Infrastructure Engineer, APAC

DTEX Social; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company computer hardware

Virtual events, happy hours, trivia

Monthly Internet & Phone Reimbursement

Opportunities to learn and grow

Job summary

DTEX Systems is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with a strong software engineering background to modernize infrastructure and operations. You will design and implement automation to manage customer environments and scale the business beyond manual operations.

You will transition from legacy operations to IaC best practices, applying software engineering principles to solve complex problems and build resilient systems.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience managing production environments in AWS and/or GCP.
• Strong proficiency in Python with clean, maintainable code to solve infra problems.
• Experience with Terraform, including state management and modular design in complex environments.
• Strong knowledge of Linux internals; Bash scripting and CLI operations.
• Proficiency with Ansible and/or Saltstack for configuration management.
• Expert level understanding of Git and collaborative workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, write, and maintain software in Python to automate provisioning, deployment, and config management of infrastructure.
• Contribute to Terraform adoption, establish state management, modularization, and version control best practices.
• Utilize Ansible and/or Saltstack to ensure consistency and repeatability across environments.
• Develop robust CI/CD pipelines for both infrastructure and application deployments.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting to proactively improve reliability.
• Participate in a follow-the-sun on-call rotation and drive blameless postmortems.
• Champion SRE principles, automation, and coding best practices.

Skills

Python

AWS/GCP

Terraform

Linux

Bash

Ansible

Saltstack

Git

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Education

MS/BS in Computer Science/Computer Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Saltstack

Git

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenSearch/Elasticsearch

Docker/Kubernetes

Job description

About The Job

DTEX is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with a strong software engineering background to help drive modernization of our infrastructure and operations. This is a high-impact role where you will design and implement automation solutions to manage customer environments and enable the business to scale beyond what manual operations allow. You will be instrumental in our efforts to transition from legacy operations to modern, automated Infrastructure as Code best practices, applying software engineering principles to solve complex operational problems and build resilient systems.

About The Job

DTEX is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with a strong software engineering background to help drive modernization of our infrastructure and operations. This is a high-impact role where you will design and implement automation solutions to manage customer environments and enable the business to scale beyond what manual operations allow. You will be instrumental in our efforts to transition from legacy operations to modern, automated Infrastructure as Code best practices, applying software engineering principles to solve complex operational problems and build resilient systems.

What You Will Do

• Design, write, and maintain software, primarily in Python, to automate the provisioning, deployment, and configuration management of our infrastructure
• Contribute to the adoption and maturation of Terraform, establishing and maintaining best practices for state management, modularization, and version control.
• Utilize Ansible and/or Saltstack to ensure consistency, repeatability, and standardization across all environments.
• Develop robust CI/CD pipelines for both infrastructure and application deployments, replacing manual processes.
• Implement and mature monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to proactively improve system reliability.
• Participate in a “follow the sun” on-call rotation, focusing on sustainable incident response, blameless postmortems, and driving continuous improvement.
• Champion SRE principles, automation, and coding best practices within the team and across the organization.

Essential Technical Skills

We are looking for you if you have:

• 3+ years of hands-on experience managing production environments in AWS and/or GCP.
• Strong proficiency in Python. Demonstrated ability to write clean, maintainable, and testable code to solve infrastructure problems.
• Experience with Terraform, including best practices for state management and modular design in complex environments.
• Strong knowledge of Linux internals and high competency in Bash scripting and command-line operations.
• Proficiency with Ansible and/or Saltstack as configuration management tools.
• Expert level understanding of Git and collaborative workflows, such as branching strategies and code review best practices.

Highly Desirable Skills

• Proven track record of transitioning legacy/manual operations environments to automated, IaC-driven approaches.
• Experience with containerization in the context of Docker or Kubernetes, and how container orchestration is used in modern systems.
• Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure automation.
• Familiarity with Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana and other tools.
• Experience operating and querying Opensearch/Elasticsearch.
• and these other things:
• A strong desire to solve complex problems, the resilience to work through significant technical debt, and enthusiasm for driving cultural and technical change.
• A desire to work in enterprise and government focused computing environments with robust security and reliability requirements.
• MS/BS in Computer Science/Computer Engineering or related field of study (or equivalent experience)

We take good care of our people. Our benefits include:

• Company computer hardware of your choice
• Virtual events, happy hours, trivia, and fun
• Monthly Internet & Phone Reimbursement
• Opportunities to learn and grow

About DTEX Systems

DTEX Systems is the global leader in Workforce Cyber Intelligence & Security. Our mission is to safeguard the digital workforce by detecting and mitigating insider risks, preventing data loss, and enabling secure innovation.

We empower organizations to protect their most valuable assets—their people, their data, and their intellectual property—without compromising privacy or trust. Our solutions provide unmatched visibility and context into workforce behaviors, helping enterprises stop insider threats, achieve regulatory compliance, and accelerate digital transformation securely. Learn more about DTEX Systems’ mission to proactively protect global organizations from insider threats at www.dtexsystems.com; LinkedIn DTEX Systems: Overview | LinkedIn

Our ideal customers include large, security-conscious organizations across financial services, critical infrastructure, technology, defense, and healthcare—where protecting sensitive data and ensuring compliance are mission-critical.

Joining DTEX means joining a passionate team working at the intersection of cybersecurity, intelligence, and trust. Together, we’re redefining how organizations protect their future.

DTEX Systems is proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.