DevOps Engineer | AWS | Terraform
Our Client is a growing Australian technology company building operational software for the mining, engineering and heavy industry sectors.
They're looking for a hands-on DevOps Engineer to take ownership of cloud infrastructure, automation, security and reliability.
? Salary: $120K-$140k base + super
? Location: Melbourne preferred | Remote anywhere in Australia
? Working: 3 days/week at 696 Bourke St, Melbourne, or fully remote
? Employment: Permanent, full-time
⚡ Start: ASAP
What you'll be doing
- Manage and improve AWS cloud infrastructure
- Build and maintain infrastructure using Terraform
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines
- Identify opportunities to optimise AWS costs
- Strengthen cloud security and support ISO 27001 initiatives
- Manage containerised workloads using Docker and AWS ECS
- Own monitoring, alerting and incident response
- Automate repetitive processes and improve developer workflows
- Work closely with Engineering, Product and Delivery teams
- Support the development team with day-to-day infrastructure requirements
What we're looking for
- Strong hands-on AWS experience in production environments
- Proven Terraform / Infrastructure as Code experience
- A proactive approach to cloud cost optimisation and security
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Strong scripting skills — Python, Bash or similar
- Experience with Docker and ECS
- Someone who takes ownership and proactively solves problems
- A positive, collaborative approach to working within a small team
Nice to have
- Infrastructure/application monitoring and logging experience
- Exposure to Ruby on Rails
- Experience supporting enterprise customers
- Experience working within a distributed engineering team
The team You'll be joining a technology team of:
- 7 Engineers
- 1 Engineering Manager
- 1 Product Manager
- 1 Tech Support
- 1 Product Delivery Lead
The role reports to the Engineering Manager , with a secondary reporting line to the Product Delivery Lead. Why join?
- Genuine ownership over infrastructure and technical decisions
- Opportunity to make an immediate impact in a growing business
- Work with contemporary AWS infrastructure and automation
- Collaborative and supportive engineering culture
- Flexible working — Melbourne hybrid or fully remote within Australia
- Join a business actively growing across multiple teams
If you're an AWS-focused DevOps Engineer who enjoys improving infrastructure, reducing costs, strengthening security and working collaboratively, we'd love to hear from you. ? Interested?
? Apply via LinkedIn or send your CV to
[email protected] or contact Charmaine Thum on 0439 320 538 for a confidential discussion.
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