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SalaryNo one at August has titles so this was was a tricky role to name! There are however, some titles you could attribute to this role that would make sense to someone outside August. These titles would sound like Hosting SysAdmin, Hosting Manager, Systems Administrator, DevOps Hosting…you get where we’re going?
You’ll become a custodian of our client hosting infrastructure and be able to deliver support that makes the Nights Watch look…a little tame. This role works predominantly with Hashistack in AWS. If you don’t have experience with that, don’t worry – we’re known for investing in our team and we’ll onboard you plus ensure you’re always supported. We’re a team after all.
When you’re working with the other developers and helping them out on code deploys, you’ll be working in your familiar environments of GitHub, BuildKite, and Docker. We love open source and expect that you do too if you’re reading this.
The August team is smart and nimble; working together to help our clients change and build innovative applications. We are committed to learning and sharing something new every day.
While we expect this to be a full time role, we’re always open to chatting about part time options.
DevOps Engineers work within our diverse team to ensure our infrastructure is top notch and our clients are receiving the best experience we can provide them. We are fixated on improving our clients’ outcomes. We expect that you’re someone who values this as well.
This role in the words of August team members
It’s not every day you get to hear about a role from the person who was in it, or who they work with. Take a look at these behind the scenes chats to learn more about this unique DevOps role and the quality team you’ll be working with.
The job in 55 words or less
- Being the custodian and delivering delightful support of our client hosting infrastructure - you'll be working with a fully spec'd out Hashistack in AWS.
- You'll be providing DevOps support for code deploys by the team and you love working with tech such as GitHub, BuildKite, and Docker.
- Monitoring and logging of all services we're working with.
- Interacting with clients and team members when they need your specialist expertise.
- Building relationships with our clients' technical teams so that we can continue our reputation for silky smooth dev work.
- Helping us delight our clients beyond their expectations.
Does this sound like you?
- Minimum 6 years' experience in a Sys Admin or DevOps Engineer role (if you have slightly less experience, we still encourage you to apply!)
- Tertiary qualifications in Computer Science or Electronics Engineering experience with set up and management of open source software stacks.
- A desire to learn new technologies, to push/challenge the technical capability within our team and to grow with the role, regardless of your experience.
- While you can work autonomously, team and client connection and communication is important to you.
- Participating in a supportive culture where team conversations can revolve around belonging and feedback.
- Experience with, and an interest in, continuing to improve data and infrastructure security practices for our clients and us.
You get extra credit for
- Experience with becoming ISO certified
- Set up and training in AI models
- Supporting developers in building out containerised workloads
- Qualifications in data security
What you will get
Working at August is not just another agency job. While we take our work seriously, we really enjoy the company of the people we work with and we don’t take ourselves too seriously. It takes time to find the right people to join our team. There’s a level of trust and flexibility that is hard to describe, but here goes nothing. You’ll enjoy the freedom to create and contribute to sophisticated projects the way you want, combined with a robustness of process that ensures you have total support to focus all your energy and inspiration on compelling design and technical challenges. If you’d like more detail, we’d love you to ask us about it!
Our values play an important part in everything we do at August. They help us deliver epic work for clients around the world and they’ve seen us through some difficult times. As a team member, you’ll continue to develop not just your technical craft, but other valuable qualities such as powerful communication skills, commercial and business nous, and handy insights into totally random stuff, like a quick and easy killer dumpling recipe, or the engineering magic behind the latest SpaceX test flight (again, you might want to ask us!). When we hire someone to join the team, we’re interested and invested in all the different parts that make up you – because ultimately, that’s what makes August.
As a team member, you can also expect:
- A competitive salary package with various incentives and rewards.
- Flexible and hybrid working is part of our daily jam.
- Working within a highly motivated, talented and technology–driven team.
- A team of people who will invest in your career progression
and development. - Generous company policies that help you grow and balance life.
- Many other perks we will discuss when we meet you.
Apply Now
Applications for this role are open now and we are actively hiring to fill this spot in our team.
If you have questions about this role or about August, feel free to contact us and ask for Sarah.
To apply for this position, you need to:
- Mention one of our clients in your application.
- Provide your CV, outlining your skills and experience.
- Include a covering letter explaining why you are perfect for this role.
- If you have a personal website or folio site, feel free to include it in your application; we’d love to check it out.
Are you a recruiter?
We understand you work in a competitive industry and you will be tempted to contact us with potential candidates for this and other listed roles. We respectfully request that you do not contact us regarding applicants for
this role and please do not send us unsolicited applications.
About August
August is an independent award-winning digital consultancy headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. We aim to nudge the world just enough to make a change. Help us to make it happen.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at August. We don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
