Job Description

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd | Contract

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Sr. Consultant

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Sydney, Australia | Posted on 05/14/2026

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- XPT SoftwareAustralia PTY Ltd, incorporated in 2016, is a Software Services company
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- XPT works with topclients across Australia in Banking, Insurance, Telecom,Retail, Energy, Mining and Manufacturingdomains.
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- We have 120+technocrats in Australia working at our clientlocations.
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- XPT SoftwareAustralia is part of group companies which has globalpresence across India & Europe.
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- We have served100+ clients globally, fulfilling their onsite-offshoreneeds.
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Job Description

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Must Have Skills:

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

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

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