Platform Engineer, Linux

Are you committed to bringing your best to life every day?

At Acenda, we draw on over 135 years of heritage to empower a brighter future with security and confidence.

Our values-driven business strives for high performance and growth as we look towards the future. As part of the global Nippon Life Group, we will enhance our capabilities and further strengthen our enduring commitment to putting customers at the heart of everything we do. And to support our partners to do the same.

We believe that when people have the support, clarity, and confidence they need, they can do their best work and build a future they're proud of. We encourage our people to take life on – inside and outside of work – to grow and make a real impact for our customers, partners, and each other.

The role

Reporting into the Platform Lead, the Platform Engineer role is a critical role within the Platforms Engineering team.

As Platforms Engineer, you will be responsible for the operational design, delivery, maintenance, enhancement & recycling of Platform/Infrastructure systems at Acenda. This includes scaling up the platform up and down, designing suitable and cost-effective solutions to improve efficiency and stability of the applications, whilst helping the business to deliver solutions at ease.

As part of a wider multi-domain team, you will interact and work closely with the Cloud and Network teams, enabling you to be involved in a variety of BAU and project work to drive synergies and consistencies across the enterprise environment.

About you

An experienced Platform Engineer with a minimum of 3 to 5+ years of experience in a similar capacity, you possess strong expertise and knowledge in Linux, acting as a subject matter expert.

You demonstrate strong technical knowledge in various Linux operating systems (particularly with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Ubuntu, and CentOS distributions) and also working on patching and/or vulnerability management asks.

Other technical requirements include:

• Proven expertise in containerization technologies, including the deployment and maintenance of Docker containers in production environments.

• Comprehensive understanding of Linux/Red Hat access provisioning, including integration with Microsoft Active Directory for centralized authentication and authorization.

• Advanced scripting skills in Bash and Python, with the ability to automate routine tasks and support infrastructure automation.

• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools, such as Terraform and Ansible, for provisioning, configuration management, automation and orchestration.

• In-depth knowledge of Red Hat Satellite Server, including lifecycle management, patch deployment, and system provisioning.

• Experience working with VMware Cloud (VMC) and Amazon Web Services (AWS), including hybrid cloud integration and workload migration.

• Proficient in maintaining technical documentation, including process and architecture documentation using Confluence or similar platforms.

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to perform cross-application diagnostics and root cause analysis.

• Demonstrated experience in risk management and audit compliance, including the implementation of controls and remediation of audit findings.

• Thorough understanding of operating system standard operating environments (SOEs), including risk mitigation strategies and security hardening techniques.

• Experience collaborating with external vendors, including managing third-party platforms and infrastructure support contracts.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, while also providing business-as-usual (BAU) operational support.

Bringing our best to life - why join us?

·       We do work that makes a genuine difference to our customers, partners and community.

·       We have a supportive, inclusive and flexible team culture, including hybrid working.

·       We support your growth and development, and careers across our business units and teams that are as unique as our people.

·       We reward and celebrate our successes, through our incentive and recognition programs.

·       We offer tools, resources and benefits to support your wellbeing, including additional lifestyle leave and our Family Life hub.

·       We connect and celebrate our diversity at work through our social committees and employee groups, and we contribute to our community with paid volunteer leave and through our Reconciliation Action Plan and sustainability commitments.

We celebrate the diversity of our customers and community, and we embed diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging into how we do business. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, experiences, and identities.

Should an applicant be the preferred candidate, background checks (including Federal Police Checks, Employment checks, ASIC banned and disqualified persons and Bankruptcy checks) will be completed prior to the candidate's employment being confirmed. The outcomes of the background checks do not automatically bar candidates, however they will be assessed against the inherent requirements of the position.