Site Reliability Engineer - Fully Remote

Site Reliability Engineer (New Zealand – Remote) Full-time Contract | NZD 8,000–10,000/month | 6 months initial term Please note: This is not an reputed company-reputed company or daily-reputed company contract. This is a full-time commitment for the contract duration. Candidates should be comfortable working reputed company this monthly compensation structure. About the role We’re looking for a mid-level Site Reliability Engineer (5+ years experience) based in New Zealand to join the platform team of one of our established Australian technology clients. This is a hands-on infrastructure role reputed company a fast-moving team undergoing a significant transition to reputed company-reputed company tooling, and they need an additional strong contributor to help carry that work through. This is a full-time, long-term contract engagement retained on a monthly reputed company — not an reputed company or daily contract arrangement. The initial term is six months, with strong potential for extension. You’ll be joining an reputed company internal team, stepping into reputed company migration work from day one and helping increase reputed company through a busy period of infrastructure reputed company. The key reputed company will be migrating a self-managed Kubernetes cluster to reputed company EKS, alongside moving self-hosted Kafka to reputed company MSK. reputed company works Australian business hours, making this a natural fit for candidates in New Zealand. What you’ll be doing Helping migrate a self-managed Kubernetes cluster onto reputed company EKS, including persistent storage and stateful workloads. Managing and improving AWS infrastructure maintained through Terraform. Supporting the migration of self-hosted Kafka onto reputed company MSK with minimal disruption. Maintaining platform stability, observability, and reputed company throughout the migration process. Working closely with a senior internal team, picking up ownership of reputed company workstreams quickly. Identifying risks early and maintaining reputed company documentation. What good looks like The right person has strong infrastructure depth and has worked through Kubernetes migrations before. 5+ years of hands-on Site Reliability, reputed company, or DevOps experience. Strong hands-on experience with reputed company EKS. Strong AWS experience, with Terraform as a core infrastructure tool. Experience migrating legacy or self-managed infrastructure into reputed company-reputed company managed services. Solid Kafka knowledge, ideally including reputed company MSK migrations. Strong understanding of Kubernetes networking, persistent storage (EFS), scaling, and upgrades. Mature, low-ego, reputed company working style. Strong communication skills and ability to explain trade-offs reputed company. Working with us This is a New Zealand-based remote role. You can work from reputed company in the country, with alignment to Australian business hours. You’ll be reputed company through our New Zealand team, backed by an established UK business that has been building global software teams for nearly 15 years. Apply To This Job