Address- 12-month contract position
- 12-month extension opportunity
- Must have the ability to obtain/already hold a Baseline clearance
Seeking an experienced Senior Automation Specialist to join an established Federal Government team.
Your new company
Your new department works to build a better future for all Australians through enabling a productive, resilient and sustainable economy, enriched by science and technology. Science and technology are essential to addressing national challenges, they underpin the development of new jobs, businesses and industries, and enable existing industries and business to innovate and grow. Your new department helps the government to create an environment that develops Australian know-how and harnesses investments in science and technology to improve the lives of Australians.
Your new role
As the Senior Automation Specialist, you will be joining an established Infrastructure Platforms team who are responsible for the management of all data centres, virtualisation, automation, storage, backup and restore capability for the Department. This team is also responsible for providing after hours on-call support for the department's infrastructure. You will also be responsible for managing and improving the Department's Aria Automation, Operations, NSX, vSphere environment and physical compute as needed. The role requires producing design documents, build documents, operations document, handover sharing of knowledge with other team members and mentoring other team members.
What you'll need to succeed
As the successful candidate, you will have demonstrated experience and ability in:
- Demonstrated experience in few of the following technologies: Aria Automation 8.x Aria Orchestrator VMware NSX for vSphere VMware NSX-T VMware vSphere Aria Operations.
- Demonstrated scripting and coding experience in few of the following: YAML JavaScript PowerShell PowerCLI.
- Experience / Knowledge of Kubernetes and Containerization.
- Ability to produce design, build and operations documentation for processes and procedures.
- Excellent communication (verbal and written) and collaboration skills to collaborate with skilled technical people, including making presentations to staff and stakeholders and coaching staff.
*Successful candidate will be an Australian Citizen and hold/have ability to obtain a Baseline Clearance*
What you'll get in return
On offer to the successful candidate:
- An initial contract up to 12 months.
- Possibility for further extensions up to 12 months.
- Work in a central Canberra location, close by public transport, dining and shopping options and childcare facilities.
What you need to do now
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