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Sr. Consultant

XPT Software Australia Pty LtdSydney, New South Wales🇦🇺Australia

Why this role stands out

This Sr. Consultant role offers a fantastic opportunity to architect and deploy critical GitLab infrastructure for leading Australian companies, significantly impacting their software development lifecycle. You'll thrive here if you possess deep expertise in GitLab components, high availability configurations, and CI/CD, with excellent prospects for professional growth within a globally recognized software services firm. Apply now to join their dynamic team and contribute to innovative projects across diverse industries.

Quick overview

SeniorityMid Senior
Employment typeFull Time
Work modeOn Site
LocationSydney, New South Wales, Australia
AnsibleDNSGrafanaHAProxyPostgreSQLPrometheusRedisVMware

Job description

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd Contract

Sr. Consultant

Sydney, Australia Posted on 05/14/2026

  • 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

Must Have Skills:

  • Hands-onexperience deploying GitLab Omnibus in production.
  • In-depthknowledge of GitLab components: Gitaly, Praefect, PostgreSQL, Redis,Registry
  • Experiencewith PostgreSQL HA using Patroni, etcd, PgBouncer, HAProxy.
  • Strongunderstanding of VM-based architectures (e.g., VMware, KVM, or Hyper-V).
  • Objectstorage integration using MinIO or S3-compatible services.
  • GitLabGeo setup and synchronization troubleshooting.
  • CI/CD configuration, runners, token management, andaccess control.

Nice to Have Skills:

  • Familiaritywith Ansible or other configuration management tools
  • Monitoringwith Prometheus/Grafana
  • Understandingof DNS-based failover vs. HAProxy-based
  • Experience with air-gapped or security-hardenedenvironments

Detailed Job Description ;

  • Architectand deploy GitLab using Omnibus packages on VMs with full HAconfiguration.
  • Setup and maintain GitLab Geo replication between Site A (primary) and SiteB (backup).
  • ConfigurePostgreSQL HA clusters using Patroni, etcd, PgBouncer, and HAProxy
  • Implementand manage Gitaly Clusters with Praefect for repository sharding and HA
  • Setup MinIO as an on-prem object storage backend with bucket-levelreplication
  • Configureand isolate Redis as non-replicated, cold standby at Geo secondary site
  • Automateinfrastructure provisioning and configuration management usingTerraform.
  • IntegrateGitLab with internal DNS, firewall, and networking services for HA &DR readiness.
  • Configureand manage GitLab Runners with appropriate executor strategies using k8.
  • Developand execute backup, restore, and failover testing procedures.
  • Createdetailed architecture documentation and standard operating procedures(SOPs)

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