Senior DevOps Engineer

At Prospa, we exist to unleash the potential of small business. We are building the future of small business and simplifying cashflow by building a leading platform that helps customers make payments, fund growth and reduce admin. Join us! The role We’re looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our Platform team and play a key role in building, scaling and operating highly available, secure and cost‑effective systems. In this role, you’ll apply strong systems thinking and deep technical expertise to design scalable cloud platforms, drive DevOps best practices, and mentor engineers across the organisation. You’ll influence architectural decisions, lead cross‑team initiatives, and ensure our platforms are reliable, observable and secure. As our platform evolves, you’ll increasingly support AI/ML workloads and agentic systems , enabling intelligent automation and next‑generation capabilities across the busines What you'll be doing Infrastructure Cloud Architecture: Design and operate scalable, secure and cost‑efficient cloud infrastructure using Terraform, Kubernetes and Azure Automation CI/CD: Build, own and improve CI/CD pipelines and automation platforms that enable teams to self‑serve AI Agentic Systems: Support AI and ML workloads, including infrastructure for model serving, inference and autonomous agents Monitoring Observability: Establish strong monitoring, logging and incident response practices across complex platforms Security Governance: Embed security, access controls and governance across infrastructure and AI/ML pipelines Technical Leadership: Mentor engineers, lead cross‑team initiatives and influence platform architecture and DevOps best practices What you'll need to succeed Kubernetes : Hands-on production experience (required) — deployments, operators, networking, resource management Infrastructure as Code : Extensive, proven experience with Terraform at scale; ability to design reusable, maintainable patterns Cloud Platforms : Deep hands-on Azure experience; demonstrable expertise in VNets, peering, private endpoints, security groups, managed services Automation Scripting : Proficiency in Python, PowerShell, and/or Bash; ability to write clean, maintainable automation code CI/CD Pipelines : Strong, hands-on experience designing and troubleshooting deployment pipelines; hands-on with both Azure Pipelines and GitHub Actions required Cloud Networking : Strong fundamentals — DNS, firewalls, WAF, load balancing, hub-and-spoke architectures, network security A security‑first mindset with experience in access control and governance Comfort working with AI and ML infrastructure, or a strong desire to grow in this space Proven ability to mentor engineers and influence technical direction A collaborative approach and passion for building reliable, scalable platforms Don't let a confidence gap get in the way of submitting your application. What we offer: As a busy grow getter, our benefits are here to help you be unstoppable in your mission. Whether it's a lofty career goal, investing in your family, saving the planet or simply feeling fulfilled: Growth : There's something for everyone including learning days, a learning allowance, leadership programs, CliftonStrengths workshops, digital learning, and biannual companywide learning weeks. Wellbeing : Think fitness initiatives, seasonal programs (including flu shots, massages, skin checks, wellness classes), additional "Me Days" and access to holistic EAP coaching. Lifestyle : Find your fit with flexible working options, top notch office facilities and diverse remote/ travel work options. You can also purchase additional leave and take up to 18 weeks paid parental leave. Impact : Join a business that cares and is recertified as carbon neutral. And you can tap into volunteer days, our partnership with Kiva and join a range of employee resource groups. Why Prospa? We're proud to be a certified Great Place to Work and recognised as ... (truncated, view full listing at source)