DevOps & SRE Lead

Job description

People & Talent Operations Manager @ Education Perfect

Education Perfect is an EdTech platform designed to empower educators and amplify their impact in the classroom.

We aim to enable teachers to personalise learning at scale with a range of powerful learning, assessment, and insights tools, helping them and their students reach their full potential.

As an EPeep, you'll work on projects that have a real impact on students' lives and have the freedom, support and resources you need to develop your skills and grow your career.

We're looking for an experienced DevOps & SRE Lead to guide and grow our talented team of engineers.

In this role, you'll provide strong technical and people leadership, shape our infrastructure strategy and drive operational excellence across the business.

You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams, influence engineering practices and ensure our systems remain secure, scalable and cost-effective.

This is a fantastic opportunity to have a real impact on our technical direction while mentoring a high-performing team.

What you will do

• Lead, manage and support EP's small but capable DevOps/SRE group and create a safe and inclusive environment for the team
• Collaborate across teams and functions to help define our architecture and our technical strategy and roadmap
• Educate and empower software engineers to think operationally when designing services and to operate what they build
• Track metrics around infrastructure and developer experience and use these to guide investment
• Design and own security controls to ensure EP adheres to compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001, ST4S and GDPR
• Build and manage strong relationships with key software, platform and service vendors
• Ensure cost-effective use of third party providers such as AWS and develop EP's FinOps culture and practices

About you

• 8+ years of experience designing, developing and operating cloud software at scale
• Experience with technical leadership and people management, including the ability to mentor and support other engineers and align engineering work with high-level organisational goals
• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence and act as a strong advocate for DevOps and SRE practices
• Deep understanding of cloud design patterns, cloud operations, security and cost models
• Ability to manage risk, ambiguity, dependencies and cross-functional stakeholders
• Experience working with distributed teams in global engineering organisations
• Familiarity with our tech stack is an advantage, but not a requirement: C#, TypeScript, React, Kafka and Terraform on AWS.
  
  We also use Cloudflare, GitHub Actions, Wiz and a variety of other tools

What we offer

• Employee Equity Bonus Plan: Be part of our success with equity bonuses that foster ownership and shared growth across the company
• Christmas Shutdown Leave: Enjoy a full company shutdown during the week of Christmas, with 3 extra days of paid leave to bridge any non-public holidays
• Volunteer Day: All EPeeps receive one paid day per year to volunteer and give back to their communities
• Purchase Extra Leave: Opt-in to buy an extra week of annual leave, with payments spread across the year
• Work From Anywhere: Work up to 90 days per year from a different state or country—perfect for blending work and travel
• Wellness Bonus: Receive a pre-tax $750 NZD End-of-Year Wellness Bonus to support your health and well-being
• Health Insurance: Join our fully funded Southern Cross Wellbeing 1 plan ($500 excess), with optional add-ons and family cover
• Home Set-Up Support: Remote and hybrid workers may be eligible for support to set up a productive and comfortable home workspace
• Communication Allowance: Get $50 NZD/month toward your phone and internet costs if you work remotely or in a hybrid setup
• Parental Leave Support: We support growing families with up to 12 weeks of full-pay top-up for primary caregivers, 3 weeks of paid leave for secondary caregivers, and an extra 5 days of New Parents Leave for both, all available after your first 3 months.
  
  Returning primary caregivers also receive enhanced pension contributions to support their financial wellbeing.
  
  
• Employee Assistance Program: Access 24/7 confidential support via Sonder for mental health, safety and medical needs - available globally and fully funded by EP
• Learning & Development: Access engaging internal workshops, performance reviews and ongoing development discussions to grow your career
• Tenure Recognition: Celebrate your milestones with bonus leave and cash rewards at 5, 10, and 15 years of service
• Referral Bonus: Recommend great people and earn a $2000 NZD pre-tax bonus when your referral joins and passes their trial period
• Workride: Access a bike, e-bike, or scooter through a temporary pre-tax salary sacrifice, saving 32-63% thanks to tax benefits.
  
  
• EP Support Groups: Mana Wahine, DEI, Environmental Impact and Wellness Committees
• The opportunity to work within a growing global business with Diversity Works accreditation, Carbon Net Zero BCorp status, Digital Promise certification, and an unwavering commitment to our mission, people, and community

Equitable opportunities, growth, and development lie at the heart of how we work at EP.

We understand that not all applicants may possess all the following attributes so if you think you have what it takes, but are not sure you check every box, we would love to still hear from you!

We celebrate individuality, value diversity, and understand that flexible and remote work opportunities enable our team members to work in a way that fosters creativity and inspires individual brilliance.

When you work with us, you're not just joining a company - you're joining a team united by the desire to make a difference.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Education Administration Programs

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