Automation Specialist

Compas Pty Ltd; Canberra; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Compas Pty Ltd in Canberra is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to design, deploy and automate enterprise OpenShift and OpenStack infrastructure across private clouds, with a strong focus on observability and automation.

You will implement CI/CD pipelines using Ansible, GitOps and ArgoCD, manage provisioning and Linux administration, and ensure secure, scalable environments for critical workloads. NV1 clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and managing enterprise OpenShift, Kubernetes, OpenStack or virtualization environments.
• Strong telemetry and observability experience across infrastructure platforms.
• Expertise in infrastructure automation and CI/CD, including Ansible, GitOps and ArgoCD.
• Strong OpenStack architecture, infrastructure provisioning and Linux administration capability.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and automate enterprise OpenShift and OpenStack clusters across private cloud infrastructure.
• Implement observability, telemetry pipelines, instrumentation and monitoring across OpenShift and OpenStack.
• Develop infrastructure as code, automation playbooks and CI/CD deployment pipelines.
• Configure developer workspaces and automation solutions to streamline internal delivery pipelines.

Skills

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Observability

CI/CD

Ansible

GitOps

ArgoCD

Linux administration

OpenStack

Tools

OpenShift

OpenStack

Ansible

Job description

Senior Infrastructure Engineer | OpenShift Automation

Design, deploy and automate enterprise-scale container and private cloud infrastructure using Red Hat OpenShift, OpenStack, Ansible, GitOps and CI/CD, with a strong focus on observability and infrastructure automation.

Location: QLD, ACT, VIC

Contract Duration: 12 months (up to a maximum of 24 months)

Security Clearance Requirement: NV1

Closing Date: 10:00am, Tuesday, 27 October 2026

Essential Tasks

• Design, deploy and automate enterprise OpenShift and OpenStack clusters across private cloud infrastructure.
• Implement observability, telemetry pipelines, instrumentation and monitoring across OpenShift and OpenStack.
• Develop infrastructure as code, automation playbooks and CI/CD deployment pipelines.
• Configure developer workspaces and automation solutions to streamline internal delivery pipelines.

Key Criteria

• Proven experience designing and managing enterprise OpenShift, Kubernetes, OpenStack or virtualisation environments.
• Strong enterprise telemetry and observability experience across infrastructure platforms.
• Expertise in infrastructure automation and CI/CD, including Ansible, GitOps and ArgoCD.
• Strong OpenStack architecture, infrastructure provisioning and Linux administration capability.

About Compas

Compas Pty Ltd is a Canberra based wholly Australian owned, Recruitment and Services company that has been operating since 1987. We specialise in the provision of permanent, contract and temporary recruitment services, as well as specialised Consulting assignments.

YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE TREATED WITH THE STRICTEST CONFIDENCE

Due to the nature of this environment, candidates must hold a current NV1 clearance.