As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you'll enhance a high-scale SaaS platform, improve developer experience, and connect R&D teams through collaboration and mentorship.
Octopus Deploy sets the standard for Continuous Delivery, empowering software teams to deliver value in an agile way. Over 4,000 organizations globally – including Ubisoft, ASOS, Xero, Stack Overflow, NASA, and Disney – rely on our Continuous Delivery, GitOps, and release orchestration solutions.
Founded in Australia in 2012, our team of over 300 Octonauts now spans the globe. We combine high growth and big ambitions with a sustainable, balanced working environment. Our revenue has grown consistently between 30–50% every year for the past 8 years, and we’ve been profitable for 10 out of the past 11 years. In 2024, Octopus Deploy acquired Codefresh, Argo maintainers, and the leaders in enterprise GitOps. Octopus now provides the industry's most comprehensive Continuous Delivery solution for organizations operating at scale.
We work with an uncommon level of transparency. You can read our public handbook to learn how we work. We have a transparent approach to compensation that ensures people doing the same work with the same skill get paid the same, with well-defined career pathways. We foster a supportive, collaborative, and high-trust environment. We leave our job titles at the door and focus on doing what’s best for our customers and team. Our leaders never shy away from answering the tough questions at our all-hands calls or in 1:1s.
We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our Devops team. Our team works on a cutting-edge product in the DevOps domain. This team plays a critical role in enhancing and maintaining a high-scale SaaS platform, streamlining the delivery lifecycle for multiple products, improving developer experience, and advancing monitoring capabilities.
As part of a company deeply rooted in Kubernetes and GitOps, the DevOps team not only provides expertise in these areas but is also integral to shaping the direction of our product. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic, high-growth environment.
Please note: we’re hiring for candidates located in Eastern Europe, to ensure overlap with our working hours and team collaboration
What You’ll Be Doing
As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you won't just be managing infrastructure—you'll be the glue that connects our R&D teams. Your core mission will be to foster a culture of collaboration, shared ownership, and excellence. You'll work closely with development, and product teams to streamline their workflows, champion best practices, and mentor engineers to build a more efficient and effective R&D organization.
What You’ll Bring
- 5+ years of experience with DevOps and cloud technologies.
- Deep expertise in Kubernetes and containerization.
- Strong knowledge of at least one major public cloud (AWS, GCP, or Azure) experience with more than one is a plus.
- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, or similar).
- Strong familiarity with CI/CD practices and tooling.
- Experience with monitoring and observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry).
- Strong scripting and automation skills (Bash, Python).
- Excellent problem-solving and collaboration skills in distributed, cross-functional teams.
Bonus Points
- Experience with Crossplane and Argo projects (e.g., Argo CD, Argo Workflows).
- Knowledge of event-driven architectures (e.g., RabbitMQ).
- Familiarity with databases such as MongoDB or other NoSQL systems.Programming experience in Go or Node.js.
Why Join Us?
Cutting-Edge Technology: Be part of a company that lives and breathes Kubernetes, GitOps, and cloud-native technologies, working on innovative solutions at scale.
Collaborative Environment: Join a supportive and highly skilled team, where your expertise and ideas will shape the future of our product.
Professional Growth: Enjoy opportunities for continuous learning, growth, and staying ahead in the fast-evolving DevOps ecosystem.
Impactful Work: Contribute to building and maintaining a platform that supports thousands of developers worldwide, making a real difference in the industry.
Our public employee handbook is the best place to learn more about life at Octopus. It includes our values, how we structure teams, career progression, leave and benefits, and much more.
If you're enthusiastic about this position, even if you don’t meet all the criteria above, we wholeheartedly encourage you to submit your application. Our talent team is in-house, and we recognize that every individual brings something unique. We take the time to review every application and consider how you might add to the team.
We know your time is precious. If you apply, we promise to update you at least once per week about the status of your application and to give you clear expectations for each step in the journey.
Important Notice About Recruitment Scams
Please be aware that individuals and organizations may attempt to scam job seekers by offering fraudulent employment opportunities under the name of Octopus Deploy or Codefresh by Octopus Deploy. These scams may involve fake job postings, unsolicited emails, text messages, or other communications claiming to be from our recruiters or hiring managers.
Octopus Deploy will never:
• Ask for sensitive personal information, such as credit card details, bank account numbers, or other financial information during the recruitment process.
• Request payment, fees, or purchases from job seekers.
• Send checks for equipment purchases prior to employment.
Official Communication Channels:
All communication from Octopus Deploy recruiters or hiring managers will come from official email addresses ending in @octopus.com. If you receive messages from other domains (e.g., name.sr.octopus.com or generic addresses like @yahoo.com), these are not from Octopus Deploy.
If you are unsure about the authenticity of a communication claiming to be from Octopus Deploy, do not provide any personal or financial information and contact us immediately at [email protected].
Reporting Fraud
If you believe you have been a victim of a recruitment scam, please report it to the appropriate authorities:
United States: Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Europe: European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)
New Zealand: NetSafe
Australia: Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)
Signs of a Recruitment Scam
Be vigilant about the following red flags:
• The sender uses email domains that do not end in @octopus.com (e.g., name.sr.octopus.com or generic addresses like @yahoo.com or @hotmail.com).
• Poor spelling and grammar in emails or official-looking documents.
• Requests for payment, financial details, or fees to proceed in the hiring process.
• Receiving a check and being asked to deposit it for equipment purchases before employment.
• Contacting you through informal channels such as WhatsApp, particularly in the United States.
• Pressure to act quickly or threats of losing the opportunity if immediate action is not taken.
We take fraudulent activities seriously and are committed to ensuring the integrity of our hiring process. Thank you for helping us protect our community and future Octonauts!
[Note to Search Firms/Agencies]
Octopus Deploy does not compensate search firms for unsolicited assistance unless they have a written search agreement with Octopus Deploy and the requisition is position-specific. Any resumes, curriculum vitae and other unsolicited assistance from search firms that do not have a written search agreement or position-specific requisition submitted to any Associate of Octopus Deploy will be deemed the sole property of Octopus Deploy and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Octopus Deploy.
Top Skills
AWS
Azure
Bash
GCP
Grafana
Kubernetes
Loki
Opentelemetry
Prometheus
Pulumi
Python
Terraform
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