Enterprise Linux Technical Specialist

This is a technical position for a Linux Engineer who will be responsible for designing, implementing and managing all Linux platforms.

• Expertise in the development, implementation and management of all Linux platforms including SOE development and deployment focusing on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and its deployment platforms Satellite, OpenShift etc.
• Manage, patch, upgrade and support of all Linux platforms.
• Collaborate with internal teams and vendors to assess and implement infrastructure improvements.
• Participate in incident response and problem management activities.
• Mentor junior engineers promoting technical growth and development.
• Ensure solutions align with business continuity requirements.
• Maintain skills and participate in relevant professional development.
• Support formal change management processes including occasional after-hours work.
• Monitor performance maintain and secure the platform applying fixes patches and updates as required.
• Troubleshoot and fix platform incidents/deployment issues identifying root cause and developing documentation to assist with improving the platform/processes.
• Research and identify opportunities/improvements that can be made to enhance platform capability.
• Develop policies and procedures create detailed technical documentation for team use and knowledge transfer build/configuration documents operational handovers Standard Operating Procedures SOPs.
• Provide systems deployment configuration installation and support of equipment in Private and Public Cloud platforms.
• Identify and provide support to other teams across the organisation in regards to adoption of cloud-based services and best practice in relation to platform management.
• Ensure implementation supports future delivery of Platform as-a-Service and Software as-a-Service.

Applicants must have contemporary knowledge and experience relevant to the role and at least 10 years' experience in Linux administration.

The following skills and/or experience would be highly regarded:

• Knowledge and experience with Terraform CI/CD pipelines Helm Keycloak GPU accelerated workloads.
• Knowledge and experience integrating Kubernetes clusters with VMWare vSphere Infoblox F5 BIGIP Dell EMC Isilon IBM QRadar.
• Knowledge experience with VMWare vSphere Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization.
• Experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Satellite Nagios and Identity Manager.
• SOE/MOE Creation Maintenance and Deployment including security updates and patching for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Experience with Red Hat Ansible automation Satellite Nagios and Identity Manager.
• Proven experience creating detailed technical documentation as-built documents operational handovers Standard Operating Procedures.
• Red Hat qualifications and/or industry certifications are preferred but not mandatory.
• Active Directory and integration with Microsoft services.
• Advanced scripting PowerShell/Bash/Python.
• Essential 8 security software and policy implementation.

National or International travel may be required. The opportunity to work from another location will be considered.

The selected candidate will cultivate technical excellence across Chief Technology Officer branch and offer guidance and support to foster skills enhancement and professional growth for staff within the branch.

• Must be an Australian Citizen at the time of application.
• Negative Vetting 1 Secret security clearance or the ability to obtain one.
• Relevant qualification or extensive experience and knowledge in area of expertise.
• Has contemporary knowledge and experience relevant to the role.
• Minimum of 10 years experience in Linux administration.
• Proven ability to liaise with stakeholders and attend client meetings and technical forums.
• Strong understanding of cloud security best practices e.g. Information Security Manual ISM and Protective Security Policy Framework PSPF.

The following skills and/or experience would be highly regarded:

• Knowledge and experience with Terraform CI/CD pipelines Helm Keycloak GPU accelerated workloads.
• Knowledge and experience integrating Kubernetes clusters with VMWare vSphere Infoblox F5 BIGIP Dell EMC Isilon IBM QRadar.
• Knowledge experience with VMWare vSphere Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization.
• Experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Satellite Nagios and Identity Manager.
• SOE/MOE Creation Maintenance and Deployment including security updates and patching for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Experience with Red Hat Ansible automation Satellite Nagios and Identity Manager.
• Proven experience creating detailed technical documentation as-built documents operational handovers Standard Operating Procedures.
• Red Hat qualifications and/or industry certifications are preferred but not mandatory.
• Active Directory and integration with Microsoft services.
• Advanced scripting PowerShell/Bash/Python.
• Essential 8 security software and policy implementation.