Solution Architect Linux/Ansible/Terraform – Australia Public Sector - Canberra
DTEX Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Description
As a Solution Architect and a core member of the worldwide Customer Engineering & Technical Support Organisation, you will play a key role in designing, automating, and optimizing customer deployments of the DTEX platform.
You'll work closely with customers, partners, and internal teams to architect scalable, secure, and repeatable infrastructure solutions using Ansible, Terraform, and other modern technology practices.
This role blends hands-on technical expertise with strong customer-facing skills—you'll serve as both an engineer and a trusted advisor, helping clients accelerate their security and automation strategies.
Active Australia Negative Vetting 1 (NV1) Security Clearance in good standing required.
Principal Job Responsibilities
Architect and Deploy Solutions: Design, build, and maintain automated infrastructure deployments for DTEX platforms using Terraform and Ansible.
Customer Engagement: Work directly with enterprise customers to understand requirements, define architecture, and implement secure and scalable solutions.
Automation & Integration: Develop reusable playbooks, modules, and templates to standardize and streamline DTEX deployments across multiple environments (on-prem, hybrid, and cloud).
Use a systematic approach to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues requiring an understanding of RHEL/CentOS and the components of the DTEX "big data analytics" system, including ElasticSearch.
Conduct basic training of the DTEX Kibana-based UI, including end-user & admin features as appropriate to customers.
Documentation & Enablement: Produce high-quality architectural diagrams, deployment guides, and runbooks to support internal teams and customer success.
Skills & Knowledge
Depth of experience as a Solution Architect, Enterprise Architect or Engineer in enterprise or SaaS environments.
Strong Linux knowledge including server admin experience, large clustered, enterprise software deployment, configuration and maintenance.
Strong proficiency in Terraform (multi-cloud) and Ansible for configuration management and orchestration.
Hands-on experience with large distributed clustered systems from deployment, maintenance, scaling and troubleshooting perspectives.
Understanding and experience with databases such as ElasticSearch or PostgreSQL.
Experience with basic bash and/or python scripting.
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
Understanding of networking administration on Linux and Windows.
Understanding of inter-application communication with a focus on troubleshooting.
Strong, clear, and organized communication skills, both verbal and written.
Strong self-starting individual contributor.
Strong member in world-wide and cross-functional teams.
Ability to effectively prioritize and manage multiple customers or projects.
Customer acumen to champion the customer problem until resolution.
Desire to learn new skills/technologies and remain up-to-date with latest trends.
Passion for solving technical problems.
Experience working in start-up or fast-paced emerging environments and worldwide teams (would be beneficial but not a must).
Desirable Skills
Deep understanding of RHEL/CentOS, Apache, Elasticsearch, Kibana, complex distributed computing, data flow statistics, system monitoring.
Proficient in at least one programming and scripting language.
Strong proficiency in Ansible and Terraform.
Experience contributing to documentation.
Experience working in different server environments, e.g., virtual machines, AWS environments, physical servers.
Knowledge of Insider Threat, UEBA space – a bonus.
Knowledge of information retrieval and/or analytics domain – a bonus.
BS / MS Computer Science or related engineering discipline – a bonus.
DTEX Systems is one of the most trusted and innovative brands in the cyber security market.
We have received significant financial backing from leading VC firms and have just set a record-breaking year of growth.
So why not trust DTEX with that all important next step in your career?
Seniority Level
Mid-Senior level
Employment Type
Full-time
Job Function
Information Technology
Industries
Wireless Services
Telecommunications
Communications Equipment Manufacturing
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