Satellite Office

Platform Engineer (Kubernetes and Linux)

Satellite Office  •  Taguig, PH (Onsite)  •  3 hours ago
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Job Description

The organization is an integrated full-service telecommunications provider offering a full suite of solutions to Residential, Business, Enterprise & Government and Wholesale customers.

We pride ourselves on our deep technical expertise combined with relentless focus on customer experience. We’re building something big. Don’t let those shiny awards fool you, we aren’t done yet. Aussie is bringing on the best of the best to create a game-changing team that’s disrupting the land of telco.

Our values are embedded in everything we do; they are how we do business. If you want to join our amazing team, they must be part of how you work too. Don’t be ordinary, be awesome. This is one fast-paced place, we need to be agile in our thinking as well as our ways of working and want to be that one stop shop for our customers.

Responsibilities

As one of our Platform Engineers, you will put our values up in lights by delivering these activities and outcomes:

  • Maintain the security, reliability, and availability of Aussie Broadband’s critical systems infrastructure. • Design and evolve platform architecture to deliver scalable, observable and secure solutions for internal and external customers.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams across a broad range of experience and skills to deliver business outcomes.
  • Deliver highly available, scalable and resilient platforms and services to support business growth and initiatives.
  • Build, automate and enhance on-premises containerised & virtualised workloads, with a strong focus on infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Support development teams by providing platform capabilities, tooling and environments that accelerate delivery.
  • Champion reliability practices, including monitoring, alerting, incident response and post incident reviews.
  • Continuously improve platform performance, cost-efficiency and developer experience through proactive engineering and feedback loops.
  • Contribute to technical documentation, standards and knowledge sharing across the engineering organisation.
  • Act as an escalation point and provide technical guidance and support to other members of the systems team, helping resolve complex issues and drive continuous improvement.
  • Mentor and help develop junior team members through coaching, knowledge sharing, and technical training.
  • Act as an escalation point and provide technical guidance, mentoring, and training to other members of the systems team, helping resolve complex issues and grow team capability.
  • Take ownership of delivering assigned projects and business outcomes end-to-end, applying established architectural and design patterns with minimal oversight.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure platform reliability and rapid response to critical incidents.

Qualifications

  • Passionate about open-source, modern infrastructure, and continuous improvement.
  • An understanding of the telco industry and its operational and technology landscape
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (on-prem & upstream desired), including cluster lifecycle management and performance tuning.
  • Expert-level Linux system administration and orchestration, with a focus on automation and scale. • Proven experience designing and operating highly available, distributed systems in production environments.
  • A background with service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Linkerd) and multi-cluster architectures. • Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Tinkerbell, Helm).
  • A security-first mindset in platform and service design—covering secure configuration, encryption, network segmentation, and compliance with industry standards/frameworks.
  • Familiarity with observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Otel, Jaeger).
  • Experience with open-source ecosystems and working to open/industry standards (e.g., CNCF projects, OCI, IETF standards/protocols).
  • A strong foundation in GitOps & automation tooling (ArgoCD, Git, CI/CD, Flux) to enable continuous delivery at scale.
  • Experience with networking concepts in containerised & virtualised environments (BGP, LoadBalancing, Ingress/Egress, eBPF/XDP, VPP)
  • Proficiency with Go or Python for scripting is desired.
  • Demonstrated ability to:

o Solve problems and think like a leader.

o Work independently and as part of a team.

o Learn quickly and adapt to changing situations.

We know the perfect candidate doesn’t exist, and we value passion and potential as much as experience. If this role excites you, we’d love to hear from you.

Satellite Office

About Satellite Office

At Satellite Office, we help businesses build high-performing offshore teams in the Philippines, enabling you to scale quickly, reduce costs, and boost efficiency.

We’re not your typical offshoring provider; we’re your strategic growth partner.

With over a decade of experience and more than 1,800 staff, we’ve helped companies like Send Payments, Uber, Chatime, HelloFresh, King Living, and Pet Circle grow by connecting them with top-tier talent across IT, finance, sales, marketing, operations, customer service, and beyond.

Unlike traditional offshoring or BPO models, with Satellite Office, your offshore staff works directly with you, reporting into your team and aligning with how you work from day one.

We've carefully chosen the Philippines for their strong English proficiency and Western-influenced culture, making communication easy and collaboration feel natural. Watch as your team integrates faster and works as one.

Why should you choose us?

✅ Top talent for any roles, tailored to you

Our expert recruiters source high-quality professionals who fit your exact business needs and culture, whether it's customer service, sales, IT, software development, finance, creative design, digital marketing, or back-office support.

✅ Fully managed, with expert support

We handle all the essentials — HR, payroll, IT, admin, and account management — so you can focus on your offshore team's performance, not paperwork.

✅ Premium office infrastructure

Your remote staff operates from state-of-the-art serviced offices equipped with advanced, reliable network infrastructure, ensuring seamless operations and collaboration.

✅ Hands-on leadership

With dedicated management teams in Australia, the US, and the Philippines, we provide local expertise, strategic insights, and ongoing support to ensure your offshoring journey succeeds.

Ready to see how offshoring can transform your business?

Visit our website or DM us for a free offshoring consultation.

Industry
Consulting & Advisory
Company Size
501-1,000 employees
Headquarters
Sydney, AU
Year Founded
2013
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