Senior DevOps Engineer (Aus) in Australia Fair, Queensland at Jobgether

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer in Australia.

This role sits at the core of a high-performance, globally distributed engineering environment focused on building and operating infrastructure that supports large-scale, real-time trading systems. You will be responsible for ensuring ultra-low latency, reliability, and scalability across mission-critical platforms processing high-volume financial transactions. The environment is fast-paced, complex, and highly technical, where system performance directly influences business outcomes. You will work closely with cross-functional teams across engineering, trading, and security to continuously improve infrastructure efficiency. This position requires strong operational discipline, deep technical expertise, and a proactive mindset toward automation and system optimization. You will also participate in a rotational on-call schedule, contributing to 24/7 global system stability.

• Ensure the performance, reliability, and availability of mission-critical distributed systems supporting high-volume, low-latency workloads.
• Proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks across compute, network, storage, and application layers.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code and automation practices.
• Manage cloud-native environments and containerized workloads, ensuring resilience and efficiency at scale.
• Participate in rotational on-call duties, handling incident response, root cause analysis, and preventive improvements.
• Monitor system health and performance using observability tools and metrics-driven approaches.
• Collaborate with engineering, trading, and security teams to align infrastructure with business and application needs.
• Implement and enforce security best practices, including IAM, secure CI/CD, and production hardening.
• Optimize system performance through tuning, profiling, and network-level improvements.

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps or SRE roles supporting production-grade, high-performance systems.
• Strong Linux administration skills and hands-on experience with AWS cloud environments.
• Proven experience with Kubernetes and containerized infrastructure at scale.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python and Bash; additional experience with Go, JavaScript, or TypeScript is a plus.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Solid background in observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or similar monitoring stacks.
• Experience in incident management, production support, and root cause analysis.
• Understanding of cloud networking, distributed systems, and performance engineering principles.
• Knowledge of security best practices, including IAM, SIEM, and secure deployment pipelines.
• Interest or experience in financial systems or digital asset environments is highly desirable.

• Competitive compensation package.
• Fully remote or flexible working arrangements across global regions.
• Opportunity to work in a high-impact, high-performance engineering environment.
• Exposure to complex systems at the intersection of cloud infrastructure and financial technology.
• Collaborative global team spanning multiple regions and disciplines.
• Strong emphasis on autonomy, ownership, and technical growth.
• Opportunity to work on systems where performance and reliability are business-critical.