HPC Platform Engineer: Kubernetes, CI/CD, Research Compute

Entangled Future; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Silicon Quantum Computing in Sydney is seeking a mid-level Platform Engineer to join the Engineering Infrastructure team. The role blends HPC, DevOps, and research & development support to operate compute clusters, CI/CD pipelines, and internal tooling across multiple projects.

You will own and improve on-prem and cloud HPC clusters, implement IaC, and collaborate with researchers and software engineers building fault-tolerant quantum systems.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in platform, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering
• Hands-on with HPC or compute cluster environments
• Strong Docker and Kubernetes
• Strong Linux administration and scripting (Bash, Python)
• Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent)
• CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent)
• Core networking services (DNS, DHCP, NTP)
• Clear communication with technical teams across the business

Responsibilities

• Own and operate HPC compute clusters (on-prem and cloud) for simulation and quantum workloads
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines across multiple products and toolchains (GitHub Enterprise, automated testing, deployment)
• Manage internal application platforms and dev tooling on Kubernetes (Ansys, Sonnet, and our compute platform)
• Support physics and research teams in accessing and getting the most from compute resources
• Monitor platform health, respond to incidents, and drive reliability improvements
• Develop infrastructure-as-code practices that improve consistency and speed up onboarding

Skills

Docker

Kubernetes

Linux administration

Scripting (Bash, Python)

Infrastructure-as-code

CI/CD tooling

HPC / compute clusters

Networking services (DNS, DHCP, NTP)

Troubleshooting

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

Silicon Quantum Computing in Sydney is seeking a mid-level Platform Engineer to join the Engineering Infrastructure team. The role blends HPC, DevOps, and research & development support to operate compute clusters, CI/CD pipelines, and internal tooling across multiple projects.

You will own and improve on-prem and cloud HPC clusters, implement IaC, and collaborate with researchers and software engineers building fault-tolerant quantum systems.