DevOps Engineer – Global Wave Group
Location: Albany, Auckland (Office based)
Working hours: 2 - 10:30 P.M. from Monday to Friday
Reports to: Head of IT
Role Purpose
The DevOps Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining our cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, as well as some devops systems. This role not only masters infrastructure and automation but also possesses a strong understanding of application development. You should be comfortable navigating codebases and collaborating closely with backend (Java/Python) and frontend (React) projects to ensure seamless deployment and application performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Cloud Infrastructure Management: Architect, deploy, and manage scalable infrastructure on AWS Cloud, ensuring high availability, security, and cost-efficiency.
- Containerization & Orchestration: Design and maintain Kubernetes (K8s) clusters, manage container images, and optimize orchestration strategies.
- CI/CD Pipeline Optimization: Build and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins,Tekton, ArgoCD or GitHub Actions to automate building, testing, and deployment processes.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Write and maintain IaC scripts using Terraform or Ansible to ensure reproducible and version-controlled infrastructure.
- Application Support: Develop and troubleshoot issues in Java, Python, and React JS DevOps applications.
- Monitoring & Logging: Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana,VM, ELK Stack) to ensure system stability and rapid incident response.
- Linux Administration: Manage and optimize Linux/Windows server environments, including kernel tuning, network configuration, and performance monitoring.
Essential Requirements
- Experience: 3–5 years of dedicated DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Cloud Engineering experience.
- Cloud Platform: Deep proficiency with AWS services (EC2, EBS, CloudWatch, CloudFront, S3, RDS, Lambda,WAF, SSM, VPC, IAM, etc.).
- Containerization: Strong experience with Docker and Kubernetes (including Helm, operators, or service mesh).
- OS Knowledge: Solid understanding of Linux/Windows system administration and networking.
- Scripting & Coding: Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python or Bash. Experience with Java is a plus.
- Version Control: Expertise with Git and branching strategies.
- Soft Skills: Excellent problem-solving skills, ability to work in an agile environment, and strong Chinese written and verbal communication skills.
Desirable
- Full-Stack Familiarity: Practical experience or working knowledge of Java (Spring Boot) and Python (Flask) for backend services.
- Frontend Knowledge: Understanding of React architecture, TypeScripts, CSS (tailwind), build processes (Vite), and deployment considerations.
- Database Management: Experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, StarRocks).
- Security: Knowledge of DevSecOps practices, including vulnerability scanning and security compliance.