Senior Platform Engineer

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd in Sydney is seeking a senior Platform Engineer to lead the migration of the internal platform from RKE to OpenShift.

This ownership role requires driving the migration from design through to production, working closely with SMEs and cross-functional teams.

The position emphasizes hands-on OpenShift expertise, platform modernization and robust operational handover.

Qualifications

• Hands-on OpenShift design, deployment and admin experience.
• Experience migrating from RKE-based platforms.
• Ability to lead end-to-end platform transformations.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end migration of the platform from RKE to OpenShift.
• Collaborate on platform re-architecture decisions with SMEs.
• Configure OpenShift, monitor, alert, and operationalize the new platform.
• Onboard L1/L2 support teams with runbooks and processes.
• Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders and own the migration programme.
• Support APIGee integration points as required.

Skills

OpenShift

RKE

Job description

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd | Contract

Sydney, Australia | Posted on 08/19/2026

• XPT SoftwareAustralia PTY Ltd, incorporated in 2016, is a Software Services company
  
• XPT works with topclients across Australia in Banking, Insurance, Telecom,Retail, Energy, Mining and Manufacturingdomains.
  
• We have 120+technocrats in Australia working at our clientlocations.
  
• XPT SoftwareAustralia is part of group companies which has globalpresence across India & Europe.
  
• We have served100+ clients globally, fulfilling their onsite-offshoreneeds.
  

Job Description

Must Have Skills: OpenShift,RKE

Nice to Have Skills: N/A

Detailed Job Description:

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

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end migrationof the platform from RKE to OpenShift from design through build, testing, andfull productization.
  
• Take/participate in platformre-architecture decisions in collaboration with SMEs
  
• Stand up and configure theOpenShift environment, ensuring parity and improvement over the existingRKE-based platform.
  
• Implement fulloperationalization: monitoring, alerting, and alarm integration for the newplatform.
  
• Manage onboarding of L1/L2support teams onto the new platform, including runbooks and supportprocesses.
  
• Take complete technicalownership of the migration programme, coordinating with cross-functionalstakeholders.
  
• Support APIGee platformintegration 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 withplatform/infrastructure migration projects, ideally in a telecom or networkoperator environment.
  
• Familiarity with monitoring/alerting/observabilitytooling and operationalization practices.
  
• Ability to work independentlyand take end-to-end ownership of a transformation programme.
  
• Telecom/network domainexposureis highly desirable.