DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer with AWS & API experience requiredPermanent PositionHybrid work environment with a great culture Established in 1988, Rest is one of Australia’s largest profit-to-member superannuation funds.We support nearly two million members, with around $86 billion of funds under management and are recognised as a responsible investment leader. We believe when members understand and engage with their super, they’re more likely to get a better retirement outcome.Everything we do at Rest is underpinned by our values and behaviours, we want to Be Daring, Keep it Simple, Take Action and Have Grit. To put it simply we want our people to thrive and love the work they do.The DevOps Engineer is responsible for collaborating with Software Engineers in the design, implementation and support of DevOps capabilities for the API platforms with some work in the digital space. They will be instrumental in developing automated and integrated capabilities for monitoring and keeping currency of the capabilities run in the platforms.The DevOps Engineer will also be an AWS platform subject matter expert within the Rest Engineering team. They will be embedded in all AWS platform related projects to design, implement and support cloud architecture needed to deliver engineering capabilities.Develop and standardise the usage of automation to provision and manage cloud resources and environments within the Digital (CMS) and API Platforms, using AWS CDK, CloudFormation, scripting, or other tools.Review our current CI/CD pipelines to automate the deployment and updates to AWS resources, and define and implement best practices in our CI/CD pipelines.Analyse monitoring data to identify performance bottlenecks in the Platforms.Work alongside Solution Architects and other technical stakeholders to design and architect scalable, reliable, and secure cloud solutions, using native AWS services (S3, ECS, EC2, RDS, Dynamo, etc.).Review and enforce practices from our vendor DevOps resources to develop infrastructure as code using tools like AWS CloudFormation or CDK to automate resource provisioning.Own the BCP and DR capabilities within the AWS domain and work collaboratively with the business and vendors to schedule and conduct annual DR tests for all AWS based infrastructure.Investigate and resolve technical issues related to AWS infrastructure, networking, and applications. Provide technical support to development teams and stakeholders, troubleshooting and resolving issues promptly.Integrate security controls into the CI/CD pipeline to safeguard the software development process. This could involve implementing Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), or other security tools within the pipeline.Set up proactive monitoring and alerting systems to detect anomalies, performance degradation, and potential failures. Implement timely alerts to notify teams about issues requiring attention.Implement and manage redundant systems, load balancers, and failover mechanisms to ensure continuous availability. Monitor the health of redundant components and automatically switch traffic to healthy resources.Document all changes made to the CI/CD pipeline, ensuring other team members can understand and follow the new processes.Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, operations, and security teams, to drive successful cloud initiatives.