OpenShift/Kubernetes Engineer

Azooa; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Azooa is seeking an experienced OpenShift engineer to support Services Australia’s on‑premises platforms. You will design, deploy, administer and maintain enterprise OpenShift/Kubernetes clusters, focusing on availability, security, and resilience.

This role involves automation with Ansible, Terraform or Helm, and mentoring junior engineers. Hybrid arrangements may be considered; you must live within travelling distance of the relevant office and be able to attend onsite for emergencies or

Qualifications

• At least five years’ systems administration experience, including OpenShift/Kubernetes cluster administration.
• Extensive Kubernetes networking, security, storage and troubleshooting experience.
• Knowledge of enterprise infrastructure, container images, registries, platform lifecycle and change/incident management.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, administer and maintain enterprise OpenShift/Kubernetes clusters for availability, security, scalability and resilience.
• Deliver installations, upgrades, patching, configuration changes and technology refreshes.
• Monitor health, performance and capacity; resolve networking, storage, compute, certificate and authentication issues.
• Automate platform operations and application delivery using Ansible, GitOps, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform or Helm.
• Implement secure configurations, vulnerability scanning, network segmentation and role-based access control.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, architecture and application teams; mentor junior engineers.
• Maintain documentation, operational standards and disaster recovery practices, and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

OpenShift/Kubernetes

Kubernetes networking

Security

Troubleshooting

Education

Relevant degree or 5 years ICT experience

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Helm

Git

Job description

Help keep essential government digital services running for millions of Australians.

Azooa is seeking an experienced OpenShift engineer to support Services Australia’s on-premises Red Hat OpenShift platforms. You’ll combine hands‑on operations, automation and complex troubleshooting with technical leadership and mentoring.

• Canberra preferred; Melbourne and Brisbane also considered.
• Hybrid arrangements may be considered. You must live within reasonable travelling distance of the relevant office and attend onsite for emergencies or business requirements.
• Estimated start: 1 January 2027.
• NV1 clearance must be held before commencement. The RFQ summary says candidates must be able to obtain NV1; its additional requirements specify clearance before starting.
• Occasional out-of-hours support may be required. The RFQ lists a maximum of 80 hours per week; actual hours require confirmation.

What you’ll do

• Design, deploy, administer and maintain enterprise OpenShift/Kubernetes clusters for availability, security, scalability and resilience.
• Deliver installations, upgrades, patching, configuration changes and technology refreshes.
• Monitor health, performance and capacity; resolve networking, storage, compute, certificate and authentication issues.
• Automate platform operations and application delivery using Ansible, GitOps, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform or Helm.
• Implement secure configurations, vulnerability scanning, network segmentation and role-based access control.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, architecture and application teams; mentor junior engineers.
• Maintain documentation, operational standards and disaster recovery practices, and drive continuous improvement.

What you’ll bring

• At least five years’ systems administration experience, including OpenShift/Kubernetes cluster administration.
• Extensive Kubernetes networking, security, storage and troubleshooting experience.
• Knowledge of enterprise infrastructure, container images, registries, platform lifecycle and change/incident management.

Highly regarded

• Government or regulated-environment experience, including ISM and Essential 8.
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration or equivalent.
• Skills across Ansible, Helm, Python, CI/CD and Git.
• A relevant degree, or at least five years’ large-scale ICT experience plus three years in large-scale Kubernetes environments.

Reference: LH-08236