Senior Devops Engineer

OverviewKami is a thriving organisation filled to the brim with talented, creative, and passionate people!

It's hard not to love what you do when our leading digital classroom platform offers meaningful solutions to over 50 million users worldwide, empowering students and supporting teachers!

You'll be joining at a pretty magical time as Kami's user base grows, with over 100 team members across the world.

Join our team and become an integral member of Kami's growth, while shaping your own future (and having fun doing it)!

The opportunityWe are looking for a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic and fast-growing team.

As an engineer for this forward-thinking organisation, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability, availability, scalability, and performance of our applications.We're not called Kami-leons for nothing!

You'll be working with a team full of agile, flexible and open-minded people who are mission-driven to make a positive impact on the lives of millions.

What You'll Do

Analyze and optimize system reliability, performance, and resource utilization of cloud infrastructure

Develop and maintain automation scripts for deployment, monitoring, and maintenance tasks

Implement infrastructure as code (IaC) to automate the provisioning and configuration of infrastructure components

Design and implement monitoring solutions to proactively identify and address issues

Participate in on-call rotations and respond to incidents to ensure system stability and performance

Conduct capacity planning to anticipate future resource needs and optimize infrastructure scalability

Define and track reliability metrics to measure and improve system performance

Prepare and present reports on system reliability and performance

Work closely with software development teams to influence and improve the reliability and scalability of applications

Conduct post-incident reviews to identify root causes and implement preventive measures

Troubleshoot complex issues in a production environment

What you'll bring

7+ years of experience in a DevOps, SRE or similar role

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

Relevant experience in software engineering, systems administration, or a related field

Proficiency in programming languages (e.g. Python, Go, Ruby)

Strong scripting skills for automation tasks (e.g. Bash, Python)

Hands-on experience and in-depth knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g. Google Cloud, AWS) and container orchestration tools (e.g. Kubernetes)

A proficient understanding of core networking concepts (e.g. TCP / IP, DNS, load balancing)

Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g. Terraform) and configuration management tools (e.g. Ansible, Puppet, Chef)

Experience with infrastructure monitoring, logging and alerting tools (e.g. Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, PagerDuty)

Strong collaboration and communication skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams

Ability to analyze complex systems and troubleshoot issues effectively

What you get out of it

Working for a people-first employer that is on an inspiring mission to build the future of education while changing the lives of millions

Excellent perks including health insurance, catered lunches, regular social events, wellness activities, and much more

Flexible working approach that is truly flexible to your needs

Learning and development opportunities and the chance to grow and shape your future with Kami

A diverse and challenging role

The satisfaction of knowing you're helping teachers and shaping the minds of future generations worldwide

Why Kami?

We're building a team of enthusiastic and experienced staff to support our sales team, help capitalize on our momentum, and pitch Kami's magic to school districts.

This is an excellent opportunity to build upon a successful sales career!

Great team : Founded by startup veterans and passionate engineers in a fun, diverse, transparent, and vibrant culture

Happy customers : Helping thousands of schools worldwide through the digital transformation of education

Huge potential : Used by 50M users in 175 countries; one of the most popular edtech vendors

Powerful Partners : Kami is a Google Premier Partner

Make an Impact : Progress the digital transformation of K-12 education with our student-centric learning environment

Team spirit : You'll work with a team of agile, flexible, and open-minded people who want to make a difference

Seniority levelMid-Senior level

Employment typeFull-time

Job functionEngineering and Information TechnologyIndustries : Software Development

Location : Auckland, New Zealand

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