Senior SRE Engineer: Cloud Platform Reliability & Automation

Telstra Corporation; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Telstra Corporation in Melbourne is seeking a Senior SRE Engineer to lead reliability, security and operational excellence across cloud-native platforms and Kubernetes on AWS. You will support CI/CD, DevSecOps, automation and observability, driving improvements in reliability, performance and capacity.

The role requires 5+ years in SRE/Platform roles, strong Kubernetes and AWS experience, and expertise in DevSecOps with GitLab.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience as a Site Reliability Engineer, Platform Engineer, or similar role.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services and Kubernetes in large-scale production environments.
• Experience implementing DevSecOps and managing CI/CD pipelines (GitLab).
• Strong scripting/automation with Python and Bash; TypeScript or Java considered an advantage.
• Experience with observability tooling (Splunk, New Relic, Fluent Bit, Kafka) and data analytics (SQL, Pandas).
• Understanding of AI and automation concepts with practical applications in network operations and engineering workflows.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to work with diverse stakeholders in an Agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead SRE practices across the CSM mission and Orchestration SRE team to ensure platform reliability and security.
• 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 incident management, root cause analysis and continuous service improvement.
• Drive reliability, performance and capacity improvements through engineering best practices.
• Lead change management and standardisation of SRE tooling and operating models across missions.
• Contribute to chapter initiatives and adoption of emerging technologies including AI and automation.

Skills

SRE experience

Kubernetes expertise

Automation scripting

Python

Bash

CI/CD

Observability

Communication

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Splunk

New Relic

Fluent Bit

Kafka

SQL

Pandas

Job description

Telstra Corporation in Melbourne is seeking a Senior SRE Engineer to lead reliability, security and operational excellence across cloud-native platforms and Kubernetes on AWS. You will support CI/CD, DevSecOps, automation and observability, driving improvements in reliability, performance and capacity.

The role requires 5+ years in SRE/Platform roles, strong Kubernetes and AWS experience, and expertise in DevSecOps with GitLab.