Kubernetes - DevOps Lead

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd Contract

Melbourne, Australia Posted on 11/25/2025

• XPT SoftwareAustralia PTY Ltd, incorporated in 2016, is a Software Services company
  
• XPT works with topclients across Australia in Banking, Insurance, Telecom,Retail, Energy, Mining and Manufacturingdomains.
  
• We have 120+technocrats in Australia working at our clientlocations.
  
• XPT SoftwareAustralia is part of group companies which has globalpresence across India & Europe.
  
• We have served100+ clients globally, fulfilling their onsite-offshoreneeds.
  

Job Description

• Provide technical mentorship to team members and foster a culture of operational excellence.
  
• Manage and ensure timely resolution of incidents and service requests in Service Now.
  
• Maintain documentation and operational procedures for incident response and recovery.
  
• Hands on experience on Linux operating system administration and proficiency in Linux command line and shell scripting.
  
• Linux file system and backup management
  
• Manage disk space and partitions
  
• Configuring and managing RAID arrays
  
• Oversee server administration, ensuring optimal performance, security and reliability
  
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes architecture - including nodes, pods, services, deployments and namespaces.
  
• Familiarity with key Kubernetes objects
  
• Hands on in using K8S management tools using tools like Openlens, kubectl, Lens etc.
  
• Familiarity with K8S resource management and cluster health performance monitoring - hands on tools like Kibana, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK etc.
  
• Managing containers with Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes
  
• Integrating with DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Gilab CI etc is a value add.
  
• Basic understanding of Apache Kafka
  
• Basic knowledge of networking fundamentals
  
• Configuring network interface, routing and hostname resolution
  
• Managing network services
  
• Hands on in using network diagnostic tools like ping, netstat, traceroute, ip and ip tables
  
• Good knowledge of protocols such as TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, HTTPS, LDAP, SMTP and SNMP
  
• Coordinate with internal teams and stakeholders to accomplish the task.
  
• Triage and route calls / tickets to appropriate resources and domains who can best support to address the issue/problem adhering to the SLA.
  
• Basic understanding on Zero Trust cybersecurity principles
  
• Industry/domain experience in Electric Utility / Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) is a value add.
  
• Experience in DERMS application is a value add.