Unix/Linux Infrastructure Engineer

Our Federal Government client is seeking an experienced Unix/Linux Infrastructure Engineer. This is a 12 month contract with 2x12 month extension. The role is open for Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne. The successful candidate must hold an NV1 Security clearance.

• 12 month contract with 2x12 month extension
• Candidates with NV1 Security Clearance
• Open for Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne.
• Hybrid working arrangement ( 3 days from office and 2 days from home).
• Paxus pays weekly.

The Unix/Linux Infrastructure Engineer will work with project and application teams to understand the business needs, be able to articulate the business needs into a technical solution which is secure by design and focused on automation to introduce efficiency and innovation.

Key duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Collaborate with other teams across the Infrastructure Division and vendors to assess, plan, and implement infrastructure improvements, patching and upgrades.
• Evaluate and assist in the ongoing support of ISM compliant secure Midrange Unix infrastructure platforms.
• Participate in incident response and problem management activities, providing expertise and guidance to resolve complex issues effectively.
• Support security monitoring and implementing improvements.
• Mentor and coach other junior infrastructure engineers within the team, fostering their professional development and technical growth.
• Understand business continuity requirements, plan and build solutions to support that.
• Support formal change management processes.
• There may be requirement to occasionally support after hours scheduled work or on a more routine basis as part of Unix Operations team on call roster system.

Primary Technologies required for role include:

• Unix/Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Linux/Solaris/AIX).
• IBM Power.
• Oracle SPARC.
• Red Hat OpenStack/OpenShift.
• High Availability Operating System Clustering technologies.
• Ansible Automation Platform and Ansible Scripting.
• RedHat Satellite.

To be considered for this role you must have:

• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems.
• Experience with creating detailed technical documentation, e.g. as-built documents, operational handover documents, support guides, standard operating procedures.
• Experience in working collaboratively with networking, compute, storage, security engineers and architects to coordinate deployment and management of components.
• Experience in working with vendors and internal resources to ensure delivery of solutions meets requirements
• Demonstrated experience with Red Hat Ansible automation.
• Demonstrated experience with Red Hat Pacemaker.
• Demonstrated experience with Red Hat Satellite.
• Demonstrated experience with Red Hat Identity Manager.
• Demonstrated Experience with either Virtualisation IBM Power platform, VMware platform, OpenStack platform or Oracle SPARC Platform.
• Certified Red Hat Certified Administrator (RHCA) or Certified Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) or Oracle Solaris Administration Certification is highly regarded

When inquiring about the role, please quote the job number #265568

To be considered for the role click the 'apply' button or for more information about this and other opportunities please contact Irina Alrogi on +61 (0)2 6151 9203 or email: [email protected] and quote the above job reference number.

Paxus values diversity and welcomes applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people living with a disability. If you require an adjustment to the recruitment process, including the application form in an alternate format, please contact me on the above contact details.