Senior DevOps Engineer (Cloud)

TL;DR

Senior DevOps Engineer (Cloud/EdTech): Ensuring the reliability, availability, scalability, and performance of a digital classroom platform serving over 70 million users with an accent on Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and cloud infrastructure optimization. Focus on designing proactive monitoring solutions, managing Kubernetes orchestration, and solving complex production issues in a high-growth environment.

Location: Hybrid in Auckland (Must be in office Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays)

Company

hirify.global is a leading digital classroom platform empowering students and teachers worldwide through innovative educational software.

What you will do

• Analyze and optimize cloud infrastructure for system reliability, performance, and resource utilization.
• Develop automation scripts for deployment, monitoring, and maintenance tasks.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate provisioning and configuration of components.
• Design and implement monitoring solutions to proactively identify and address stability issues.
• Conduct capacity planning and track reliability metrics to ensure seamless infrastructure scaling.
• Collaborate with software development teams to improve application scalability and perform post-incident root cause analysis.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in a DevOps or SRE role.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, or Ruby, and strong Bash scripting skills.
• In-depth knowledge of Google Cloud, AWS, and Kubernetes orchestration.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform and configuration management tools like Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
• Experience with Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, and PagerDuty for monitoring and alerting.

Culture & Benefits

• People-first employer focused on a mission to build the future of education.
• High-caliber team including veterans from startups and Fortune 500 companies.
• Continuous professional development with subsidized certifications, conferences, and free Udemy access.
• Opportunity to work on a platform used by 70 million users across 175 countries.
• Hybrid work arrangement providing a balance between office collaboration and remote work.