DevOps/SRE Engineer

Synechron; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Synechron in New Zealand seeks a senior DevOps/SRE engineer to join global delivery teams. You will own cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, Ansible playbooks, and IaC, while applying strong Linux fundamentals and scripting to keep systems reliable and scalable.

You will work with Azure or AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes, using observability tools and collaborating with cross-functional teams in an Agile setting to deliver robust production environments.

Qualifications

• Hands-on DevOps/SRE experience in production environments.
• Strong experience with GitHub, Git, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD pipeline automation.
• Hands-on experience with Ansible for configuration management, automation, and deployment orchestration.
• Experience with at least one major cloud platform: Microsoft Azure or AWS.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Strong understanding of Linux/Unix systems, networking, DNS, load balancing, and security.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Knowledge of containerisation (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Experience with monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability tools.
• Strong troubleshooting skills in production environments.
• Understanding of cloud security, IAM, and secrets management.
• Experience working in Agile environments with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Significant hands-on experience in DevOps engineering, SRE, or cloud infrastructure engineering.
• Strong experience with GitHub, Git, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD pipeline automation.
• Hands-on experience with Ansible for configuration management and deployment orchestration.
• Experience with Azure or AWS as primary cloud platforms.
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code and provisioning.
• Maintain Linux/Unix systems, networking, DNS, and security.
• Scripting with Python, Bash or PowerShell.
• Work with Docker and Kubernetes in production.
• Implement monitoring and observability tools and processes.
• Troubleshoot production issues and support reliability improvements.
• Apply cloud security best practices and IAM management.
• Collaborate in Agile environments with cross-functional teams.

Skills

DevOps engineering

Site Reliability Engineering

Cloud infrastructure

GitHub Actions / CI/CD

Ansible

Azure or AWS

IaC (Terraform, etc.)

Linux/Unix

Python / Bash / PowerShell

Docker

Kubernetes

Monitoring & observability

Agile collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Git

GitHub

Docker

Kubernetes

Ansible

Job description

Synechron, is a global provider of Information Technology outsourcing services focused on the banking, finance and payments industry. We provide a broad range of IT services and technology solutions that are flexible, cost-effective, efficient and reliable. We pride ourselves on our ability to deliver high quality resources and solutions to our clients. Through Synechron’s Financial innovation labs, we continue to develop innovative solutions by providing engineering payment solutions, creating tools and processes that shape the evolution of technology. For more information on the company, please visit our website: www.synechron.com.

Key Responsibilities:

• Significant hands-on experience in DevOps engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or cloud infrastructure engineering.
• Strong experience with GitHub, Git, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD pipeline automation.
• Hands-on experience with Ansible for configuration management, infrastructure automation, and deployment orchestration.
• Strong experience with at least one major cloud platform: Microsoft Azure or AWS.
• Experience with infrastructure provisioning and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Strong understanding of Linux/Unix systems, networking, DNS, load balancing, and security.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Knowledge of containerisation technologies such as Docker and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability tools.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and experience supporting production environments.
• Understanding of cloud security, identity and access management, and secrets management.
• Experience working in Agile environments and collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams.

SYNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.