Site Reliability Engineer

Overview

Are you a junior Site Reliability Engineer eager to expand your DevOps skills while supporting an AI-driven, cloud-native platform?

A remote-first technology company headquartered in Auckland is looking for a proactive Junior SRE to help keep its large-scale, Kubernetes-based services observable, available, and deployable.

You'll work closely with senior engineers, gain hands-on experience with AWS, Terraform, and CI / CD pipelines, and play a key part in improving infrastructure that powers advanced digital-human experiences worldwide.

Responsibilities

Troubleshooting and triaging platform issues, prioritising fixes, and communicating status to internal and external stakeholders

Following SRE best practices to enhance reliability, scalability, and observability

Maintaining and improving cloud infrastructure using AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, and related tooling

Contributing to CI / CD pipeline maintenance and optimisation

Writing clear documentation for infrastructure, tooling, and team processes

Gradually taking ownership of specific infrastructure components as your independence grows

Requirements

1–2 years in a DevOps, system administration, or junior engineering role

Solid Linux skills and familiarity with Git and basic networking concepts

Ability to script or program in at least one language (Python, Go, Bash, etc.)

Eagerness to learn new technologies and adapt in a fast-moving environment

Strong problem-solving mindset, self-motivation, and a collaborative attitude

Prior remote-work experience and knowledge of Terraform, Docker, or Kubernetes are a plus

This full-time, permanent position is open to candidates based in New Zealand (remote or Auckland-hybrid).

If you're passionate about cloud infrastructure, keen to develop SRE best practices, and ready to grow with a cutting-edge AI platform team, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now, or email Joe McKernan -

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