Linux Systems Administrator – Enterprise Infra & Automation

Leidos Australia; Bendigo; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Wellbeing programs

Access to 120,000+ courses

Career development opportunities

Impactful national projects

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking a Linux Administrator to maintain and enhance the Linux infrastructure across secure national projects. You’ll work with experienced engineers to ensure reliability, performance and compliance in a high-assurance Defence/Intelligence context.

Join a mission‑critical team delivering national capability, with opportunities to automate, optimise and scale enterprise platforms and services in a securely governed environment.

Qualifications

• Experience administering enterprise Linux environments across multiple distros.
• Experience with authentication and directory services (LDAP/OpenLDAP).
• Familiarity with Ansible, Puppet or Chef for automation.
• Knowledge of virtualization technologies (VMware ESXi/vSphere, KVM).
• Experience providing Level 2/3 support and implementing security hardening.

Responsibilities

• Provide Level 2/3 support for enterprise Linux environments.
• Administer and maintain virtualization and physical infrastructure.
• Develop and standardise configurations with automation tools.
• Support security controls and automation of routine tasks.

Skills

Linux administration

RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu/SUSE

LDAP/OpenLDAP

Ansible/Puppet/Chef

VMware ESXi/vSphere

KVM

Security hardening

Scripting Bash/Python/Perl

Level 2/3 support

Tools

VMware ESXi/vSphere

KVM

HP OneView

HPE GreenLake

Job description

Leidos Australia is seeking a Linux Administrator to maintain and enhance the Linux infrastructure across secure national projects. You’ll work with experienced engineers to ensure reliability, performance and compliance in a high-assurance Defence/Intelligence context.

Join a mission‑critical team delivering national capability, with opportunities to automate, optimise and scale enterprise platforms and services in a securely governed environment.