdTech with us?
Apply now and help us modernize and launch platforms that transform education.

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