Linux Engineer

Informatech Pty Ltd; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual training allowance

Additional 5 days paid training leave

Exposure to various client sites

Health and wellbeing allowance

Job summary

Informatech is a leading ICT consultancy with close to 200 professionals specialising in Technical Services, Testing, Project Delivery, and Cyber Security. Since 2015, we've grown rapidly while earning national recognition and awards, and ranked on the AFR Fast 100 for a third consecutive year.

100% Australian-owned and DISP accredited, we back our people with real career stability, genuine development opportunities, and complex, high-impact work across Defence, National Security, and Federal

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Defence deployable, or secure government environments.
• Customising, administering and hardening Linux-based servers, operating systems and applications.
• Automating and scripting application installation and customization.
• Developing and maintaining Linux Standard Operating Environment (SOE) images.
• Experience with technical documentation and DevOps methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and document system architecture, including advising on interfacing systems.
• Develop, maintain, and integrate software components and applications, including automation of installation and deployment.
• Build, administer, and support production systems, including L3 support.
• Maintain system configuration control and documentation, including baselining, software inventory, SOPs, and baseline instruction documentation.
• Develop and implement patch management processes for supported systems.
• Transfer knowledge to support personnel and contribute to training material development.

Skills

Defence/secure environments

Linux system administration

Automation & scripting

Linux SOE images

DevOps practices

Job description

Informatech is a leading ICT consultancy with close to 200 professionals specialising in Technical Services, Testing, Project Delivery, and Cyber Security. Since 2015, we've grown rapidly while earning national recognition and awards, and ranked on the AFR Fast 100 for a third consecutive year. 100% Australian-owned and DISP accredited, we back our people with real career stability, genuine development opportunities, and complex, high-impact work across Defence, National Security, and Federal Government.

Security clearance:

Australian citizenship, and NV2 clearance minimum

Role overview:

We are supporting a defence client with delivering and maintaining mission-critical IT systems. You will play a key role in building cyber-resilient, integrated Linux infrastructure and OS that supports both deployed operations and day-to-day functions. These systems are vital to enabling secure communications, real-time situational awareness, and interoperability across defence partners.

Key responsibilities:

• Design and document system architecture, including advising on the design and implementation of interfacing systems
• Develop, maintain, and integrate software components and applications, including automation of solution installation and deployment
• Build, administer, and support production systems, including performing level three (L3) support
• Maintain system configuration control and documentation, including baselining, software inventory, SOPs, and baseline instruction documentation
• Develop and implement patch management processes for supported systems
• Transfer knowledge to support personnel and contribute to training material development

To be successful, you will have extensive experience in:

• Experience working in Defence deployable, or secure government environments
• Experience customising, administering and hardening Linux-based servers, operating systems and applications
• Experience automating and scripting application installation and customisation
• Experience developing and maintaining Linux Standard Operating Environment (SOE) images
• Experience developing technical documentationExperience with DevOps methodologies

Perks of the role:

• $5000 annual training allowance for Permanent staff
• Additional 5 days of paid training leave for Permanent staff
• Opportunity to gain exposure to various client sites
• $500 annual allowance for anything relating to your Health and Wellbeing