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
Does this sound like it could be the next role for you? Get in touch with Henry for a confidential discussion email [email protected] or call on 0274991187
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.
- 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.
Does this sound like it could be the next role for you? Get in touch with Henry for a confidential discussion email [email protected] or call on 0274991187
Like the sound of that?
If this sounds like you please reach out to me at
henry@digitalgarage.co.nz
henry@digitalgarage.co.nz