DevOps Engineer
- Full-time
Company Description
Exciting Tech Stack we're using:
Angular
Python
REST API’s (Django)
PostgreSQL, MySQL, NoSQL, Elasticsearch
Docker, AWS Lambda
Github, JIRA, Travis CI
Apart from the Amazing Technology we work with, why join Xref?
Xref is a high-growth tech company supporting the HR and recruitment industries. We provide an online reference checking service to remove a traditionally manual and admin-heavy task in the recruitment process.
We started our journey in Sydney over 8 years ago and are now a global leader operating from 6 countries with 95 employees. With even more growth planned ahead, this really is an exciting time to jump on board!
The location is amazing, escape the hustle and bustle of the Sydney CBD and work in the pristine Walsh Bay/The Rocks area. Walk to the Opera House every lunchtime and enjoy the harbour view!
Job Description
In this busy role you will:
- Work collaboratively with our software engineers to help standardise multiple processes
- Oversee multiple data centres to protect our ever-growing global clients and users
- Work to automate and streamline our operations and processes
- Build and maintain tools for deployment, monitoring and operations
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues in our dev, testing and production environment
- Attend iteration planning sessions and participate in the sizing of the effort
- Participate in project stand-ups by effectively communicating status and impediments to progress
- Explore new technologies and share findings with the development team
Qualifications
What you need:
Solid cloud experience with AWS core services (IAM, VPC, EC2, RDS, Route53, CloudFront, CloudWatch) is essential
3 years’ experience as a Devops engineer
Understanding of security principles and AWS best practises
Good understanding of Infrastructure-as-a-code approach and exposure to AWS CloudFormation, Terraform
Solid experiencing in building and maintaining Docker images
Understanding of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins CI, Travis CI, AWS CodeBuild
Solid understanding of TCP/IP, networking and protocols
DDoS mitigation techniques / IPS-IDS / Web Application Firewalls
Solid coding/scripting skills (Java, Python, bash)
Understanding of Web and API development
Solid understanding of source code control, preferably with Git
A passion for what you do and a desire to do it well
Work closely and communicate effectively with the development team and product stakeholders to ensure project outcomes adhere to agreed quality standards
Nice to have:
Strong skill sets in Web and API development and architectures (Event Driven, SOA, Microservices)
Experience with AWS CloudFront & WAF
Experience with container runtime clustering and management (ECS/Kubernetes)
Experience with serverless (AWS Lambda, Serverless, Zappa)