Senior Platform Engineer

XPT Software; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

XPT Software seeks a senior platform engineer to lead the migration of the internal platform from an RKE-based deployment to OpenShift. This ownership role covers design through to productization and operational handover, working closely with SMEs.

You will drive end-to-end migration planning, configuration of the OpenShift environment, and the establishment of operational playbooks and runbooks for the production-ready platform.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on OpenShift design, deployment and administration.
• Experience migrating platforms from RKE.
• Proven track record on platform/infrastructure migration projects.
• Familiar with monitoring/alerting/observability and operations.
• Ability to own end-to-end transformation initiatives.
• Telecom/network domain exposure is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end migration from RKE to OpenShift from design to productization.
• Contribute to platform re-architecture decisions with SMEs.
• Stand up and configure OpenShift, ensuring parity with the current platform.
• Implement full operationalization: monitoring, alerting, and alarms.
• Onboard L1/L2 teams, create runbooks and support processes.
• Take technical ownership of the migration programme across stakeholders.
• Support APIGee integration points as required.

Skills

OpenShift

RKE

Platform migration

Monitoring/Observability

End-to-end ownership

Telecom exposure desirable

Job description

Seeking a senior platform engineer to lead the migration of the internal platform from its current RKE-based deployment to OpenShift. This is an ownership role — the candidate will drive the migration from design through to full productization and operational handover, working closely with SMEs.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end migration of the platform from RKE to OpenShift from design through build, testing, and full productization.
• Take/participate in platform re-architecture decisions in collaboration with SMEs
• Stand up and configure the OpenShift environment, ensuring parity and improvement over the existing RKE-based platform.
• Implement full operationalization: monitoring, alerting, and alarm integration for the new platform.
• Manage onboarding of L1/L2 support teams onto the new platform, including runbooks and support processes.
• Take complete technical ownership of the migration programme, coordinating with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Support APIGee platform integration points as required

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on expertise in OpenShift (design, deployment, and administration).
• Strong understanding / experience of RKE (the platform being migrated away from).
• Experience with platform/infrastructure migration projects, ideally in a telecom or network operator environment.
• Familiarity with monitoring/alerting/observability tooling and operationalization practices.
• Ability to work independently and take end-to-end ownership of a transformation programme.
• Telecom/network domain exposureis highly desirable.