Senior DevOps Engineer

About Us

At Assembly, we help brands find the change to fuel business growth. We are an award-winning global brand performance agency, home to 1,600 talented people across 25 offices globally. We create unique data, technology and media solutions that enable faster and smarter problem solving and an inspired, collaborative workplace culture.

 

At Assembly we embody three core values: Show Up - actively contribute to a space of personal and collective growth; Make Change - embrace obstacles as opportunities, taking intentional steps to drive positive change; and Win Well - approach success with integrity, responsibility, and a commitment to collaboration, understanding that the journey is as important as the destination. Together, we create an environment that fosters continuous learning, adaptability, and a shared passion for making a meaningful impact.

 

We stay ahead of what’s next, providing fresh insights to spark new ideas. We’re a trusted partner to our clients, working behind the scenes to bring imagination, depth, and clarity to their biggest challenges—in entertainment, technology, lifestyle, sports, and gaming. Together, we create with confidence

 

Overview

We are looking for a Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer to join our engineering team and take ownership of cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, automation, and developer experience. 

The role requires strong hands-on expertise across Kubernetes, GCP, Terraform, CI/CD, Python, networking, security, and Internal Developer Platforms, along with the ability to mentor junior engineers and collaborate effectively across teams. 

The ideal candidate is proactive, ownership-driven, technically strong, and comfortable working independently while also serving as a go-to technical resource for the wider engineering team. 

Responsibilities

• Strong hands-on experience with container orchestration, particularly Kubernetes and GKE. 

• Thorough knowledge of GCP, including: 

• GKE 

• Cloud SQL 

• Networking / VPC 

• IAM and cloud security fundamentals 

• Working familiarity with AWS and common cloud infrastructure services. 

• Demonstrable experience designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, with GitHub Actions preferred. Bamboo experience is a plus. 

• Proficient in Terraform, including: 

• Infrastructure-as-code standards and best practices 

• Writing and maintaining reusable modules 

• Managing infrastructure at scale 

• Proficient in Python, with the ability to write and maintain scripts, automation, and internal tooling. 

• Strong understanding of networking and security fundamentals. 

• Working knowledge of database administration and database infrastructure basics. 

• Familiarity with Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) and platform engineering concepts, particularly Backstage. 

• Willingness to support and contribute to the evolution of the IDP, including: 

• Enriching and maintaining the Backstage entity catalog 

• Developing and maintaining custom Backstage plugins 

• Building self-service workflows for: 

• Temporary database access requests 

• User onboarding into systems 

• Jira onboarding/provisioning 

• Slack onboarding/provisioning 

• Other common developer and infrastructure requests 

• Confident working with TypeScript and frontend technologies, with a willingness to contribute to IDP frontend maintenance and improvements. 

• Experience with Crossplane and willingness to enhance and expand its use as part of the organization's platform engineering framework. 

Required Skills

Nice-to-Haves 

• Familiarity with service scorecards and engineering maturity models. 

• Experience with GitOps tooling such as: 

• Argo CD 

• Flux 

Other Technical Skills 

• Strong experience with or good depth in observability platforms, particularly Datadog. 

• Experience building internal tooling and automation to reduce engineering toil and improve developer productivity. 

• Exposure to compliance-adjacent infrastructure and processes, including SOC 2, GDPR, or similar frameworks. 

 

Mentoring & Leadership 

• Experience creating onboarding materials, runbooks, technical documentation, or training content. 

• Ability to shape and break down project work around the strengths and development areas of junior engineers. 

• Comfortable acting as an informal technical go-to and escalation point outside formal reporting structures. 

• Some experience leading or coordinating small cross-team technical initiatives. 

• Willingness to share knowledge, mentor team members, and contribute to building a strong engineering culture. 

 

Soft Skills 

• Confident written and verbal communicator who proactively identifies and flags blockers. 

• Strong attention to detail with a focus on documenting processes, procedures, and solutions so they can be easily followed by others. 

• Able to effectively manage personal priorities and workload, while escalating appropriately when support or clarification is required. 

• Takes end-to-end ownership of assigned tasks and drives them through to resolution. 

• Comfortable coordinating with other teams when required to resolve issues or complete deliverables. 

• Responsive to requests from other teams; able to either action requests directly or appropriately triage them to the right team member. 

• Proactive in identifying when a junior engineer is blocked and stepping in before it becomes a larger dependency or delivery issue. 

• Comfortable providing informal coaching and technical guidance to other engineers. 

• Able to adjust the level and style of technical communication for different audiences. 

Benefits

• Annual Leave in number of 15 allotted to all employees beginning of every calendar year.
• Sick Leave in number of 12 is allotted effective DOJ and beginning of ever calendar year.
• Other Leaves-Maternity Leave & Paternity Leaves, Birthday Leave Entitlement
• Dedicated L&D Budget for all Teams to upskill & get certified
• All employees are entitled for Group Personal Accident Cover & Life Cover Insurance.
• Insurance coverage for the entire family (Employee + up to 7 dependents - Self, Spouse, up to 4 children, and Parents)
• Monthly Cross Team Lunch
• Rewards and Recognition program-Employee of the month, Star Performer, Tenure Celebration & many more

Equal Opportunities

Assembly is an advocate for equal opportunity in the workplace. We are committed to ensuring equal opportunities regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability and gender identity. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Social and Environmental Responsibility

At Assembly, we have a responsibility to bring impact into our every day. This means we must always look for ways in which to be conscious citizens in our roles to support society and environmental sustainability. We encourage employees to; be a conscious citizen by actively participating in our organisation's sustainability efforts, help us promote environmentally friendly practices within the workplace, collaborate with community organisations and stakeholders to support initiatives aligned with our company's values, participate in volunteer activities that benefit the community. Employees are also encouraged to make suggestions and evaluate our business practices to identify areas for improvement in social and environmental performance. Employees at Assembly demonstrate commitment to sustainability and inclusivity in their actions and behaviors.