Senior AWS Kubernetes & DevOps Specialist

About Maltem Australia

Maltem Australia is a boutique data and analytics consultancy, part of a global group with over 20 years of experience. We partner with more than 15 active clients across various sectors, delivering a blend of advisory and hands-on delivery projects. Our core expertise lies in helping organisations design and implement modern data platforms and technology stacks, enabling smarter decisions and long-term scalability.

We’re a tight-knit, high-performing team that thrives on creating impact through data, with deep specialisation in cloud, analytics, and data engineering solutions

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior IT Specialist with expertise in DevOps and Kubernetes to join our Resilience and High Availability project team. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and managing robust, scalable, and high-availability solutions to ensure the resilience of our IT infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and Architecture: Develop and implement resilient and high-availability architectures using Kubernetes and other DevOps tools.
• Deployment and Automation: Build zero down time deployment processes, improve CI/CD pipelines, to ensure seamless integration and delivery across a diverse range of users and applications.
• Monitoring and Performance Tuning: Assist in improving our systems and processes for monitoring performance, identifying bottlenecks, and optimizing for maximum efficiency and reliability.
• Incident Management: Assist in building and testing incident response plans for system and application failure scenarios.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams including developers, system administrators, and data engineers to deliver resilience and automation uplift and assist with skilling up team to meet future challenges.
• Documentation: Assist with building out process and design documentation for use in maintaining systems at a testable resilience level even while continuing to evolve to accommodate new features and use cases.

Required Skills and Experience:

Technical Expertise:

• Extensive experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration.
• Strong background in DevOps practices and tools (e.g., Bamboo, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Ansible, Terraform).
• Proficiency in AWS IAAS , CAAS and PAAS cloud platforms .
• In-depth knowledge of scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Resilience and High Availability: Proven experience in designing and implementing resilient and highly available systems.
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Team Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to work effectively within a team and collaborate with various departments.

What We Offer

• A dynamic consulting environment with meaningful client projects
• A collaborative and supportive team culture
• Hybrid work model with 3 days onsite at the client location
• Opportunities for continuous learning and career growth