DevOps Platform Engineer

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Leidos Australia delivers IT and airborne solutions that protect and advance the Australian way of life. Our 2000 local experts backed by our global experience and network of partners are working to solve the worlds toughest challenges in government intelligence defence aviation border protection and health markets.

Your New Role and Responsibilities

We have multiple opportunities to join our multi-year program in the Mission Software Solution team that works closely with our customer.

In this role you will support enhance and automate the platform services used by development teams to build deploy and operate secure applications across shared environments. You will also help maintain existing customer environments and support the delivery of new environments as they are built.

• Maintain and support shared Kubernetes environments using Rancher to monitor workloads deployments and platform health.

• Develop maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines with a focus on reliable build test and deployment outcomes using Jenkins.

• Automate platform configuration deployment and operational tasks using Ansible scripting and infrastructure-as-code practices.

• Administer and maintain Linux server environments including upgrades patching troubleshooting and performance monitoring.

• Support secure platform operations including certificate management access controls deployment standards and DevSecOps practices.

• Troubleshoot complex platform pipeline and environment issues in collaboration with development and QA teams.

• Contribute to continuous improvement of platform reliability automation documentation and engineering practices.

What Youll Bring to Make An Impact

• Hands-on experience supporting Kubernetes environments including Rancher or similar platform management tooling.

• Strong Linux administration experience across enterprise server environments.

• Experience building maintaining or troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines particularly using Jenkins.

• Practical experience with automation and configuration management including Ansible and scripting.

• Understanding of containerised application delivery Helm charts and Kubernetes deployment patterns.

• Experience with certificate management access controls and secure platform practices.

• Strong troubleshooting communication and prioritisation skills across distributed teams.

Dont worry if you dont tick all the boxes if you meet most of them we encourage you to submit your application. Were most interested in your strengths what you want to learn and how far you want to go.

This role does require the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and hold an active TSPV Clearance accompanied by the ability to be successful for an OSA.

Diverse Team Members Shared Values and a Common Purpose

Providing our customers with smarter solutions takes an incredible team with diversity of thought experience and perspectives driving innovation. Inclusion is at the heart of our culture and is one of our core values. Its about creating a workplace where everyone can do important work feels welcome valued and respected and has equal access to opportunities to thrive. Paul Chase Chief Executive Leidos Australia.

Leidos Australia is an equal opportunities organisation and is committed to creating a truly inclusive workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders culturally and linguistically diverse people people with disabilities veterans neurodiverse people and people of all genders sexualities and age groups.

Our five Advocacy Groups (Women and Allies NetworkYoung Professionals Defence & Emergency Services Action for Accessibility and Abilities and Pride) provide an opportunity for team members to connect and collaborate on shared interests and work to support and celebrate our diverse community.

Next Steps

• To apply for this role follow the links or apply via our Careers page.

• Recruitment process - 1 virtual interview or 1 face to face a psychometric test & background checks.

• Applicants may also need to meet International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) certain circumstances this can place limitations on persons who hold dual nationality permanent residency or are former nationals of certain countries as per ITAR 126.1.

• We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please contact our Careers team if youd like to discuss any additional support during your application or throughout the recruitment process.
  

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