DevOps Engineer

Schoolbox; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid arrangements

Competitive base salary + super

Discount vouchers

Novated leases

Wellness allowance

EAP

Extra leave day

Training opportunities

Team social events

Job summary

Schoolbox is seeking a permanent DevOps Engineer to join our Infrastructure Services team. You will help design, implement, and mature our AWS and Cloudflare-based cloud platform to support global expansion, security, and reliable performance.

Reporting to the Infrastructure Manager, you will mentor junior engineers, own deployment pipelines, and drive IaC practices with Terraform and Puppet, GitHub Actions, and Concourse CI.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing AWS-based cloud infrastructure.
• Proficient in IaC with Terraform and Puppet.
• Strong CI/CD and release management for SaaS.

Responsibilities

• Design, scale, and secure Schoolbox Cloud.
• Manage cost-effective cloud spend and expansion.
• Maintain IaC configurations and deployment pipelines.
• Monitor observability and high availability.
• Mentor junior engineers and support on-call rotation.

Skills

Cloud Infrastructure

AWS

Terraform

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Concourse CI

Puppet

Cloudflare

Monitoring

Security

Tools

Grafana

Docker

Kubernetes

Postfix

Job description

Join the Growth Platform for K-12 Schools

Schoolbox is the growth platform for K-12 schools — bringing learning, wellbeing, and communication together in one connected experience. Trusted by schools across Australia, Asia, and the Middle East, our platform helps school communities grow, adapt, and lead with confidence.

With over 20 years of innovation, we’re proud to be an Australian-founded edtech company on a global trajectory — scaling fast across international markets while staying true to our purpose: helping great schools grow.

We’re a tight-knit, values driven team that believes in purposeful work, real relationships, and long-term impact in education. If you’re looking to grow your career while supporting the schools that shape tomorrow — we’d love to meet you.

About the Role

Are you a DevOps Engineer who loves the intersection of modern cloud-native architecture, reliable systems engineering and is looking to develop your lead skills?

Schoolbox is looking for a permanent DevOps Engineer to join our Infrastructure Services team. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in ensuring the seamless operation, security, and scalability of our cloud-based SaaS platform as we prepare to expand into new global regions.

Reporting directly to the Infrastructure Manager, you will design, implement, and mature our AWS and Cloudflare infrastructure using modern Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices. Beyond the technical scope, you will act as a technical expert - mentoring junior team members and lifting the capability of our broader support and engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering: Design, scale, and secure the Schoolbox Cloud environment. Optimize cloud spend, monitor usage patterns, and mature our architecture to support cost-effective growth and global expansion.
• Automation & CI/CD: Maintain secure configurations using IaC (Terraform, Puppet) and manage robust deployment pipelines via GitHub Actions and Concourse CI.
• Observability & Monitoring: Build, maintain, and monitor metric and log collection using Grafana's stack to ensure high availability and rapid alerting.
• Systems Management & Support: Oversee access controls (AWS, GitHub, Cloudflare), manage timely OS/dependency patching, and build custom packages when required.
• Team Leadership & BAU: Mentor Junior DevOps Engineers, provide reliable escalation for L1/L2 support, and actively participate in the team’s on-call emergency line rotation.

What We Are Looking For

To be successful in this role, you will bring a process-oriented mindset, strong problem-solving skills, and deep experience across the following stack:

• AWS Infrastructure: Strong knowledge of EC2, RDS, Route 53, S3, ECS, Lambda, and Secrets Manager, and expose to VPC networking, IAM, EKS, and DynamoDB.
• Cloudflare Ecosystem: Deep understanding of DNS, R2, Zero Trust, and Applications, alongside knowledge of Workers, WAF, and Tunnels.
• Infrastructure as Code: Proven experience managing infrastructure at scale using Terraform and Puppet (or equivalents).
• CI/CD & Containers: Experience running SaaS release processes via GitHub Actions or Concourse CI, backed by a solid understanding of containerisation.
• Systems & Networking: Solid foundational knowledge of core networking concepts, scripting languages, and mail server administration (e.g., Postfix).
• Security First Approach: An understanding of today's SaaS security landscape, and how to get the most from common cloud security management programs.

What can Schoolbox offer you

Join a close, family friendly team who are dedicated to providing excellent customer service to our schools.

• Flexible and supportive working environment, with the option for hybrid arrangements..
• You will be rewarded with a competitive base salary + super
• Schoolbox acknowledges the increasing cost of living pressures and we provide employees with access to discounted vouchers and novated leases!
• Employee wellness is core to who we are at Schoolbox; we offer numerous benefits including a wellness allowance, access to an EAP, an extra leave day, purchased leave and regular training opportunities.
• Regular social events including our quarterly Schoolbox Get Together, EOFY events, and more.