El1 Unix/Linux Infrastructure Engineer

 The Role:

Talent Street is looking for an EL1 Unix/Linux Infrastructure Engineer for a large Federal government department.  The Unix/Linux Infrastructure Engineer will play a vital role in managing the Midrange Unix Infrastructure. They will also be responsible for mentoring junior Infrastructure Engineers, providing technical leadership to application teams, and advancing troubleshooting capabilities i.e. Level 2/ Level 3 support across our Midrange environments. 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. They will also be a key contributor to introduce the resiliency and reduction of technical debt in the Midrange infrastructure environment by undertaking upgrades, patching and migrations to the new platforms. 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.

Starting Date:     01/06/2024 to 30/05/2025  plus 2 x 12 month extensions.Duration:            26 Months initial contract.Location:            Brisbane CBD, Melbourne CBD or Canberra CBD. 

Key Responsibilities:

• 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 used: 

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

 Mandatory Criteria

• AUSTRALIAN CITIZEN ONLY
• 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.

 Weighted Criteria

• 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 eitherVirtualisation 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.