DevOps Product Manager

DevOps Engineer – Global Wave Group

Location: Albany, Auckland (Office based)

Working hours: 2 - 10:30 P.M. from Monday to Friday

Reports to: Head of IT

Role Purpose

The DevOps Engineerwillbe responsible fordesigning,implementing, andmaintainingour cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, as well as somedevopssystems.Thisrolenot onlymastersinfrastructure andautomation but alsopossessesa strong understanding of application development. You should becomfortable navigating codebases and collaborating closely with backend (Java/Python) andfrontend (React) projects to ensure seamless deployment and application performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Cloud Infrastructure Management: Architect, deploy, and manage scalable infrastructure on AWS Cloud,ensuring high availability, security, and cost-efficiency.

• Containerization & Orchestration: Design andmaintainKubernetes (K8s) clusters, manage containerimages, andoptimizeorchestration strategies.

• CI/CD Pipeline Optimization: Build and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using tools likeJenkins,Tekton,ArgoCDor GitHub Actions to automate building, testing, and deployment processes.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Write and maintainIaCscripts using Terraform or Ansible to ensurereproducible and version-controlled infrastructure.

• Application Support: Develop and troubleshoot issues in Java, Python, and React JS DevOps applications.

• Monitoring & Logging: Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (e.g.,Prometheus,Grafana,VM, ELK Stack) to ensure system stability and rapid incident response.

• Linux Administration: Manage andoptimizeLinux/Windows server environments, including kernel tuning,network configuration, and performance monitoring.

Essential Requirements

• Experience: 3–5 years of dedicated DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Cloud Engineeringexperience.

• Cloud Platform: Deepproficiencywith AWS services (EC2, EBS, CloudWatch, CloudFront, S3, RDS,Lambda,WAF, SSM, VPC, IAM, etc.).

• Containerization: Strong experience with Docker and Kubernetes (including Helm, operators, or servicemesh).

• OS Knowledge: Solid understanding of Linux/Windows system administration and networking.

• Scripting & Coding:Proficiencyin scripting languages such as Python or Bash. Experience with Java is aplus.

• Version Control:Expertisewith Git and branchingstrategies.

• SoftSkills: Excellent problem-solving skills, ability to work in an agile environment, and strongChinesewritten and verbal communication skills.

Desirable

• Full-Stack Familiarity: Practical experience or working knowledge ofJava (Spring Boot) and Python (Flask)for backend services.

• Frontend Knowledge: Understanding ofReactarchitecture,TypeScripts,CSS(tailwind), build processes(Vite), and deployment considerations.

• Database Management: Experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL,StarRocks).

• Security: Knowledge ofDevSecOpspractices, including vulnerabilityscanning and security compliance.