Senior SRE Engineer

Telstra Health; Australia; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Telstra is seeking an experienced Senior SRE Engineer to lead reliability across the CSM mission and Orchestration SRE team. You will build and optimise cloud-native platforms on AWS, scale Kubernetes, and advance CI/CD, DevSecOps, automation and observability capabilities.

You will drive incident management, capacity planning and continuous service improvement while standardising tooling and processes across missions. Strong communication and independent leadership are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience as a Site Reliability Engineer, Platform Engineer, or similar role.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services including EKS, EC2, S3, IAM, SQS, Secrets Manager, Kinesis, Firehose, and Cost Management.
• Proven expertise in Kubernetes and container orchestration within large-scale production environments.
• Experience implementing DevSecOps practices and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitLab.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using Python and Bash - TypeScript or Java is advantageous.
• Demonstrated experience with data analytics and observability tooling including SQL, Pandas, Splunk, New Relic, Fluent Bit, and Kafka.
• Understanding of AI and automation concepts with practical applications in network operations and engineering workflows.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to communicate across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proven ability to work independently, lead initiatives, and collaborate in a dynamic Agile environment.
• Strong knowledge of operational best practices including incident, problem, change, capacity, performance, resilience management, and Telstra governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead SRE practices across the CSM mission and Orchestration SRE team for platform reliability, security and ops excellence.
• Build, maintain and optimise cloud-native platforms and Kubernetes environments on AWS.
• Develop and support CI/CD, DevSecOps, automation and observability capabilities.
• Provide incident management, root cause analysis and continuous service improvement.
• Drive reliability, performance, resilience and capacity improvements through best practices.
• Lead change management and standardisation of SRE tooling, processes and operating models.
• Contribute to chapter initiatives and adoption of emerging tech including AI and automation.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Python

Bash

Observability tooling

Tools

GitLab

Splunk

New Relic

Fluent Bit

Kafka

SQL

Pandas

Job description

## Senior SRE EngineerApply: Australia (Flexible): Full time: Posted Today: End Date: November 7, 2026 (7 days left to apply): JR-10176328## Employment TypePermanent## Closing Date6 Nov 2026 11:59pm## Job TitleSenior SRE Engineer**Job Summary**Working within the CSM mission and Orchestration SRE team, this role will lead SRE practices with a strong focus on platform reliability, security and operational excellence. The role will build, maintain and optimise cloud-native platforms and Kubernetes environments on AWS, while supporting CI/CD, DevSecOps, automation and observability capabilities. The role will also drive reliability, performance, resilience and capacity improvements, contribute to continuous service improvement, and help standardise SRE tooling, processes and operating models across missions.## Job Description **What you’ll be doing** * Lead SRE practices across the CSM mission and Orchestration SRE team, ensuring platform reliability, security and operational excellence.* Build, maintain and optimise cloud-native platforms and Kubernetes environments on AWS.* Develop and support CI/CD, DevSecOps, automation and observability capabilities across the platform.* Provide operational support, incident management, root cause analysis and continuous service improvement.* Drive reliability, performance, resilience and capacity improvements through engineering best practices.* Lead change management activities and drive standardisation of SRE tooling, processes and operating models across missions.* Contribute to chapter initiatives, capability uplift, knowledge sharing and the adoption of emerging technologies, including AI and automation. **About you** Mandatory requirements: * Minimum 5 years' experience working as a Site Reliability Engineer, Platform Engineer, or similar role* Strong hands-on experience with AWS services including EKS, EC2, S3, IAM, SQS, Secrets Manager, Kinesis, Firehose, and Cost Management* Proven expertise in Kubernetes and container orchestration within large-scale production environments* Experience implementing DevSecOps practices and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitLab* Strong scripting and automation skills using Python and Bash - experience with TypeScript or Java is advantageous* Demonstrated experience with data analytics and observability tooling including SQL, Pandas, Splunk, New Relic, Fluent Bit, and Kafka* Understanding of AI and automation concepts, with the ability to identify practical applications within network operations and engineering workflows* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across technical and non-technical audiences* Proven ability to work independently, lead initiatives, and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders in a dynamic Agile environment* Strong knowledge of operational best practices, including incident management, problem management, change management, capacity planning, performance engineering, resilience improvement, and post-incident reviews, with an understanding of Telstra policies and governance requirements