**Job Title - Infrastructure Engineer
Contract - 12 months with Extensions
Location - Canberra
Clearance - NV1
Overview**
We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer / Systems Administrator to design, deploy, secure, and support complex ICT environments. The role requires strong Linux-first capability, automation expertise, and the ability to work within high‑assurance, segmented, and security‑focused networks. You will collaborate within a small multidisciplinary team and provide technical leadership, mentoring, and high‑quality documentation.
Key Responsibilities
Infrastructure Engineering & Administration
* Plan, deploy, configure, and support Linux-first (Ubuntu) and Windows-based infrastructure across physical, virtual, network, and storage layers.
* Ensure reliable data ingest and system interoperability across discrete or segmented networks.
* Provide technical direction to vendors and partners, ensuring alignment with security, architectural, and operational requirements.
* Design, implement, and optimise infrastructure solutions including virtualisation, networking, storage, and backups.
Automation & Infrastructure-as-Code
* Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code using Ansible and Git/GitLab.
* Manage CI/CD pipelines, version control workflows, environments, and safe deployment practices.
* Mentor team members in automation-first approaches and secure operations.
Operational Excellence
* Establish monitoring, logging, backup, and system lifecycle processes.
* Create and maintain documentation, diagrams, procedures, and configuration artefacts.
* Participate in change management, testing, integration, and performance assurance.
Skills & Experience
Mandatory
* Proven experience designing, configuring, and supporting Ubuntu-based infrastructure.
* Experience administering Windows Server environments (e.g., AD, ADFS, certificates).
* Demonstrated capability delivering complex infrastructure or cloud-hosted solutions.
* Hands-on experience with Ansible, Git/GitLab, and CI/CD workflows.
* Strong VMware vSphere/ESXi administration including lifecycle and performance optimisation.
* Networking experience with Cisco switches and firewalls, including segmentation, policy configuration, NAT/VPN, and secure connectivity.
Highly Desirable
* Advanced Linux (Ubuntu/RHEL) administration, including developing SOEs and use of systems such as Landscape.
* Containerisation experience (Docker/Podman) and exposure to orchestration (Kubernetes/Nomad).
* Security tooling: Nessus/Nmap, AppArmor, Linux firewalling, SIEM/logging integrations.
* Monitoring/alerting design (e.g., Prometheus/Grafana, ELK/OSSEC, CheckMK).
* Experience designing or managing high-throughput data ingest pipelines (e.g., Apache NiFi).
* Experience operating in highly secure or government environments with strict compliance requirements.
* Strong scripting skills in Bash and PowerShell.
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