Red Hat OpenShift Engineer

Sol Stak Pty; Australia; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SolStak Pty is seeking an OpenShift Engineer to design, deploy and operate secure container platforms for mission-critical applications. You will build accredited Kubernetes infrastructure that meets government security and availability requirements, partnering with application teams to ensure reliable delivery under operational pressure.

The role emphasizes hands-on OpenShift/Kubernetes in production, GitOps practices, and continuous improvement across identity, networking and storage services

Qualifications

• Hands-on OpenShift or Kubernetes in production environments.
• Red Hat certifications or equivalent platform expertise.
• Minimum two years in a relevant role.
• Australian Government security clearance desirable.
• Industry certifications desirable.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and maintain Red Hat OpenShift clusters in sovereign environments.
• Implement GitOps, CI/CD and container security best practices.
• Support application teams with onboarding, troubleshooting and performance tuning.
• Integrate identity, networking and storage with enterprise platform services.
• Contribute to operational documentation and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

OpenShift/Kubernetes

Problem solving

Delivery reliability

GitLab

Home lab

Security clearance

Industry certs

Tools

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Helm

ArgoCD

GitOps

Job description

Join SolStak as an OpenShift Engineer to build and operate secure container platformsfor mission-critical applications. You will deliver accredited Kubernetes infrastructurethat meets strict government security and availability requirements.

What you’ll do

• Design, deploy and maintain Red Hat OpenShift clusters in sovereign environments
• Implement GitOps, CI/CD and container security best practices
• Support application teams with onboarding, troubleshooting and performance tuning
• Integrate identity, networking and storage with enterprise platform services
• Contribute to operational documentation and continuous improvement initiatives

What we’re looking for

• Hands-on experience with OpenShift or Kubernetes in production environments
• Red Hat certifications or equivalent demonstrated platform expertise
• Strong problem-solving skills and commitment to reliable delivery
• Minimum two years of proven experience in a relevant role
• Own GitLab instance and home lab environment (highly desirable)
• Existing Australian Government security clearance (highly desirable)
• Industry certifications (highly desirable)

What it feels like to work here

Container platforms are the backbone of modern mission systems — and you’ll be the engineerkeeping them running. SolStak offers a focused, expert environment where your OpenShift decisionsland in production quickly. You’ll pair with application teams, troubleshoot under realoperational pressure, and take pride in platforms that pass accreditation and stay up.

Why engineers join

• Build accredited Kubernetes platforms for Defence and government clients
• Deep OpenShift and GitOps experience on sovereign programmes
• Collaborate across identity, networking, storage and application teams
• Hybrid work across VIC, NSW and ACT with a delivery-first culture
• Grow into platform architecture and technical leadership roles

What technologies you’re exposed to

Platform engineers at SolStak sit at the intersection of cloud, data, virtualisation and security.You’ll go deep on OpenShift while working across the broader stack.

• Spark on Kubernetes, streaming workloads and data service integrations
• Cloudera and enterprise data platform connectivity
• OpenShift on AWS, Azure, GCP and on-premises sovereign environments
• Hybrid cloud networking, storage classes and multi-cluster management
• Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD and GitOps tooling
• VMware, bare-metal and container runtime hardening

Security products

• Pod security, network policies, service mesh and image scanning
• Integration with enterprise IAM, SIEM, PAM and zero-trust controls