Platform Engineer: HPC, Kubernetes & DevOps

Silicon Quantum Computing; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Silicon Quantum Computing in Sydney is seeking a Platform Engineer to join our Engineering Infrastructure team, the backbone of our R&D and engineering. You will own HPC clusters, CI/CD pipelines, and internal tooling, working across multiple product domains and researchers.

You’ll shape the platform as we scale, collaborating with physicists and software engineers building fault-tolerant quantum computers from silicon. A hands-on engineer comfortable with HPC, DevOps, and tooling is ideal.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in platform, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering.
• 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).
• Hands-on with HPC or compute cluster environments.
• Core networking services (DNS, DHCP, NTP).
• Strong troubleshooting across complex, multi-system environments, and clear communication with technical teams across the business.

Responsibilities

• Own and operate our HPC compute clusters (on-prem and cloud) for simulation and quantum circuit 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

Scripting

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD

HPC

Networking

Troubleshooting

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

Silicon Quantum Computing in Sydney is seeking a Platform Engineer to join our Engineering Infrastructure team, the backbone of our R&D and engineering. You will own HPC clusters, CI/CD pipelines, and internal tooling, working across multiple product domains and researchers.

You’ll shape the platform as we scale, collaborating with physicists and software engineers building fault-tolerant quantum computers from silicon. A hands-on engineer comfortable with HPC, DevOps, and tooling is ideal.