DevOps Platform Engineer
Explore emerging technologies and platforms to deliver new, scalable products that add value and encourage subscriber loyalty and engagement.
Summary about this job
Engineering - Software
Company: CHOICE
Location: Sydney
Work type: Full Time
Salary: Attractive rem, onsite parking, close to transport
Phone: +61-8-7298-5124
Fax: +61-2-7149-7852
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Detail information about job DevOps Platform Engineer. Terms and conditions vacancy
- An experienced close knit team of technologists to learn and collaborate with
- Agile development environment with great culture & work life balance
- Puppet | Ruby | REST | Micro-services | DevOps
As Australia’s leading consumer advocacy group, CHOICE, has a long track record of innovation in response to consumer needs and our New Things Lab are continuing to break new ground in this area.
The Role
The successful candidate will work with our business and technology teams to design, develop, and deploy new capabilities that enable them to deliver their solutions more efficiently and effectively.
Initially you will be supporting our Transformer project utilising your passion for learning and continuous improvement to stay abreast of bugs, bottlenecks ,optimisation opportunities and scaling up infrastructure to handle peak loads.
More broadly, you will be working with the business to propose, elicit and develop new ideas and concepts for additional products and mobile solutions.
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Designing and developing platforms and applications to take advantage of emerging technologies.
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Leading and participating in the development of powerful, compelling, desirable products and services, internal tools and infrastructure, for use by CHOICE business units and third parties.
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Participate in technical partnerships to complement CHOICE’s capabilities.
About You
You are a DevOps Engineer or Systems Administrator with particular expertise in Unix/Linux operating systems, Ruby Stack, CM tools and automation.
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Experience with automation/configuration management using either Puppet, Chef or an equivalent.
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Cloud services as well as experience with traditional enterprise on-premises systems.
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Knowledge of best practices and IT operations in an always-up, always-available service.
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Infrastructure and application deployment automation.
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Linux and Windows security mechanisms and security best practice.
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Enterprise networking, load balancing and routing
You have an understanding of a wide range of emerging technologies, and ability to apply them to diverse problems and opportunities.
About CHOICE
Set up by consumers for consumers, CHOICE is the consumer advocate that provides Australians with information and advice, free from commercial bias. As vital today as when we were founded in 1959, CHOICE continues to fight for consumers and uncover the truth.
Choice is ethical workplace that walks and talks the organisational values Truth, Help and Impact. We care about our staff and take work-life balance seriously. Staff perks include an in-house bike fleet, staff veggie garden and regular social-committee events, plus the chance to work on our staff-led social and environmental impact initiatives.
We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace creates a positive working environment for all employees that helps us better represent Australian consumers. We're committed to accessibility and flexibility in the workplace and encourage applications from a diverse range of people.
CHOICE is conveniently located in the Inner West of Sydney (Marrickville) with on site parking and near to transport options.
CHOICE’s New Things Lab are well known for their free range egg finder app CluckAR and automated energy switching service Transformer.