Company Description

Nearmap provides a virtual model of the real world – at a scale and detail that hasn’t been done before. Our ambition is to be the source of truth that shapes our liveable world. At Nearmap, we have an appetite for energetic and engaged people and we are currently seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our DevOps team.

We provide easy, instant access to high-resolution aerial imagery, city-scale 3D content, AI datasets and integrated geospatial tools, with wide-scale coverage across the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. At the core of it, we’re a location content company, a visual analytics company, and a software as a service company. Innovation is weaved into our DNA.

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will be a part of a team that possess strong communication and collaboration skills with a DevOps mindset. The scope of your role will include (but not limited to):

• Infrastructure Design and Implementation
  • Maintain the high availability of Nearmap’s internal infrastructure and services.
  • Maintain and support DevOps toolsets, processes, and automation that support the software development lifecycle.
  • Create and maintain Terraform modules for IAC deployments.
  • Maintain and support the observability platform toolsets and processes.
  • Maintain and support Kubernetes clusters and cloud-native workloads.
  • Maintain accurate and detailed documentation of work instructions and internal procedures.
  • Out of hours support as required and agreed.
• Continuous improvement and release management
  • Maintain and support the release management toolsets, processes, and automations.
  • Identify and champion improvements to ensure our systems' reliability, observability, and security.
  • Collaboration with development teams on CI / CD improvement initiatives.
  • Look at software and system optimisations with a view to improving productivity.
  • Work closely with wider Engineering and Technology teams and proactively
    contribute to improvement initiatives.
  • Support observability tools and frameworks within Kubernetes and Cloud hosted workloads.
• Cloud Architecture and Compliance
  • Improve the system design and architecture by identifying major areas of risk.
  • Participate in design reviews, (AWS well architected reviews, operational readiness, and security assessments)
  • Adopt best security practices in line with the NIST Cyber security framework (e.g., surveillance, data loss prevention, intrusion detection, event logging, application monitoring) and cloud best practices and compliance.
• Collaboration.
  • Take ownership of initiatives such as contributing to the DevOps internal roadmap, cross-functional activities, as well as providing DevOps expertise and consultation to other teams on DevOps practices and maturity.
  • Mentor junior members of the team. 

If you join us on this exciting journey, you’ll love our inclusive values and share our ambition to become the source of truth that helps shape decisions for the liveable world.

Job Description

Our DevOps stack: Kubernetes, IAC, GitLab, Linux, Containerisation

Skills & experience we are looking for:

• Experience with deploying, configuring and managing resources and platforms at scale on cloud environments.
• Experience designing and building application containerisation and modernisation solutions Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience writing and deploying Infrastructure as code – Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
• Scripting and deployment automation experience.
• Experience in designing CI/CD, logging and monitoring tools for development teams.
• Experience with release and building pipelines.
• Experience supporting Linux infrastructure and cloud native workloads.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Intrinsic passion for problem-solving.

Qualifications

Tertiary qualifications in Computer Science, Engineering, or Information Technology (or equivalent)

Additional Information

Some of our benefits

Nearmap takes a holistic approach to our employees’ emotional, physical and financial wellness. Some of our current benefits include:

• Quarterly wellbeing day off - Four additional days off a year as your "YOU" days
• Remote-friendly role, with access to our local work hubs across the US
• Two and a half paid Volunteer Days every year, and twenty vacation days per year
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
• Team Hackathons and Pitch-fests
• Wellbeing and technology allowance
• Nearmap subscription (of course!)

Working at Nearmap
We move fast and work smart; often wearing multiple hats. We adapted to remote working with ease and are continually looking at ways to improve. We’re proud of our inclusive, supportive culture, and maintain a safe environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging and can be themselves.
If you can see yourself working at Nearmap and feel you have the right level of experience, we invite you to get in touch.
At Nearmap we welcome and encourage our employees’ uniqueness at all levels across the organization, as such we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.
If you need assistance or any special accommodations, you may contact us at [email protected] 
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