DevOps Engineer

Department: Neon One

Location: New Zealand

Compensation: $70K – $80K

Employment Type: Contract

About Neon One

At Neon One, we believe that technology is the key to building vibrant communities of generosity. As a leader in nonprofit software since 2004, we create intuitive solutions that help small and mid-sized nonprofits connect with people, build trust, and make good happen every day.

Our culture is powered by empathy, innovation, and a shared mission to empower organizations making a difference. We operate with a customer-first mindset, take pride in extraordinary results, and grow together by supporting each other and embracing bold new ideas. If you’re passionate about using your skills to drive real impact and want to thrive in a collaborative, fully remote environment, Neon One is the place for you.

The Opportunity: Building the Foundation for Social Good

At Neon One, we are on a transformative journey to scale our SaaS platform, enabling non-profits to operate more effectively and increase their social impact. We're looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team to build and mature the cloud backbone that will power our next generation of products, ensure bulletproof reliability, and accelerate innovation for the non-profits we serve. This is an opportunity to be a core member of a growing team, grow our infrastructure strategy, and work with a diverse technology ecosystem supporting a powerful mission.

As a DevOps Engineer, you will be a core contributor to the Platform Engineering team, ensuring our applications are delivered securely, reliably, and efficiently. You will help build and maintain our cloud operations, work within a robust framework for automation and observability, and help build a world-class platform. Your work will directly empower our product engineering teams to ship features faster and with greater confidence, and your skills will be instrumental in scaling our infrastructure to meet the future needs of the social good sector. If you are a hands-on contributor passionate about building resilient, scalable systems to solve meaningful problems, this role is for you.

What You'll Do

• Infrastructure Implementation & Management: You will design and implement resilient cloud architectures using Infrastructure as Code (IaC). You will be responsible for writing and maintaining Terraform to manage resources, including AWS Lambdas, ECS, Aurora and RDS, and advanced networking

• CI/CD Pipeline Optimization: Build, maintain, and optimize the continuous integration and deployment pipelines that serve as the freeway for our engineering teams. You will work with GitHub Actions to ensure every deployment is automated, safe, and repeatable, reducing lead time for changes

• System Reliability: You will serve as a guardian of system health by monitoring Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and utilizing our observability stack (CloudWatch and NewRelic). You will participate in an on-call rotation (including evenings and weekends as needed) to manage incident response and ensure the overall well-being of Neon One applications

• Security & Access Control: Administrate cloud hosting accounts, VPN connections, and manage access controls. You will integrate security best practices (IAM, RBAC, network security, vulnerability management) into the infrastructure lifecycle and execute technical requirements for compliance initiatives (SOC2 and PCI-DSS)

• AI Infrastructure Support: Partner with the Engineering and Data Teams to provision and secure the AWS infrastructure required for AI and machine learning workloads, including services like AWS SageMaker and Bedrock

• Technical Documentation: You will create and maintain high-quality technical documentation, including infrastructure diagrams and runbooks, ensuring the wider engineering organization has a clear "single source of truth" for operations

• Collaborate and Empower: Partner closely with engineering, product, security, and internal operations stakeholders to understand their needs and provide them with the platform and tools required for success serving as a technical advisor

What You'll Bring

• 2–3 years of hands-on experience in DevOps and Cloud Infrastructure in AWS, with a consistent record of successfully scoping and releasing upgrades to infrastructure

• Proven experience architecting and managing solutions in AWS (Associate or Professional-level certification is a strong plus)

• Proficiency with IaC tools; specific experience with Terraform or CloudFormation is required

• Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines, specifically with GitHub Actions

• Strong scripting skills to automate repetitive tasks and improve developer experience

• A proven ability to highlight inefficiencies in existing infrastructure and implement measurable improvements

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively as a self-starter within a distributed engineering team

Nice to Haves

• Familiarity with one or more of the application stacks used at Neon One (JavaScript/TypeScript, PHP, Java, .NET)

• Experience managing container orchestration platforms

• Direct, hands-on experience with the technical implementation of compliance frameworks like SOC2 and PCI-DSS

• Familiarity with MLOps principles and tools

• Familiarity with New Relic or similar observability tools

• Prior experience working with or a passion for the non-profit sector

Why Join Neon One?

At Neon One, our values are how we show up every day. We make good happen by putting empathy and passion at the center of our work, using technology to uplift mission-driven organizations. We stand for our customers, act with care and intention in every decision, own the solution, and grow together. We innovate fearlessly, always exploring new ways to support our community and each other.

How We Hire

We use AI tools to support our recruitment process, including helping us organize applications and identify early matches based on role criteria. That said, every rejection decision is made by a human. We encourage candidates to apply authentically and avoid relying solely on AI-generated responses, especially during interviews.

This posting is for a current, open position within Neon One.

This opportunity is offered through HighlightTA, the on-demand talent team supporting Neon One’s growth.

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