Description:

Octopus Deploy is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join the Builds Team, focusing on maintaining high reliability of the Builds systems.
The role involves improving existing reliability practices, implementing new capabilities, and sharing SRE expertise across the company.
Candidates should thrive in an environment that prioritizes availability, reliability, and observability, and should be skilled in systems engineering.
The position requires a commitment to a "you built it, you run it" culture, with participation in a humane on-call program.
A typical day may include building new capabilities, solving complex technical problems, responding to alerts, and improving documentation.
The role is remote-first, requiring residency and full working rights in Australia or New Zealand.

Requirements:

Candidates must excel in environments focused on availability, reliability, and observability.
A strong background in systems engineering is required, with specialized expertise in specific areas being a plus.
Experience in leading postmortems and designing deployment and monitoring pipelines is essential.
A passion for automating builds, tests, deployments, infrastructure, and operational tasks is necessary.
Candidates should be self-motivated, able to work independently, and produce high-quality output.
Effective collaboration skills are required to solve problems and support fellow engineers.
Candidates should be results-oriented and adaptable to changes in business direction.

The compensation for this role is transparent, with salaries for Level 3 Senior Site Reliability Engineer ranging from $145k AUD / $155k NZD to $165k AUD / $175k NZD, excluding Super and Kiwi Saver.
Employees receive a minimum of 25 days of annual leave and up to 10 days of paid sick and carers leave.
The company offers 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave with flexible return options.
Stock options are also part of the benefits package.