Principal DevOps Engineer

1 month ago

Sydney, Australia Avetta Full time

Join Avetta as a Principal DevOps Engineer

Location: Sydney or Newcastle, Australia (On-site)

Avetta is looking for a Principal DevOps Engineer to shape the strategy and ensure the uptime and reliability of our global, customer-facing infrastructure. This role plays a critical part in optimizing performance, maintaining high availability, and delivering scalable solutions. If you’re passionate about cloud-based infrastructure, automation, and keeping systems stable at scale, we want to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

  • Automate Infrastructure: Design and implement secure, scalable, and predictable infrastructure solutions.
  • Environment Management: Oversee and support both production and development environments.
  • CI/CD Systems: Implement Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and Git.
  • Infrastructure Automation: Manage large-scale environments via tools like SaltStack and Terraform.
  • Linux/Unix Administration: Ensure high system availability and optimize performance.
  • Backup & Disaster Recovery: Administer enterprise-level backups and disaster recovery protocols, including encryption.
  • Networking & Microservices: Administer DNS, NAT, internet gateways, and maintain microservices architectures.
  • API Design: Deep understanding of RESTful APIs and HTTP protocols.
  • 24/7 Production Support: Act as a first responder to resolve critical production issues on a global SaaS platform.
  • Monitoring & Optimization: Automate real-time monitoring systems to maintain 99.95% uptime.
  • Cost Optimization: Identify and implement cost-saving opportunities through automation and infrastructure reuse.
  • Containerization & Orchestration: Utilize Docker and Kubernetes to support scalable, shared infrastructure.
  • Innovation: Continuously explore and propose new technologies to enhance infrastructure, security, and performance.
  • Leadership: Guide and mentor, a team of DevOps Engineers to achieve operational goals.

Minimum Required Skills & Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
  • Certifications in cloud technologies (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Google Cloud DevOps Engineer, Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer Expert).
  • 7+ years of experience in a Senior DevOps role with hands-on DevOps experience with expertise in CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
  • 5+ years of experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).
  • 3+ years of experience in a leadership or technical lead role, overseeing teams of up to 5 members.
  • Proficiency in scripting languages such as Bash, Python, and Go.
  • Expertise in container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and networking tools (HAProxy, ALB).
  • Strong knowledge of automation/configuration tools like SaltStack and Terraform.
  • Proven ability to manage teams and lead DevOps initiatives.

Key Metrics

  • Infrastructure Deployment: Automate infrastructure provisioning within hours.
  • Response Time: Ensure timely resolution of internal requests.
  • Uptime: Maintain a 99.95% uptime across all systems.
  • Cost Efficiency: Continuously drive cost reductions in infrastructure.
  • Innovation: Regularly propose and implement improvements to processes and technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Candidates must be Australian Citizens or Permanent Residents without any restrictions to work in Australia and must be located near Avetta’s Sydney or Newcastle offices for in-person collaboration.

Join Avetta and be part of a team that powers infrastructure at scale

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