Senior OpenShift & Kubernetes Platform Engineer - Sydney

Balncs; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Balncs is seeking a Senior OpenShift Engineer in Sydney to design, implement, and operate OpenShift clusters across development, staging, and production. You will ensure high availability, security, and performance while automating deployments and enabling robust CI/CD practices.

You will work closely with software engineering and security teams, contribute to platform standards, documentation, and knowledge sharing, and mentor other engineers in Kubernetes and OpenShift best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong hands-on OpenShift and Kubernetes experience from design to lifecycle management.
• Proficiency with Docker and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Ansible and Terraform.
• Solid Linux administration, networking, and security practices in cloud/hybrid environments.
• Experience with monitoring/logging/observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK).
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex platform issues, and to optimize performance.
• Excellent collaboration and communication with software engineering and DevOps teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain OpenShift clusters for development, staging, and production.
• Ensure high availability, security, and performance of container platforms.
• Configure and manage containerized applications and automate infrastructure deployments.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions.
• Troubleshoot platform issues and optimize reliability; mentor engineers on best practices.

Skills

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Containers

DevOps tools

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Linux administration

Networking security

Monitoring observability

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Balncs is seeking a Senior OpenShift Engineer in Sydney to design, implement, and operate OpenShift clusters across development, staging, and production. You will ensure high availability, security, and performance while automating deployments and enabling robust CI/CD practices.

You will work closely with software engineering and security teams, contribute to platform standards, documentation, and knowledge sharing, and mentor other engineers in Kubernetes and OpenShift best practices.