Job Description:

As we continue to improve our growing platform, we're looking for a motivated DevOps engineer with excellent hands-on skills to join our IT team to oversee all aspects of our on-prem and private cloud infrastructure in our multiple offices and locations.

Initiative, resourcefulness, and autonomy are essential skills for this role. The DevOps engineer should be able to diagnose and resolve problems reliably, lead continuous improvement culture, and have the patience to communicate with a variety of interdisciplinary stakeholders.

Critical attributes for this role also include proactiveness, ability to quickly learn and pick up complex component integrations, manage many competing priorities and think outside the box.

Key Responsibilities:

• Troubleshooting CI/CD pipeline ensuring a stable and performant platform /process.
• Effective communication with Operations and Development teams.
• Continuously improve processes and documentation.
• Effective resolution of assigned tickets and tasks.
• Documentation and Knowledge sharing.

Technical skills required: 

• Ability to write & troubleshoot code to automate repeatable processes (PowerShell, C#, Python, Bash, YAML, JSON).
• Experience with provisioning tools to treat infrastructure as code, such as, Terraform, Ansible, etc.
• Experience with docker clustering frameworks, such as, Kubernetes, Istio, Docker, etc.
• Experience in maintaining existing pipelines, including, but not limited to Jenkins, TeamCity, Octopus Deploy, etc.
• Experience with logging & metric applications, such as Elastic, Splunk, Vector, Grafana, Prometheus, etc.
• Exposure to various infrastructure technologies, such as Couchbase, Elastic, Postgres, Kafka, YugabyteDB, etc.
• Exposure to various security software, such as SonarQube, Snyk, Sysdig, etc.
• Maintain configurations and deployments of software that operates within a highly scalable distributed multi-tenanted environment.
• Understanding of Source Control Management systems like GIT.

Working conditions:

• Occasional out of hours conferencing with overseas colleagues.
• Occasional out of hours or weekend work.
• A workplace that supports & role models Diversity & Inclusion. This is a huge part of who we are and what Kindred stands for.
• Learning & Development to assist you achieve your career goals.
• Fast paced agile environment, with leading edge technology and innovation.
• Work in a collaborative environment with highly talented and motivated colleagues that are passionate about knowledge sharing.

Functional Skills:

• Ability to cope with competing demands and remain focused with competing priorities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with impact.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills.
• Ability to relate to employees at all levels of the organisation.
• Ability to gain co-operation and commitment.
• People focus.

Benefits:

• We are in a fantastic new office near Barangaroo, close to Wynyard station.
• Office with a sports hub, if you want to challenge fellow mates for table tennis or playing darts!
• Favour a good cup of coffee? We have an in-house barista to get you that perfect cup!
• Many social events to take part in (Melbourne Cup is just one of them).
• Betting competitions – Hello wagering!
• Continued commitment to employee development.
• Employee share program.
• Wellness benefits.
• Life insurance and Income protection plan.
• Great work life balance and flexibility.

Application process

Click on the "Apply Now" button and complete the short web form. Please add a covering letter in English to let us know your motivation for applying and your salary expectation. Our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch soon.

Kindred is an equal opportunities employer committed to employing a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. As such we oppose all forms of discrimination in the workplace. We create equal opportunities for all our applicants and will treat people equally regardless of and not limited to, gender, age, disability, race, sexual orientation. We are committed not only to our legal obligations but also to the positive promotion that equal opportunities bring to our operations as set out in our sustainability framework. Kindred has an ESG rating of AAA by MCSI.

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