Our mission is the make sustainability affordable and accessible for everyone.
By offering financial solutions to homeowners, we’re making renewable energy and home improvements more accessible to the everyday Aussie.
Our founder and CEO, Katherine McConnell, has been awarded Telstra Business Woman of the year in 2020 as well as winning the Sustainability Crusader award at B&T's 2023 Women Leading Tech Awards. She is a passionate and humble leader who has a human first approach to business. As a business we have been awarded AFR Sustainability Leader in the Banking and Finance category and won the inaugural Sustainability Award at the Affies!
We value different perspectives, skills and backgrounds and have been recognised for our strength in creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, winning Best Workplace Diversity (Finnies 2021).
About the role
You'll work closely with both IT and Engineering teams to bridge system administration and code, playing a key role in deploying, monitoring, and managing our cloud-based applications and services. This is an incredible opportunity to contribute to a tech environment that's diverse, cutting-edge, and committed to excellence.
What You'll Do
-Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines using Github Actions for automated testing, building, and deploying applications to various environments.
- Provision, configure, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure using best practices in security, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform to ensure reproducible and consistent environments and monitor system performance, configure alerts with monitoring tools, respond to incidents to ensure system reliability and availability.
- Collaborate with the development team to optimise application performance and ensure seamless integration of new technologies and architectures, focusing on serverless and microservices.
- Manage databases performance, backup, scalability, availability, and security.
- Secure applications and data for user authentication and authorisation and implement comprehensive security measures across the AWS stack.
- Ensure efficient management and troubleshooting of production issues, using tools like Sentry for error reporting and performance monitoring.
- Serve as the primary contact for internal teams, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure successful project delivery.
- Collaborate with our broader Engineering team to understand solution requirements. Architect distributed applications on AWS to meet these requirements.
About you - what you'll bring to the table
- You have significant experience in DevOps or a similar role, with a proven track record in managing AWS cloud infrastructure and services and are confident in designing and delivering complex cloud transformation projects on AWS
- You have demonstrated experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience with tools like AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, or AWS CDK
- You have experience with DevOps and CI/CD tools (AWS CodeCommit/Build/Pipeline, GitLab, or similar)
- Your scripting skills in Python, Bash or other high-level languages, are second to none
- You have a deep understanding of AWS network configuration and security best practices (VPC, Security Groups, IAM roles/policies)
- You are confident with serverless (Lambda), familiar with microservices design patterns. and event-driven architectures on AWS and deep understand of both SQL and NoSQL database solutions.
- Deep understanding of AWS/Cloud security concepts and experience applying the ACSC Information Service Manual (ISM) to AWS cloud environments.
- Relevant industry certification a must (AWS Professional/Specialty, Cisco, ISC2)
Benefits
- We’re committed to building a culture where our people can thrive, both professionally and personally. So, we offer a variety of benefits and perks to support you and your family.
- Flexible working arrangements to suit individual needs and a hybrid work model. Our office is designed for collaboration, creativity and balance between office engagement and remote flexibility. Our in-office days are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
- Employee share options - new staff may be given an opportunity to join our Employee Share Option Plans (ESOP).
- Get social. Connect over lunch at Noodle Wednesday’s and Burger Thursday’s, plus a weekly Thursday social event, where you can catch up with colleagues over a drink, snack and a game of table tennis.
- Nutritious snacks – who doesn’t love that? Our thoughtfully stocked pantry includes snacks to suit your every mood. Fresh bread, protein bars, popcorn, fresh fruit, chocolate, soy crisps, cookies – you name it! We also offer a carefully curated collection of wines and beer on tap for those looking to unwind or enjoy a social moment.
- End-of-trip facilities. Cycle in to work, lock up your wheels and have a shower in our end-of-trip facilities, which come complete with towel service and hair dryers.
- Anniversary leave - your dedication at Brighte won’t go unnoticed. Enjoy an extra day to celebrate your work anniversary with us.
Named LinkedIn’s #10 Top Australian Start Up (2021), we know we wouldn’t be anywhere without our investors, who believe in our mission and the opportunities that lie ahead for a brighter future.
Airtree Ventures, Grok Investments, Kim Jackson and Scott Farquhar’s Skip Capital, and Qualgro Partners all continue to support Brighte in making this dream a reality!