Linux Engineer

Talenza; City of Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Supportive leadership team

Strong office culture

Job summary

Talenza have been engaged by an Australian financial services organisation to find a Linux Engineer to work across an infrastructure and security uplift project. The successful candidate will be a Linux engineer experienced in supporting a complex enterprise environment.

The role offers a 6-month fixed term contract with hybrid working (1–2 days per week in office) in Brisbane, with a competitive salary up to AU$150k + super and a strong leadership culture.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience as a Linux Engineer/Systems Engineer supporting and administering enterprise Linux environments, ideally within Azure or other cloud-based infrastructure environments.
• Extensive experience with Linux administration, configuration, patching, troubleshooting and performance optimisation, across production and virtualised environments.
• Demonstrated experience with Azure infrastructure, including Linux virtual machines, networking, storage, compute and integration with wider enterprise infrastructure services.
• Strong scripting and automation capabilities using Bash, Python, Ansible and Terraform, with experience automating Linux provisioning, configuration, patching and operational processes.

Skills

Linux

Azure

Bash

Python

Ansible

Terraform

CI/CD tooling

ITIL/Agile

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Talenza have been engaged by an Australian financial services organisation to find a Linux Engineer to work across an infrastructure and security uplift project. The successful candidate will be a Linux engineer experienced in supporting a complex enterprise environment.

Benefits

• 6 month fixed term contract opportunity (possible extensions)
• Competitive salary up to $150k + super
• Hybrid working environment (1-2 days per week in office)
• Amazing leadership group and office/team culture
• Australian financial services organisation
• Medium sized, high performing infrastructure team

Key Requirements

• Strong hands‑on experience as a Linux Engineer/Systems Engineer supporting and administering enterprise Linux environments, ideally within Azure or other cloud‑based infrastructure environments.
• Extensive experience with Linux administration, configuration, patching, troubleshooting and performance optimisation, across production and virtualised environments.
• Demonstrated experience with Azure infrastructure, including Linux virtual machines, networking, storage, compute and integration with wider enterprise infrastructure services.
• Strong scripting and automation capabilities using technologies such as Bash, Python, Ansible and Terraform, with experience automating Linux provisioning, configuration, patching and operational processes.
• Experience implementing and maintaining Linux security controls and vulnerability remediation, including OS hardening, patch management, configuration compliance, access controls and remediation of security findings.
• Experience with infrastructure‑as‑code, configuration management and CI/CD tooling, including Terraform, Ansible, Azure DevOps or GitHub, to support consistent and automated infrastructure deployment.
• Strong enterprise support and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues, work collaboratively with Cloud, Infrastructure and Cyber Security teams, manage competing priorities and operate within ITIL/Agile environments.

Thank you for your interest, at Talenza we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity. We encourage people with disabilities and those from diverse backgrounds to apply. However, please note that we are only able to proceed with those who have full rights to work in Australia.