IT Infrastructure Engineer (Senior OpenShift Administrator)

IT Infrastructure Engineer (Senior OpenShift Administrator)

Australian citizenship required. No PR or Work Visa holders. Must be able to obtain Negative Vetting Level 1 clearance.

RFQ Details

• RFQ ID: LH-02645

• Closing Date: Monday, 05 May 2025 11:59pm (Canberra time)

• Estimated Start Date: Tuesday, 01 July 2025

• Initial Contract Duration: 12 months

• Extension Term: Other

• Number of Extensions: Not specified

• Experience Level: EL1 equivalent

• Security Clearance: Must be able to obtain NV1

Client Details

• Agency: Services Australia

• Location of Work: ACT, NSW, QLD, SA, VIC

• Working Arrangements: Hybrid

  Contractors must work from the specified office location for a minimum of 6 weeks before a WFH arrangement is considered. Locations: Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney.

• Maximum Hours: 40 hours per week

Job Details

The agency is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior OpenShift Administrator to manage, troubleshoot and maintain on-premises Red Hat OpenShift clusters within government services.

This role requires technical expertise in OpenShift and Kubernetes, strong leadership in cloud project delivery, and the ability to support development teams with infrastructure automation, monitoring, and security practices.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, manage and troubleshoot OpenShift/Kubernetes clusters in enterprise environments

• Ensure high availability, reliability and scalability of platforms

• Assist developers with CI/CD pipelines and GitOps for containerised apps

• Manage in-place cluster upgrades, configuration, resource allocation and capacity planning

• Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions (Ansible, Terraform, Helm)

• Implement and maintain best practice security including RBAC, segmentation, vulnerability scanning

• Lead technical project delivery and mentor junior engineers

• Collaborate with architects, developers, and stakeholders

• Maintain comprehensive documentation and share knowledge

• Occasional out-of-hours or on-call support may be required

Selection Criteria

Max 5000 characters total in one-page pitch (individual responses not required)

Essential Criteria

1. Bachelors degree in Computer Science, IT, Software Engineering or similar (highly desirable); alternatively, at least 5+ years in large-scale ICT environments and 3+ years in Kubernetes administration.

2. At least 5+ years of experience in system administration with strong OpenShift/Kubernetes cluster management, including networking, security, storage, and troubleshooting.

   Experience in government or regulated environments with compliance to ISM and Essential Eight.

3. Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration or equivalent; or willingness to obtain within 36 months.

Desirable Criteria

1. Certifications in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), CKA, or willingness to obtain within 36 months.

2. Experience or knowledge in:

   Kubernetes

   Ansible

   Helm

   Python & Bash

   CI/CD pipelines

   Git

   Linux

3. Clearance: Candidate must have or be able to obtain and maintain an NV1 clearance.

4. Conflict of Interest declaration if applicable.

5. Prior work history with the Buyer (manager/branch, up to 300 characters).