
Senior DevOps Engineer – Relocate to New Zealand
Kami
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Auckland • New Zealand
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About the role
- Analyze and optimize system reliability, performance, and resource utilization of cloud infrastructure
- Develop and maintain automation scripts for deployment, monitoring, and maintenance tasks.
- Implement infrastructure as code (IaC) to automate the provisioning and configuration of infrastructure components.
- Design and implement monitoring solutions to proactively identify and address issues.
- Participate in on-call rotations and respond to incidents to ensure system stability and performance.
- Conduct capacity planning to anticipate future resource needs and optimize infrastructure scalability.
- Define and track reliability metrics to measure and improve system performance.
- Prepare and present reports on system reliability and performance.
- Work closely with software development teams to influence and improve the reliability and scalability of applications.
- Conduct post-incident reviews to identify root causes and implement preventive measures.
- Troubleshoot complex issues in a production environment.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in a DevOps, SRE or similar role
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Relevant experience in software engineering, systems administration, or a related field.
- Proficiency in programming languages (e.g. Python, Go, Ruby)
- Strong scripting skills for automation tasks (e.g. Bash, Python)
- Hands-on experience and in-depth knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g. Google Cloud, AWS) and container orchestration tools (e.g. Kubernetes), including adherence to best practices and resource optimisation
- A proficient understanding of core networking concepts (e.g. TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing)
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g. Terraform) and/or configuration management tools (e.g. Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
- Experience with infrastructure monitoring, logging and alerting tools (e.g. Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, PagerDuty), and log analysis
- Strong collaboration and communication skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams
- Ability to analyze complex systems and troubleshoot issues effectively.
Benefits
- A people-first employer that is on an inspiring mission to build the future of education while changing the lives of millions
- High calibre and diverse team ranging from successful startup veterans, to Fortune 500 and big tech professionals
- Continuous learning and development opportunities, including subsidised course fees, certifications, conferences, and free access to Udemy and more
- A strong mission ; the satisfaction of knowing you’re not only helping modern day superheroes, aka teachers but also helping them shape the minds of future generations all across the globe
- Happy customers; helping thousands of schools worldwide through the digital transformation of education for the 21st century.
- One of the most popular and fastest-growing EdTech platforms worldwide.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
DevOpsSREPythonGoRubyBashInfrastructure as Codecloud platformsnetworking conceptstroubleshooting
Soft skills
collaborationcommunicationanalytical skills