System Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Talent Corp; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 149,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement (4 days in off

Annual bonus

Superannuation

Job summary

Talent Corp is expanding its Global Technical Operations hub in Sydney and recruiting a Service Reliability Engineer (SRE). This role blends software engineering with reliability, automation, and scalability in a global environment.

You will stabilise platforms, automate infra, and drive modern observability. Expect on-call rotations and close collaboration with Dev, Infra, and Security teams in a high-impact setting.

Qualifications

• Background in Linux/Windows systems administration in large-scale environments.
• Hands-on programming experience in Python, Go, or Java.
• Experience with AWS and cloud-native architectures.
• Strong networking, containers, and Infrastructure as Code knowledge.
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools such as Dynatrace, Datadog, Grafana.
• Calm, collaborative communicator with strong analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain high-availability, high-performance systems for global applications.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and deployments.
• Build observability and monitoring frameworks with industry tools.
• Optimize CI/CD pipelines for reliability and faster deployments.
• Participate in on-call rotations and lead post-incident reviews.
• Collaborate across Dev, Infra, and Security teams to improve reliability.

Skills

Sysadmin

Python

Go

Java

AWS

Networking

Containers

IaC

Observability

Analytical

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

CloudWatch

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

Job description

• Location: Sydney (4 days in office, 1-day WFH & half day - 1pm finish)
• Reports to: Technical Operations Director, APAC
• Department: Global Technical Operations
• Salary: $165,000 + super + annual bonus

The Opportunity:

A leading music organisation is now growing their Global Technical Operations hub in Sydney and looking for a Service Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join their team.

This is more than a traditional ops role - it's an opportunity to bring a software engineering mindset to reliability, automation, and scalability in a global, high-impact environment.

What You'll Do:

You'll join a collaborative, hands-on team responsible for the stability, performance, and scalability of global platforms. Working closely with development, infrastructure, and security teams, you'll help build a resilient environment that keeps music flowing - from studio tools to streaming systems.

• Design and maintain high-availability, high-performance systems for global applications.
• Automate everything - from infrastructure provisioning to deployment and scaling - using tools like Terraform, Ansible, and Python.
• Build robust monitoring and observability frameworks with AWS CloudWatch, Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk.
• Optimize CI/CD pipelines to improve reliability and deployment speed.
• Participate in on-call rotations, troubleshoot incidents, and lead post-incident reviews.
• Champion SRE principles - embed SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets into everyday engineering.
• Collaborate across Dev, Infra, and Security teams to create a culture of continuous improvement and reliability.

About You

You're a technically strong and level-headed engineer who loves automation, thrives in complex environments, and knows how to balance pragmatism with perfection.

• Background in systems administration (Linux/Windows) in a large-scale environment.
• Proficient in at least one programming language (Python, Go, or Java).
• Hands-on experience with AWS (GCP or Azure a bonus).
• Deep understanding of networking, containers (Docker/Kubernetes), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog.
• Calm, collaborative communicator with strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.

Bonus Points For:

• Experience with ServiceNow or ITIL processes.
• Knowledge of chaos engineering, resilience testing, or advanced capacity planning.
• Previous experience managing distributed, global systems in production.
• Annual bonus $
• Global collaboration and career growth opportunities