Principal DevOps Engineer

at  Nuix

DESCRIPTION

We’re on a mission to be a Force For Good, through our People, Products and Purpose at Nuix. Nuix is one of the greatest comeback Technology success stories in Australia, and we’re making massive waves each day. Nuix is, and will be, a pioneer in the Australian Technology space, and we’re carrying the torch on what “good” looks like.
We are a leading provider of investigative analytics and intelligence software, that empowers our customers to be a force for good by finding truth in the digital world.
This extends to our People. We’re fiercely passionate, love working at pace, thrive in ambiguity, live, and breathe outside of the box, and above all are good humans. Our impact extends outside of our 9-5, and our place in society isn’t always defined by corporate metrics. We’re determined to make a positive difference in the world, whether through our solutions which help the top companies, governments and agencies find the truth and combat illegal activities, or through our people who care about contributing and giving back both within, and outside, of Nuix. We are a Force For Good.
We’re selective about who comes on board, and you should be too. But if the above sounds like a match, get in touch today and get ready for the possibility of starting a once-in-a-career journey

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE

• Tertiary qualification in Computer Science or related field, or relevant experience.
• Advanced level capabilities as pertains to all phases of testing within the SDLC
• Experience with cloud-based platforms and SaaS
• Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, terraform and helm
• Configuration Management Experience. (Puppet, Chef or Vagrant preferred)
• Experience with CI/CD platforms, particularly Jenkins
• Experience with building installation packages, docker containers & registries
• Familiarity with Java, Python, Ruby, Groovy, Scala, Bash, and Powershell
• Exceptional communication and negotiation skills with both internal and external stakeholders, and in incident responses
• Proven record of up-time, understanding HA, SLA management, Change Control workflows.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

We’re looking for a Principal DevOps Engineer to join our DevOps team here in Sydney where you’ll report directly to the Head of Devops. The DevOps team is responsible for the development and continuous improvement of CI/CD build pipelines, including build scripts, tests, security tooling and release of code.
The team’s goal is to produce products that can be released across multiple platforms, in a unified tech stack.
The DevOps team is also responsible for improving the developer productivity with consistent tooling, practices, and compliance across all product lines.
This position will be based in our Sydney office. The candidate is required to attend the office a minimum of two days per week but may voluntarily elect to work either remotely or from the Sydney office for the remaining three days of the week.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Take ownership of, and drive improvements to, shared platforms:
• CI/CD tools, Configuration management, AWS networking infrastructure, Security, Logging and monitoring, Cost engineering, Security scanning
• Maintain and upkeep operational excellence across Nuix environments.
• Identify and own opportunities to simplify or automate systems and processes.
• Work closely with development teams to assist and recommend deployment and implementation patterns with various applications being deployed.
• Assist/guide and provide technical support to other teams in adopting DevOps based tools and processes.
• Identify and document non-functional system requirements and ensure they are met.
• Mentoring and technical assistance to junior team members and wider team.
• Participate in the construction of a “safety culture” within the company by adding security monitoring, incident response tools and reporting framework.