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Senior SRE (AWS)

Senior SRE (AWS)

DigitalgarageAuckland, Auckland, New Zealand
10 days ago
Job description

Lead SRE needed for a global AWS / EKS platform. Mentor a team, automate everything, and solve complex problems in a top Kiwi tech co.

Why You’d Like It

Are you an SRE who enjoys mentoring just as much as you enjoy automating? This is a fantastic opportunity to step into a lead position within an autonomous team, looking after a massive, global AWS platform. You won't just be firefighting; you'll be building the tools and systems that enable the wider engineering department to innovate safely and at speed. It’s a complex, challenging environment perfect for someone who loves solving interesting technology problems.

The Story

This isn't a new role, but rather a crucial one for a company that relies 100% on its platform's performance. As they continue to scale their global SaaS offering, the Platform Engineering team is central to that success. They need a senior head to help guide the team, contribute heavily to solution design, and ensure the entire system—from a complex event-processing backend to the CI / CD pipeline— is efficient, stable, and cost effective.

Your Role

  • Taking a lead role in the team, mentoring your teammates, and contributing heavily to solution design and operation.
  • Ensuring the global AWS-based platform is running at peak efficiency, performance, and uptime.
  • Building and refining monitoring, alerting, and CI / CD deployment tools.
  • Diving deep into complex faults to find the root cause, working across teams to implement permanent fixes and improvements.
  • Identifying and automating tasks wherever possible to maintain and increase efficiency.
  • Helping to manage and optimise cloud costs across the AWS infrastructure.
  • Participating in an on-call roster to ensure platform services are operating effectively.

Your Fit

  • Deep experience with public cloud, specifically Amazon Web Services (AWS).
  • Strong skills with Kubernetes (especially EKS) and Infrastructure as Code (like Terraform).
  • A background in building or managing CI / CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).
  • Proven experience operating and managing complex, distributed systems in production web environments.
  • Solid scripting ability (e.g., Python, Bash).
  • A quality‑obsessed and curious mindset, with a genuine enjoyment for solving tricky problems.
  • A natural ability to collaborate, with excellent communication skills and a desire to mentor teammates.

    • Applicants must be legally entitled to work in New Zealand. If you are not a NZ Citizen, you must have the right of permanent residence or a valid work visa.

    Does this sound like it could be the next role for you? Get in touch with Henry for a confidential discussion email or call on .

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