Site Reliability Engineer, Python, AWS, Openshift/Kubernetes

Red Hat

. Design, write, and maintain software (primarily in Python and Golang) that automates the deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of Red Hat managed services.

Posted 5/3/2026full-timeBrisbane • 🇦🇺 AustraliaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDNSGoGrafanaJenkinsKubernetesLinuxOpenShiftPrometheusPythonTCP/IPVault

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, write, and maintain software (primarily in Python and Golang) that automates the deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of Red Hat managed services.
Onboarding of new services onto our OpenShift-based platform
Adhering to cloud-native design principles & best practices to ensure reliability, scalability, and security
Contribute to documents, like standard operating procedures (SOPs) and playbooks, that assist in issue resolution and new-service onboarding.
Proactively utilize AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code) for code generation, auto-completion, and intelligent suggestions to accelerate development cycles and enhance code quality.
Participate in an Agile Scrum team that scopes, prioritizes, and allocates work items.
Participate in an on-call rotation that is responsible for responding to service incidents.

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years of relevant work experience
Background writing object-oriented automation software in Python, experience with Golang is only plus
Background administering production cloud-native services, preferably containerized and deployed via a container-orchestration system like Kubernetes or OpenShift
Experience diagnosing service failures and carrying out incident response procedures
Familiarity with Linux operating system and its configuration
Ability to effectively work in a globally distributed team
Understanding of computer networking and protocols, including TCP/IP and DNS
Understanding of computer security and cryptography basics, including certificates, TLS, and credential-storage systems like Vault is a plus
Familiarity with CI/CD pipeline concepts and systems, like Jenkins and Tekton/Argo is a plus
Familiarity with observability tools like Prometheus and Grafana, and how to define metrics that can be used to measure service health and reliability is a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible work hours
Paid time off
Remote work options

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonGolangobject-oriented programmingcloud-native servicesKubernetesOpenShiftincident responseLinuxcomputer networkingcomputer security

Soft Skills

teamworkcommunicationproblem-solvingadaptabilityproactivity