Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Lyrebird Health

. Own the reliability, security, and scalability of Lyrebird's production platform .

Posted 10/2/2026full-timeMelbourne • AustraliaLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in managing AWS infrastructure, deploying CI/CD pipelines, and implementing observability strategies to ensure platform reliability and security. Proven ability to influence technical direction and improve operational maturity across engineering teams.

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AWS Infrastructure ManagementTerraform AutomationCI/CD Pipeline DevelopmentIncident Response LeadershipObservability Design

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Hard Skills

Production Workload ManagementNetworkingSecurityProduction TroubleshootingCoding for Automation

Soft Skills

Influencing Technical DirectionCross-Team Collaboration

Tools & Technologies

ECS/FargatePostgreSQLTypeScriptNode.jsOpenTelemetry

Certifications & Qualifications

ISO 27001Cyber Essentials Plus

Industry Keywords

Healthcare TechnologyDisaster RecoveryOperational MaturitySLO DefinitionIncident Detection

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSJavaScriptNode.jsPostgresTerraformTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the reliability, security, and scalability of Lyrebird's production platform
Manage AWS infrastructure, deployment pipelines, observability, and incident detection and response
Define SLOs, alerting, and observability strategy
Hold the line on platform availability and latency for clinicians
Shape incident detection, response, and learning processes
Evolve AWS and Terraform infrastructure for resilience, scale, and disaster recovery
Set direction for CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling to make deployments safer and faster
Build security controls and compliance automation into the platform
Raise operational maturity across engineering teams so they can run their own services confidently
Challenge technical decisions when reliability or security is at stake
Report to the Engineering Manager, Platform and Security, and work across every engineering team

Requirements

What you’ll need

Deep hands-on experience running production workloads on AWS with Terraform, containers, and CI/CD
Strong grounding in networking, security, and production troubleshooting
Track record of designing observability, defining SLOs, and leading incident response that measurably improved reliability
Coding ability to automate operational work
Evidence of influencing technical direction across multiple engineering teams without relying on authority
Nice to have: Experience with ECS/Fargate, PostgreSQL, and distributed or asynchronous workloads
Nice to have: Familiarity with TypeScript/Node.js and OpenTelemetry
Nice to have: Exposure to healthcare technology or frameworks such as ISO 27001 or Cyber Essentials Plus
Nice to have: Experience operating platforms across multiple regions
Right to work in Australia on an ongoing basis without requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future

Benefits

Comp & perks

Inclusive, safe, supportive, and thriving workplace culture
Encouragement for applicants from underrepresented backgrounds in tech