Golang Job: Senior DevOps Engineer

About Kablamo

Kablamo is a new generation of cloud technology vendor, working at the forefront of distributed, highly scaled application development. We are one of Australia’s leading cloud product development and data companies, and have recently expanded our business to Canada. We are experts at the many disciplines required to develop new digital products which make end-to-end use of the cloud.

We help clients build bespoke cloud-based systems, and to implement the practices, knowledge and tools to do so time and again. We help our customers to build their competitive advantage by harnessing the power of technology to drive real change in their business and for their end customers.

We’re silo bursting, legacy busting, data liberators, who break down the walls keeping enterprises from their potential, delivering them the future they’ve been promised.

About you

At Kablamo, “We Make with Heart and Mind”. You are a maker. You love to bring to life amazing product design to deliver exceptional outcomes. You are not faint hearted. In fact, you thrive in the face of challenge. You work hard but not so hard that you forget to celebrate success.

As a team member you are humble and selfless, but you are not afraid to voice your ideas and put them to the test. When faced with ambiguity and complexity, you think outside the box to provide solutions. You like exploring ideas and iterating on the path to success and you’re not afraid to embrace change.

As a craftsperson, you are obsessed with quality. Anything that can be automated - is. You understand the benefits of testing and well thought out solutions to ensure clients are left satisfied and wanting more.

Our DevOps Engineers play a critical role in Kablamo’s cross functional Agile product development teams. They are responsible for designing and building best-practice, secure and automated cloud environments, which are capable of scaling to handle millions of users and almost limitless amounts of data. Kablamo is proud to be one of AWS’s leading partners in Australia, and our DevOps Engineers are all incredibly passionate about the AWS cloud and its ecosystem.

As part of our DevOps team, you will join a very strong technical community of engineers, all with deep experience working across different industries and use cases. Additionally, Kablamo’s Cloud Principal is a globally recognized AWS Community Hero.

We are seeking senior-level DevOps Engineers with at least 5 years’ experience. The role is remote first with the Kablamo Canada office based in Toronto.

Required skills and experience:

• Extensive cloud experience in AWS (VPC, EC2, Route53, IAM, STS, RDS, API, Gateway, Lambda)

• Solid coding/scripting skills in at least 1 major language (eg. Javascript, Ruby, Java, Python, Golang)

• Strong experience with infrastructure as code tools (AWS CloudFormation preferred)

• Solid experiencing in building and maintaining Docker images

• Understanding of CI/CD tools such as AWS CodePipeline, TeamCity, Bamboo, GoCD, or Concourse CI

• Solid understanding of TCP/IP, networking and routing protocols

• Experience in implementing CDN/DDoS/WAF technologies

• Strong understanding and experience with Identity & Access Management solutions

• Understanding of Web and API development

The person we are seeking will:

• Be passionate about cloud and its potential to enable amazing digital products, to solve complex problems and to liberate huge data sets

• Be on a life-long journey of learning, always curious to build their knowledge and to share what they know with their peers

• Manage the successful outcomes of all deliverables within the resource and time constraints as defined by the DevOps Manager and Delivery lead

• Participate in project stand-ups by effectively communicating status and impediments to progress

• Attend iteration planning sessions and participate in the sizing of the testing effort required to complete stories, ensuring external dependencies are considered

• Work closely and communicate effectively with the development team and product stakeholders to ensure project outcomes adhere to agreed quality standards

Desirable skills and experience:

• AWS Associate and/or Professional Level Certifications

• Experience working in Agile software and product development teams

• Experience with AWS’s Machine Learning/AI suite, including SageMaker, Rekognition, Transcribe etc

• Strong skill sets in Web and API development and architectures (Event Driven, SOA, Microservices)

• Experience with Akamai, Cloudflare, or AWS CloudFront & WAF

• Experience with Docker clustering and management

• Cloud migration and delivery exposure

Kablamo’s Culture

Kablamo is a proud equal opportunity employer. We acknowledge a workplace that is diverse and inclusive, enables for greater innovation and produces benefits including improved performance, improved employee happiness and wellbeing, and superior outcomes for our customers. We attribute our success to all our unique and charismatic Kablamites. Through our fortnightly back to base and our debate Thunderdomes, we enable our Kablamites to provide feedback, share ideas, challenge the status quo and technically challenge each other constructively.

The PERKS!!!

Our Kablamites enjoy a number of perks and benefits including: 20 days paid annual leave, extended health care coverage, Group RRSP with 5% matching, bonus scheme, an online perks and rewards platform, an extra day of annual leave for your birthday, blogging rewards and much much more!

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: $140,000.00-$180,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Employee assistance program
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• RRSP match
• Work from home

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Experience:

• DevOps: 4 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

• AWS certification and which one(s) (preferred)