DevOps Engineer - Hybrid Cloud, Kubernetes & CI/CD

Hireright,-LL; Newcastle; Hybrid; AUD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

HireRight is seeking a DevOps Engineer to support high-volume production systems in a hybrid cloud environment. The role focuses on reliability, availability, and performance of the production platform while supporting weekly software releases and driving continuous improvements.

The ideal candidate has hands-on Linux, Kubernetes, Java platforms, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and automation experience.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years in DevOps, SRE, or production support.
• Strong Linux administration in enterprise environments.
• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS/AKS).
• Experience with AWS and/or Azure.
• Git, CI/CD, Jenkins, and Maven.
• Networking knowledge (L4/L7), load balancers, ingress controllers.
• Bash or Python scripting.
• Terraform, Ansible, SaltStack IaC.
• Java applications support (Tomcat, RabbitMQ, Oracle).
• Strong communication across globally distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Support and administer production systems across hybrid cloud and on-prem environments, ensuring platform availability, performance, and reliability.
• Manage and improve CI/CD pipelines, release processes, and deployment automation.
• Administer Kubernetes environments including ingress, load balancing, and networking.
• Automate infrastructure and operational processes using Bash, Python, Terraform, Ansible, and SaltStack.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and support Linux-based Java application environments (Tomcat, RabbitMQ, Oracle) and observability tools.

Skills

Linux administration

SRE/DevOps mindset

Strong communication

Automation mindset

Tools

Kubernetes (EKS/AKS)

AWS/Azure

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Jenkins

Maven

Terraform

Ansible

SaltStack

Tomcat / Java apps

Datadog / CloudWatch / Grafana

Job description

About HireRight

HireRight is the premier global background screening and workforce solutions provider. We bring clarity and confidence to vetting and hiring decisions through integrated, tailored solutions, driving a higher standard of accuracy in everything we do. Combining in-house talent, personalized services, and proprietary technology, we ensure the best candidate experience possible. PBSA accredited and based in Nashville, TN, we offer expertise from our regional centers across 200 countries and territories in The Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Our commitment to get it right every time, everywhere, makes us the trusted partner of businesses and organizations worldwide.

Overview

We are seeking aDevOps Engineer who will support high-volume production systems in a hybrid cloud environment. This role is responsible for maintaining the reliability, availability, and performance of our production platform while supporting weekly software releases and driving continuous operational improvements.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Linux, Kubernetes, Java application platforms, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and automation. You will support a hybrid environment spanning on-premises and cloud infrastructure across multiple global regions and collaborate daily with international engineering teams to ensure stable, scalable, and secure operations.

This position can be fully remote in middle and Eastern Australia.

Responsibilities

• Support and administer production systems across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments, ensuring platform availability, performance, and reliability.

• Manage and improve CI/CD pipelines, release processes, and deployment automation using Git, Jenkins, Maven, and related DevOps tools.

• Administer Kubernetes environments (preferably EKS and AKS), including container orchestration, ingress controllers, load balancing, and networking.

• Automate infrastructure and operational processes using Bash, Python, Terraform, Ansible, andSaltStack.

• Monitor, troubleshoot, and support Linux-based Java application environments, including Tomcat, RabbitMQ, Oracle (with DBA support), and observability tools such as Datadog, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, and Grafana.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience ina DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Production Support role.

• Strong Linux systems administration experience supporting enterprise production environments.

• Experience with Kubernetes, preferably Amazon EKS and/or Azure AKS.

• Experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms.

• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, and Maven.

• Working knowledge of Layer 4 and Layer 7 networking, including load balancers and ingress controllers.

• Scripting experience with Bash and/or Python.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, orSaltStack.

• Experience supporting Java applications, including JVMs, Apache Tomcat, RabbitMQ, and Oracle databases.

• Strong communicationskills with the ability to collaborate effectively across globally distributed teams.

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