Lead DevOps Engineer

Nearmap is an Australian-founded, global technology company transforming the way industries use location intelligence. Customers around the world rely on Nearmap for consistent, reliable, high-resolution aerial imagery, insights, and tools that enable them to make better decisions and drive meaningful change.

We build our own patented camera systems, imagery capture technology, AI and geospatial tools, and advanced SaaS platforms—making Nearmap the definitive source of truth that helps shape the livable world. Our platform processes petabytes of aerial imagery, powers AI-driven analytics, and delivers real-time geospatial intelligence at a global scale. We are now establishing a new engineering hub in Warsaw to accelerate this growth.

As a Lead DevOps Engineer, you will play a key role in shaping the future of our cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices. You’ll be directly responsible for hands-on deployment and scaling of services on Kubernetes, ensuring our systems run reliably in production at massive scale. You will design and implement CI/CD pipelines, define infrastructure requirements, and oversee system execution to meet strict performance, security, and reliability standards.

Day-to-day, you will:

• Lead deployments and manage scaling on Kubernetes in production.

• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines to accelerate delivery.

• Define infrastructure requirements and oversee secure, reliable system execution.

• Mentor and manage a small team (up to 3 DevOps Engineers).

• Drive adoption of observability, monitoring, and logging frameworks.

• Automate infrastructure using Terraform, scripting, and deployment automation.

• Collaborate with development and platform teams to deliver highly available, cloud-native workloads.

• Champion DevOps maturity and best practices across engineering.

We’re looking for someone with:

• 7+ years’ experience in a DevOps role, including 2+ years in a tech lead position.

• 3+ years’ experience working with public cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

• Strong experience with containerisation and modernisation using Docker and Kubernetes.

• Solid Linux infrastructure and cloud-native workload expertise.

• Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).

• Hands-on scripting and deployment automation skills.

• Experience with CI/CD, observability, logging, and monitoring solutions.

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Familiarity with enterprise architectures, NIST cybersecurity framework, SOC2 compliance, AWS security tools, and container vulnerability scanning is a plus.

• A collaborative mindset, leadership skills, and a proactive, self-directed approach.

What we offer:

• The chance to work on cutting-edge projects at massive scale—petabytes of data, AI-driven analytics, real-time geospatial intelligence.

• The opportunity to shape a new engineering hub in Warsaw and drive technical evolution across the company.

• Access to LinkedIn Learning and other professional development resources.

• Nearmap subscription and additional benefits