OpenShift Platform Engineer

Leidos; Canberra; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking an OpenShift Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate a secure, scalable container platform for development teams in Canberra. You will work in a Cloud/Infrastructure team to support mission-critical applications.

Key tasks include deploying OpenShift and Kubernetes, automating provisioning with IaC, and collaborating across security, DevOps, and apps teams to improve pipelines and developer experience.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, deploying, and supporting Red Hat OpenShift based container platforms in enterprise environments.
• Experience with OpenShift Networking and OVN-K, Ingress and Traffic Management, Load Balancing.
• Experience with OpenShift Storage configuration including OpenShift Data Foundation and CSI PVs.
• Linux system administration and cloud-native architecture principles.
• Automation and IaC using Ansible, Terraform, GitOps.
• Knowledge of CI/CD practices and platform integration with GitLab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain OpenShift platform services across complex enterprise environments, ensuring reliability, security, and operational excellence.
• Collaborate with application, DevOps, cloud, security, and infrastructure teams to streamline deployment pipelines and improve the developer experience.
• Automate platform provisioning, configuration, monitoring, and lifecycle management using Infrastructure as Code and modern engineering practices.
• Contribute to platform strategy, continuous improvement initiatives, and operational support while promoting best practices for virtualization, containerisation, observability, resilience, and cloud-native delivery.

Skills

OpenShift platform

Kubernetes

OpenShift networking

OpenShift storage

Automation with Ansible/T Terraform

CI/CD tooling (GitLab/Jenkins/AzureDev

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

GitOps

Job description

About Leidos Australia

At Leidos Australia, our work goes beyond a job title. We design, build, operate and support the systems, services and capabilities that help protect and advance the Australian way of life.

Description

About Leidos Australia

At Leidos Australia, our work goes beyond a job title. We design, build, operate and support the systems, services and capabilities that help protect and advance the Australian way of life.
Backed by a global organisation of more than 40,000 people, our Australian team of around 2,000 has partnered with government, defence and national security customers for more than 30 years. We deliver mission-critical solutions where reliability, trust and purpose matter.

Benefits

Leidos is a destination for people who want their work to have purpose, their contribution to be recognised, and their career to grow without needing to fit a single mould. Meaningful work is supported by benefits, flexibility and career pathways that help you grow while balancing life outside work. This includes:

• Flex Your Way – Tailor work to your life with options including Life Days (up to 12 extra days off per year), part-time arrangements, job sharing, and compressed hours.
• Wellbeing That Matters – Free access to Headspace and MeQuilibrium, plus dedicated wellness spaces to support your mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing.
• Learn Without Limits – Access over 120,000 on-demand courses, alongside technical, project management, leadership, and professional development opportunities.
• Work That Makes an Impact – Contribute to nationally significant projects that matter, solve complex challenges, and accelerate your career through unique growth opportunities.
• Build Your Future – Whether you're deepening technical expertise or preparing for leadership, we'll invest in your development every step of the way.
• And Much More – These are just a few of the ways we invest in our people and help them thrive.

About The Team

You’ll join a team where people work with integrity, inclusion, innovation, agility, collaboration and commitment. In practice, that means sharing ownership, solving complex problems together and staying connected to the customer context, the purpose behind the work and how each role contributes to meaningful outcomes.

We deliver secure, resilient and innovative technology services that enable Defence enterprise and warfighting capabilities across multiple classified domains and networks. We provide world-class ICT operations and agile digital modernisation using advanced analytics, automation, hybrid cloud, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code, cybersecurity and AI to optimise highly complex, mission-critical environments.

The Opportunity

As an OpenShift Platform Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, delivering, and evolving a secure, scalable container platform that enables development teams to build, deploy, and operate critical applications with confidence. Working within a collaborative cloud and infrastructure team, you will help shape modern platform capabilities that support business and customer outcomes.

• Design, implement, and maintain Red Hat OpenShift platform services across complex enterprise environments, ensuring reliability, security, and operational excellence.
• Collaborate with application, DevOps, cloud, security, and infrastructure teams to streamline deployment pipelines, improve platform adoption, and enhance the developer experience.
• Automate platform provisioning, configuration, monitoring, and lifecycle management using Infrastructure as Code and modern engineering practices.
• Contribute to platform strategy, continuous improvement initiatives, and operational support activities while promoting best practices for virtualisation, containerisation, observability, resilience, and cloud-native delivery.

About You

You are passionate about modern platform engineering and enjoy creating reliable, secure environments that enable teams to deliver value faster. You bring a balance of technical capability, collaboration, and continuous improvement, with a focus on delivering practical outcomes in complex environments.

Essential

• Experience designing, deploying, and supporting Red Hat OpenShift based container platforms and Kubernetes platforms in enterprise environments including Advanced Cluster Management.
• Experience with OpenShift Networking and OVN-K, Enterprise Networking concepts, Ingress and Traffic Management, Load Balancing
• Experience with OpenShift Storage configuration including OpenShift Data Foundation, Enterprise Storage Arrays, CSI, PV
• Experience with Linux system administration, container technologies, and cloud-native architecture principles.
• Capability in automation and Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, GitOps, or similar technologies.
• Knowledge of CI/CD practices and platform integration with tooling such as GitLab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or comparable solutions.
• Experience implementing platform security, monitoring, logging, backup, and disaster recovery capabilities.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues and work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Advantageous

• Experience with public cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Knowledge of service mesh, observability, DevSecOps, and cloud-native security practices.
• Experience supporting highly available, regulated, or mission‑critical environments.
• Relevant Red Hat, Kubernetes, cloud, or automation certifications.
• Knowledge and hands on experience of server configuration (Dell, HPE, Cisco)
• Experience in storage technologies (NetApp, EMC)
• Knowledge or experience in different hypervisors (VMware, Hyper‑V)

Due to the nature of this role, you must be an Australian Citizen and hold an active NV2 security clearance.

What To Expect When You Apply

Our hiring process is designed to be straightforward, respectful and easy to navigate. If your skills, experience and qualifications look aligned with the role, our Talent Acquisition team will contact you to discuss the next stage. You can expect:

• An initial conversation with our Talent Acquisition team
• An interview with the hiring manager or interview panel
• Any role-specific assessment, technical discussion or customer step required for the position

We’ll let you know what to expect before each stage, including who you’ll meet and how to prepare. If you need any adjustments or support during the process, please let us know.

If you have any questions about the role or recruitment process, please contact Ben George, Talent Acquisition.

Pay Range

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Pay And Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Securing Your Data

Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system - never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at [e-mail].

If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.