Why this role stands out
Accelerate your career by building mission-critical Kubernetes infrastructure at Sol Stak, where you will gain deep expertise in sovereign OpenShift environments while enjoying the flexibility of a hybrid work culture. This role is perfect for a skilled engineer who thrives on solving complex technical challenges and wants to make a tangible impact within a collaborative, growth-oriented team. Apply today to take the next step in your professional journey and help shape the future of secure container platforms.
Quick overview
Job description
Join SolStak as an OpenShift Engineer to build and operate secure container platformsfor mission-critical applications. You will deliver accredited Kubernetes infrastructurethat meets strict government security and availability requirements.
What you'll do- Design, deploy and maintain Red Hat OpenShift clusters in sovereign environments
- Implement GitOps, CI/CD and container security best practices
- Support application teams with onboarding, troubleshooting and performance tuning
- Integrate identity, networking and storage with enterprise platform services
- Contribute to operational documentation and continuous improvement initiatives
- Hands-on experience with OpenShift or Kubernetes in production environments
- Red Hat certifications or equivalent demonstrated platform expertise
- Strong problem-solving skills and commitment to reliable delivery
- Minimum two years of proven experience in a relevant role
- Own GitLab instance and home lab environment (highly desirable)
- Existing Australian Government security clearance (highly desirable)
- Industry certifications (highly desirable)
Container platforms are the backbone of modern mission systems - and you'll be the engineerkeeping them running. SolStak offers a focused, expert environment where your OpenShift decisionsland in production quickly. You'll pair with application teams, troubleshoot under realoperational pressure, and take pride in platforms that pass accreditation and stay up.
Why engineers join- Build accredited Kubernetes platforms for Defence and government clients
- Deep OpenShift and GitOps experience on sovereign programmes
- Collaborate across identity, networking, storage and application teams
- Hybrid work across VIC, NSW and ACT with a delivery-first culture
- Grow into platform architecture and technical leadership roles
Platform engineers at SolStak sit at the intersection of cloud, data, virtualisation and security.You'll go deep on OpenShift while working across the broader stack.
- Spark on Kubernetes, streaming workloads and data service integrations
- Cloudera and enterprise data platform connectivity
- OpenShift on AWS, Azure, GCP and on-premises sovereign environments
- Hybrid cloud networking, storage classes and multi-cluster management
- Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD and GitOps tooling
- VMware, bare-metal and container runtime hardening
- Pod security, network policies, service mesh and image scanning
- Integration with enterprise IAM, SIEM, PAM and zero-trust controls
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