DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer (Remote)

About the role

An experienced DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer is sought to manage, scale and optimise cloud infrastructure, continuous deployment pipelines and system reliability for an Australian client. The role involves designing resilient cloud architecture, automating deployments, ensuring data security and keeping systems highly available, working closely with Australian engineering leaders, backend developers and QA teams.

Key responsibilities

• Provision, configure and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS (or Azure/GCP) using IaC tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Build, maintain and optimise automated build, test and deployment pipelines with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or Jenkins.
• Manage containerised applications with Docker and orchestrate microservices with Kubernetes (EKS/GKE) or ECS.
• Implement monitoring, logging and alerting with tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana or the ELK stack.
• Enforce cloud security best practices, IAM access controls, secrets management, VPC and firewall configurations and vulnerability patching.
• Audit cloud usage to optimise performance, manage scaling and reduce infrastructure costs.
• Take part in daily stand-ups and infrastructure planning during Australian business hours.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT or a related field.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience as a DevOps Engineer, Cloud Specialist or SRE.
• Strong practical experience with AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM) or GCP/Azure.
• Exceptional verbal and written English for daily technical collaboration with Australian engineers.

Required skills

• Terraform for infrastructure as code.
• CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) and scripting in Bash, Python or Go.
• Docker and Kubernetes cluster management.

Nice to have

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect or CKA certification.
• Serverless architectures and database clustering (PostgreSQL/MySQL).
• Security compliance frameworks (ISO27001, SOC 2).
• Prior remote work with Australian, NZ or global engineering teams.

What we offer

• Competitive compensation matching international remote engineering standards.
• Opportunity to architect and manage cloud systems for an Australian client base.
• Hybrid or remote working options with hardware and workspace allowances.