Platform Engineer (Kubernetes and Linux) - PH based

Satellite Office; Eastern Manila District; On-site; PHP 1,000,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Aussie Broadband is seeking a Platform Engineer to design, build, and support scalable, reliable platform infrastructure across on-prem and cloud environments. You will focus on automation, security, and performance, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver value for internal and external customers.

The role emphasizes IaC, service mesh, and observability, with opportunities to mentor juniors and participate in on-call rotations to ensure platform reliability.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (on-prem & upstream) including cluster lifecycle management and performance tuning.
• Expert-level Linux system administration and orchestration with focus on automation and scale.
• Proven experience designing and operating highly available, distributed systems in production environments.
• Background with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd) and multi-cluster architectures.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible, Tinkerbell, Helm).
• Security-first mindset in platform and service design—encryption, network segmentation, compliance.
• Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Otel, Jaeger).
• Experience with open-source ecosystems and industry standards (CNCF, OCI, IETF).
• Strong GitOps and automation tooling (ArgoCD, Git, CI/CD, Flux).
• Networking concepts in containerised/virtualised environments (BGP, LoadBalancing, Ingress/Egress, eBPF/XDP, VPP).
• Go or Python scripting experience is desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems and lead when needed; work independently and in teams.

Responsibilities

• Maintain security, reliability, and availability of critical systems infrastructure.
• Design and evolve platform architecture for scalable, observable, secure solutions.
• Collaborate across cross-functional teams to deliver business outcomes.
• Deliver highly available, scalable platforms and services to support growth.
• Build, automate, and enhance on-premises containerised and virtualised workloads with IaC and CI/CD.
• Support development teams with platform capabilities, tooling, and environments.
• Champion reliability practices including monitoring, alerting, incident response, and post-incident reviews.
• Continuously improve platform performance and developer experience through proactive engineering.
• Contribute to documentation, standards, and knowledge sharing across engineering.
• Mentor junior team members through coaching and training.

Skills

Kubernetes expert

Linux administration

GitOps

Open-source enthusiast

Problem solving

Independent worker

Tools

Kubernetes

Istio

Linkerd

Terraform

Ansible

Tinkerbell

Helm

Prometheus

Grafana

Loki

Otel

Jaeger

ArgoCD

Git

CI/CD

Flux

eBPF/XDP

VPP

Go

Python

Job description

Work for our global clients and immerse in our rich and diverse company culture where you can thrive, grow and just be aweSOme!

WHAT IS A PLATFORM ENGINEER?

The organization is an integrated full-service telecommunications provider offering a full suite of solutions to Residential, Business, Enterprise & Government and Wholesale customers.

WHAT WILL BE YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES?

As one of our Platform Engineers, you will put our values up in lights by delivering these activities and outcomes:

• Maintain the security, reliability, and availability of Aussie Broadband’s critical systems infrastructure.
• Design and evolve platform architecture to deliver scalable, observable and secure solutions for internal and external customers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across a broad range of experience and skills to deliver business outcomes.
• Deliver highly available, scalable and resilient platforms and services to support business growth and initiatives.
• Build, automate and enhance on-premises containerised & virtualised workloads, with a strong focus on infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines.
• Support development teams by providing platform capabilities, tooling and environments that accelerate delivery.
• Champion reliability practices, including monitoring, alerting, incident response and post incident reviews.
• Continuously improve platform performance, cost-efficiency and developer experience through proactive engineering and feedback loops.
• Contribute to technical documentation, standards and knowledge sharing across the engineering organisation.
• Act as an escalation point and provide technical guidance and support to other members of the systems team, helping resolve complex issues and drive continuous improvement.
• Mentor and help develop junior team members through coaching, knowledge sharing, and technical training.
• Act as an escalation point and provide technical guidance, mentoring, and training to other members of the systems team, helping resolve complex issues and grow team capability.
• Take ownership of delivering assigned projects and business outcomes end-to-end, applying established architectural and design patterns with minimal oversight.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure platform reliability and rapid response to critical incidents.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Passionate about open-source, modern infrastructure, and continuous improvement.
• An understanding of the telco industry and its operational and technology landscape
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (on-prem & upstream desired), including cluster lifecycle management and performance tuning.
• Expert-level Linux system administration and orchestration, with a focus on automation and scale.
• Proven experience designing and operating highly available, distributed systems in production environments.
• A background with service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Linkerd) and multi-cluster architectures.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Tinkerbell, Helm).
• A security-first mindset in platform and service design—covering secure configuration, encryption, network segmentation, and compliance with industry standards/frameworks.
• Familiarity with observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Otel, Jaeger).
• Experience with open-source ecosystems and working to open/industry standards (e.g., CNCF projects, OCI, IETF standards/protocols).
• A strong foundation in GitOps & automation tooling (ArgoCD, Git, CI/CD, Flux) to enable continuous delivery at scale.
• Experience with networking concepts in containerised & virtualised environments (BGP, LoadBalancing, Ingress/Egress, eBPF/XDP, VPP)
• Proficiency with Go or Python for scripting is desired.
• Demonstrated ability to:
  • Solve problems and think like a leader.
  • Work independently and as part of a team.
  • Learn quickly and adapt to changing situations.