T-1316
Candidate #T-1316
QA Engineer · 5 years experience · Manual testing, Playwright / Cypress, Test plan design
$1,500per month + GST
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Tech role
Hire an offshore DevOps Engineer
A DevOps Engineer builds and maintains your CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, containerisation, and monitoring — ensuring reliable, fast, and secure software delivery.
$2,150per month + GST, all-in
$100–135kAustralian salary range
$112,972est. saving a year (NSW)*
What they do
A devops engineer who handles ci/cd pipelines, docker, kubernetes, terraform, aws/gcp, monitoring, security and infrastructure as code, full time and dedicated to your business.
Why hire offshore
01
Senior DevOps expertise at 40–50% of local infrastructure engineer cost
02
Cloud infrastructure fully manageable remotely — no on-site requirement
03
Strong CI/CD and container skills to accelerate your deployment velocity
Skills
CI/CD pipelines Docker Kubernetes Terraform AWS/GCP Monitoring Security Infrastructure as code
Software they use
AWAWSGiGitHub ActionsDoDockerKuKubernetesTeTerraformDaDatadogPaPagerDuty
Cost comparison
What a devops engineer costs a year
Local figures are salary plus 12% super and NSW payroll tax.
$50k
$100k
$150k
$118k
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Local entry$100k salaryLocal typical$118k salaryLocal senior$135k salaryAdept$2,150/mo
Estimated saving
81%
About $112,972 a year against a typical local hire in NSW, before recruitment fees, leave cover, equipment and desk space.
A typical day
What a working day can look like
An example in Sydney time. Your devops engineer follows your priorities and your tools.
8:30am
Stand-up
Joins your stand-up and picks up tickets from the sprint board.
9:00am
Build
Writes code against your conventions, with tests.
11:30am
Code review
Reviews pull requests and responds to feedback on their own.
1:30pm
Fixes and support
Handles bugs and small requests from the backlog.
3:30pm
Docs and tests
Updates documentation and strengthens test coverage.
5:00pm
Update
Pushes work, updates tickets and notes any blockers.
Available talent
Tech talent you can interview
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T-1315
Candidate #T-1315
Frontend Developer (React) · 4 years experience · React / Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS
$1,800per month + GST
T-1317
Candidate #T-1317
Backend Developer (Node.js) · 6 years experience · Node.js / Express, NestJS, PostgreSQL
$2,000per month + GST
Questions
Hiring a devops engineer
Something else on your mind? Our Australian team can talk it through.
Can they set up a CI/CD pipeline from scratch?
Yes. GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or Jenkins pipelines — from initial setup to multi-environment deployment.
Do they work with Kubernetes?
Yes. EKS, GKE, and self-managed K8s clusters are within scope for senior DevOps engineers.
Can they handle on-call and incident response?
Yes, with clear escalation paths and agreed on-call arrangements. PagerDuty or OpsGenie integration is standard.
What security practices do they follow?
IAM role design, secrets management (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager), network security groups, and container scanning are standard.
Can one offshore DevOps engineer support a team of 10 developers?
Yes, for most growth-stage teams. The ratio depends on release frequency and infrastructure complexity.
Where they work
Industries and states
*Estimate compares $25,800 a year with a $117,500 salary plus 12% super and NSW payroll tax (5.45%, payable once wages pass the state threshold).
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Meet your devops engineer this month
Tell us what you need and we'll shortlist candidates for you to interview. $2,150 a month + GST, with no upfront fees.
