DevOps Engineer / Platform Engineer (Contract 2 to 3 days per week)
At NCS Australia, we believe in doing technology services better.
Our commitment to quality, focus on people, and willingness to challenge traditional thinking set us apart.
Our team brings this belief to life by partnering with our clients and communities to make tomorrow together.
We are committed to creating an environment that prioritises innovation, collaboration, and purposeful work.
Our diverse team is empowered to make a meaningful impact with curiosity, creativity and resilience to shape better outcomes.
Join us and accept the challenge of creating a better tomorrow.
Job Description
We're looking for a contractor to help support our team on a part-time basis.
As a Platform Engineer and Consultant at NCS Australia, you'll play a crucial role in driving innovation and helping our clients get the most from their technology landscape.
The engineer will work with cloud-native technologies and automation frameworks to ensure platform security and reliability.
You will develop and maintain infrastructure and automation pipelines, design and build scalable APIs, and manage GCP & AWS cloud infra.
You will work with container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes, implementing CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, ArgoCD, and GitOps practices.
You'll leverage your problem-solving skills to help clients build and modernise their applications while also shaping requirements, designing and deploying solutions, and setting up effective engineering and quality practices.
Beyond your technical expertise, you will also provide valuable advice to clients on how to upskill their teams and achieve outstanding outcomes.
Qualifications
Cloud Platforms: In-depth experience with AWS (VPC, EC2, ECS, Route53, S3, CloudFormation, APIs, SDKs) and working knowledge of Google Cloud Platform.
Infrastructure Orchestration: Proficiency with software-defined infrastructure orchestration tools such as SaltStack or Terraform.
Containerisation: Experience with immutable architectures and containerisation technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, LXC, OpenVZ, or Xen.
Configuration Management: Expertise with tools such as Puppet, Chef, or Ansible.
Version Control: Proficiency in using distributed version control systems like Git.
ArgoCD is essential.
Highly experienced EKS/K8s experience in building microservices on ECS and building the ECS clusters themselves.
Proficient with SRE skill-sets and routines.
Programming: Proficiency in at least one programming language (Go / Python).
Event-Driven Architecture: Familiarity with Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, and Cloud Native technologies (e.g., OPA/Gatekeeper, Prometheus, HashiCorp Vault).
Continuous Integration / Deployment: Experience with CI/CD tools such as Argo CD, Jenkins, or Bamboo.
Automation: Experience with Cloud SQL and automation using Python, Go, or Bash.
System Administration: Linux/Unix system administration experience.
Knowledge of networking concepts and security best practices.
Familiarity with Istio, Cilium, Kyverno and other security tools.
Good problem-solving attitude.
Additional Information
Why join us: NCS Australia is where you can feel at home, nurturing your talents and skills as we make tomorrow together.
Our benefits include paid parental leave, wellness initiatives, discounted health insurance, product and service discounts, and recognition programmes.
We support career development through training and learning platforms.
NCS Australia is an equal-opportunity employer and supports diversity, including Veterans, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and people with disabilities.
Work rights and background checks: Requirement of valid work rights for Australia and willingness to undergo background checks.
Location: Millers Point, New South Wales, Australia
Salary: A$150,000 – A$170,000 per year
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Contract (2–3 days per week)
Job function: Information Technology – IT Services and IT Consulting
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