About Avetta Avetta is building the connections that build the world. Job Description
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.
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 in a leadership or technical lead role.
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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