Location: ACT, QLD, SA, VIC
Employment Type: Contract | 40 hours per week
Security Clearance: Australian Citizens only, Negative Vetting Level 1

About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior OpenShift Administrator to support a major federal government agency. This exciting role involves the monitoring, installation, configuration, administration, troubleshooting, and maintenance of on-premises Red Hat OpenShift clusters within a highly secure and complex environment.

You will play a key role in providing technical leadership, mentoring junior team members, and ensuring stable and efficient OpenShift operations. Your work will directly contribute to building secure, scalable, and high-performing digital platforms that service millions of Australians.

Key Responsibilities:

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

• Assist development teams with the automation of deployment, scaling, and management of containerised applications via OpenShift, GitOps platforms, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Oversee cluster management, resource allocation, configuration management, and capacity planning within OpenShift environments.

• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Ansible, Terraform, or Helm.

• Implement security best practices, including vulnerability scanning, network segmentation, and role-based access control.

• Lead technical projects, mentor junior engineers, and ensure timely delivery of key milestones.

• Collaborate closely with developers, architects, and stakeholders to ensure alignment with business objectives.

• Maintain clear, comprehensive system documentation and promote knowledge sharing.

• Occasional after-hours support may be required for maintenance activities (not a default expectation).

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Software Engineering, or a related field highly desirable; OR

  • At least 5+ years of continuous professional ICT experience, including 3+ years in large-scale Kubernetes environments.

• At least 5+ years of system administration experience, particularly OpenShift/Kubernetes cluster administration.

• Deep expertise in Kubernetes administration, covering networking, security, storage, and troubleshooting within containerised environments.

• Experience in government or highly regulated environments, with strong adherence to compliance frameworks (e.g., ISM, Essential 8).

• Mandatory Certification: Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration (or a willingness to obtain within 3-6 months).

Highly Desirable Skills and Certifications:

• Certifications in Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or willingness to obtain within 3-6 months.

• Proficiency in:

  • Kubernetes

  • Ansible

  • Helm

  • Python & Bash scripting

  • CI/CD Pipelines

  • Git

  • Linux systems

Ready to make an impact? Apply now with your CV.

Linda Jona
Consultant

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