Company Description
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 are seeking an experienced Senior CloudOps Engineer to join the DevLabs Squad, supporting one of our largest and most critical technology platforms.
DevLabs is a mature, enterprise-scale container orchestration platform that powers hundreds of applications across the organisation. This is not a greenfield engineering role. Instead, it is suited to engineers who thrive in a highly operational environment and understand the importance of maintaining platform stability, security, reliability, and performance.
The platform spans both on-premises VMware infrastructure and AWS cloud environments, with Rancher providing the orchestration layer. DevLabs is managed through Infrastructure as Code principles and immutable infrastructure practices, ensuring all changes are automated, tested, and deployed consistently across more than 25 environments.
We're looking for someone who enjoys solving operational challenges, supporting customers, improving platform health, and ensuring a complex platform continues to operate safely and securely throughout its lifecycle.
What You'll Be Doing
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Provide day-to-day support for both production and non-production platform environments
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Respond to and resolve customer and platform support requests during business hours
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Perform platform upgrades and enhancements, including Kubernetes and Rancher upgrades
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Identify, assess and remediate security vulnerabilities across the platform
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Execute platform rebuilds through automation and Infrastructure as Code
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Support ongoing platform maintenance and operational excellence initiatives
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Drive continuous improvement opportunities across reliability, automation and support processes
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Enhance observability capabilities through improved monitoring, dashboards and alerting
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Work closely with engineering and platform teams to maintain platform health and availability
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Contribute to operational documentation, runbooks and support procedures
Qualifications
You are an experienced Senior CloudOps Engineer who understands the realities of supporting large-scale enterprise platforms. You enjoy working in environments where operational excellence, stability, security and customer support are the primary focus.
You bring a pragmatic approach to problem solving, strong troubleshooting skills, and a continuous improvement mindset. Most importantly, you're comfortable working within a mature platform environment where success is measured by reliability and operational effectiveness rather than building new products.
Technical Skills & Experience
Essential
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Strong experience working with AWS
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Strong containerisation experience using Docker
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Proven experience supporting large-scale Kubernetes platforms in enterprise environments
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Strong Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform
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Experience with observability and monitoring platforms such as New Relic and Splunk
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Experience with CI/CD and deployment tooling, including:
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GitHub
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GitHub Actions
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Bamboo
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Strong troubleshooting, incident management and platform support capabilities
Desirable
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Experience with Rancher administration and upgrades
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Exposure to hybrid cloud environments spanning on-premises and AWS platforms
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Scripting or software development experience using:
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Experience working with immutable infrastructure principles and automated platform rebuilds
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Experience enhancing monitoring, alerting and platform observability
Additional Information
Why join us:
At NCS Australia, you'll be part of a team that values your growth and development. Our comprehensive global learning and development program will equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed. Plus, you'll be mentored by some of the industry's best, and have access to a worldwide network of career opportunities. Join us now and discover just how far your career can go!
We are in the process of refreshing our employee benefits, so don’t forget to ask our Talent Acquisition Team about what’s on offer.
We take pride in our commitment to valuing and supporting our people and the communities we serve. Diversity, inclusivity, and being different are not just buzzwords for us - they are integral to our culture. We are dedicated to upholding Equal Employment Opportunity Principles and providing reasonable accommodations to all our applicants. If you require any assistance or modifications to navigate our careers site or complete your application, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected].
Other important stuff:
To be eligible for a position with us, applicants will need to have valid work rights for Australia and be willing to undergo a comprehensive background checking process, including probity and police checks.
As we navigate through our business integration process, we will continue to issue contracts under our existing entities of ARQ, Dialog, CatapultBI, ICEMEDIA, Eighty20, Riley or AccessHQ.
Visit our website https://www.ncs.co/en-au/ for more information.
Agencies: We’ve got this. We request that you do not contact NCS employees outside of the Talent Acquisition team. NCS exclusively accepts resumes from agencies on our preferred supplier panel through the NCS Agency Portal. Agencies that submit resumes must have a valid fee agreement and be assigned to the particular requisition by the Talent Acquisition team. Any resumes that are submitted outside of this process will become the sole property of NCS. If a candidate is hired outside of this process, no fee or payment will be given.
Why join us:
NCS Australia is where you can feel at home, nurturing your talents and skills as we make tomorrow together, one day at a time. Our benefits include paid parental leave, initiatives focused on your well-being and discounted health insurance. You will also enjoy discounts on various products and services and be regularly recognised and rewarded for high performance. We are committed to your career development through our Capability Fingerprint, industry and partner training programs, special interest groups, and an AI-driven learning platform. No matter where you are in your career, we offer meaningful work and opportunities for growth.
NCS Australia is an equal-opportunity employer, and we take pride in our commitment to valuing and supporting our people and the communities we serve.We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Veterans, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.
At NCS Australia, we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply.
Agencies:
We’ve got this. We request that you do not contact NCS employees outside of the Talent Acquisition team. NCS exclusively accepts resumes from agencies on our preferred supplier panel through the NCS Agency Portal. Agencies that submit resumes must have a valid fee agreement and be assigned to the particular requisition by the Talent Acquisition team. Any resumes that are submitted outside of this process will become the sole property of NCS. If a candidate is hired outside of this process, no fee or payment will be given.
Work rights and background checks:
To be eligible for a position with us, applicants will need to have valid work rights for Australia and be willing to undergo a comprehensive background checking process, including probity and police checks
