DevOps Engineer: Kubernetes, CI/CD & Cloud Automation

Softlabs; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SoftLabs is seeking a hands‑on DevOps Engineer to strengthen build, release, and runtime platforms in Ultimo, Sydney. You will drive automation, improve CI/CD pipelines, manage Kubernetes clusters, and enable teams to deliver with confidence across cloud and on‑prem environments.

This role offers exposure to modern DevOps practices, mentoring teammates, and opportunities to grow within a forward‑thinking, Australian‑owned software company.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years in DevOps/SRE/platform engineering roles.
• 2+ years of Kubernetes administration in production environments.
• 2+ years of building CI/CD pipelines and automating releases (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Argo CD).
• 1+ years of Terraform (IaC) and Ansible (config management) in production.
• Experienced in observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) and incident response.
• Strong Linux fundamentals, Bash scripting, and networking basics.
• Solid understanding of Docker and Git.
• Cloud experience with at least one major provider (AWS preferred; GCP/Azure a plus).
• A clear communicator, collaborative team player, and pragmatic problem solver.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain Kubernetes clusters (on‑prem and cloud) with high availability and autoscaling.
• Create and manage CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Argo CD for zero‑downtime deployments.
• Containerise services with Docker; implement blue/green and canary deployments with rollbacks.
• Automate infrastructure with Terraform and configuration with Ansible.
• Implement observability stacks with Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK, ensuring actionable alerts.
• Manage secrets and backups with Vault and Velero; validate disaster recovery procedures.
• Optimise cloud usage and costs on AWS/GCP/Azure while maintaining performance and reliability.
• Collaborate with product and engineering on SLIs/SLOs, deployment standards, and incident response.
• Document platforms and train teams on best practices and tooling.

Skills

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

AWS

Git

Prometheus

Grafana

Helm

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Argo CD

Docker

Terraform

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Velero

Vault

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

SoftLabs is seeking a hands‑on DevOps Engineer to strengthen build, release, and runtime platforms in Ultimo, Sydney. You will drive automation, improve CI/CD pipelines, manage Kubernetes clusters, and enable teams to deliver with confidence across cloud and on‑prem environments.

This role offers exposure to modern DevOps practices, mentoring teammates, and opportunities to grow within a forward‑thinking, Australian‑owned software company.