Senior DevOps Engineer - Skpr hosting platform

You must have:

• 5+ years hosting applications in a cloud environment - AWS in production is essential
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience in production - cluster operations, pod security, and networking
• Strong container ecosystem skills - Docker, image scanning, registry management
• Infrastructure-as-code experience, primarily Terraform
• CI/CD pipeline experience - GitHub Actions, CircleCI or similar GitOps tooling
• Modern observability skills - Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, or similar
• Security fundamentals relevant to a managed hosting platform - Web application firewalls, secrets management, supply chain security
• Strong communication skills - you can work effectively with developers, clients, and non-technical stakeholders
• High professional standards in managing your own workload, keeping tasks updated, and communicating proactively
• Experience supporting development teams across multiple client environments simultaneously

Desirable:

• AWS certification (Solutions Architect or SysOps Administrator)
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or equivalent
• Experience with Go - the language of Kubernetes, Terraform, and most CNCF tooling
• Working knowledge of Drupal or PHP hosting environments
• SRE practices - defining and tracking SLOs/SLIs
• Experience with Scrum or other agile methodologies
• Active open source contributor, or involved in the tech community through blogging, meetups, or conferences

Our tech stack

• Core platform: AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform, Skpr
• Observability: Prometheus, AWS CloudWatch
• CI/CD and delivery: GitHub Actions, CircleCI
• Security: Trivy, AWS Secrets Manager
• Languages: Go, PHP/Drupal, Node (for platform context)
• Databases: RDS (MySQL), Elasticache (Redis), OpenSearch

What you'll be doing

• Operating and improving Skpr - Kubernetes cluster management, incident response, reliability engineering
• Supporting PreviousNext project delivery teams with infrastructure, performance, and security requirements
• Partnering with clients on managed services support, consulting, and platform architecture
• Building and improving automation, CI/CD pipelines, and developer tooling
• Contributing to documentation and internal knowledge sharing
• Advocating for Skpr and cloud-native practices through blog posts, talks, and community engagement

We're a highly distributed team. You can be based anywhere in Australia or New Zealand, working from home, an office, or a mix of both. We require availability during Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST, UTC+10:00) business hours when needed.

• Autonomy - manage your working hours and location across the working week to accommodate life and family needs.
• Senior colleagues - you'll work alongside experienced engineers who collaborate openly and share what they know.
• Employee ownership - all staff are eligible to participate in our employee ownership program after one year of tenure.
• Professional development - up to 5% of your salary directed to training and conference attendance. We actively support staff to speak at conferences too.
• Open source time - up to 20% of your paid hours toward open source contribution or community activities.
• Family-friendly - comprehensive parental leave and flexible arrangements.
• Long service leave - available after five years tenure.
• Equipment allowance - buy your preferred gear under a salary sacrifice model.