Senior SRE Engineer

Telstra is hiring a Senior SRE Engineer. Level rates it ; you can apply on Telstra.

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Level rates this role Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
The posting mentions AWS, Kubernetes and GitLab among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as a senior role.
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Senior SRE engineer building cloud-native platforms, Kubernetes environments, and automation capabilities on AWS.

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Employment Type

Permanent

Closing Date

6 Nov 2026 11:59pm

Job Title

Senior SRE Engineer

Job Summary

Working within the CSM mission and Orchestration SRE team, this role will lead SRE practices with a strong focus on platform reliability, security and operational excellence. The role will build, maintain and optimise cloud-native platforms and Kubernetes environments on AWS, while supporting CI/CD, DevSecOps, automation and observability capabilities.

The role will also drive reliability, performance, resilience and capacity improvements, contribute to continuous service improvement, and help standardise SRE tooling, processes and operating models across missions.

Job Description

What you’ll be doing

Lead SRE practices across the CSM mission and Orchestration SRE team, ensuring platform reliability, security and operational excellence.

Build, maintain and optimise cloud-native platforms and Kubernetes environments on AWS.

Develop and support CI/CD, DevSecOps, automation and observability capabilities across the platform.

Provide operational support, incident management, root cause analysis and continuous service improvement.

Drive reliability, performance, resilience and capacity improvements through engineering best practices.

Lead change management activities and drive standardisation of SRE tooling, processes and operating models across missions.

Contribute to chapter initiatives, capability uplift, knowledge sharing and the adoption of emerging technologies, including AI and automation.

About you

Mandatory requirements:

Minimum 5 years' experience working as a Site Reliability Engineer, Platform Engineer, or similar role

Strong hands-on experience with AWS services including EKS, EC2, S3, IAM, SQS, Secrets Manager, Kinesis, Firehose, and Cost Management

Proven expertise in Kubernetes and container orchestration within large-scale production environments

Experience implementing DevSecOps practices and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitLab

Strong scripting and automation skills using Python and Bash - experience with TypeScript or Java is advantageous

Demonstrated experience with data analytics and observability tooling including SQL, Pandas, Splunk, New Relic, Fluent Bit, and Kafka

Understanding of AI and automation concepts, with the ability to identify practical applications within network operations and engineering workflows

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across technical and non-technical audiences

Proven ability to work independently, lead initiatives, and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders in a dynamic Agile environment

Strong knowledge of operational best practices, including incident management, problem management, change management, capacity planning, performance engineering, resilience improvement, and post-incident reviews, with an understanding of Telstra policies and governance requirements

How we rate this

Senior SRE Engineer at Telstra rates 30 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Senior SRE Engineer is an open job at Telstra.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in Australia (Flexible).
The job was posted on October 29, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Telstra. Apply on Telstra

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Site Reliability EngineeringPlatform EngineeringDevsecopsAutomationAWSKubernetesGitLabPython

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Tell me about a project where automation was part of your work. What did you do?
Walk me through how you've used AWS in your day-to-day work.

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