Senior Linux Infrastructure Engineer — Automation & Security

Profectus; Canberra; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Profectus seeks multiple experienced Infrastructure Engineers to support secure ICT environments for an Australian Government agency. You will build, manage and retire infrastructure across physical, virtual, network and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities include automation with Ansible, patches and upgrades, monitoring, fault resolution and secure configuration. You’ll work in a compliant, tightly governed setting and contribute to continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience configuring and sustaining Linux-based ICT infrastructure.
• Experience with system monitoring and authentication services.
• Experience with Ansible for automated builds and deployment.
• Demonstrated experience maintaining reliability via patching, upgrades and version control.
• Experience in secure or tightly governed ICT environments.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a technical team.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, secure infrastructure solutions.
• Configure, sustain and optimise Linux-based infrastructure across servers, network devices and virtual platforms.
• Automate system builds, configuration and deployment with Ansible.
• Apply patches, updates and vendor mitigations across apps, drivers and OS.
• Monitor system performance and security; respond to faults and degradation.
• Maintain documentation, baselines and version-controlled repositories.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of development processes.

Skills

Linux administration

Ansible automation

System monitoring

Authentication services

Independent work

Security practices

Tools

Python scripting

Bash scripting

Job description

Profectus seeks multiple experienced Infrastructure Engineers to support secure ICT environments for an Australian Government agency. You will build, manage and retire infrastructure across physical, virtual, network and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities include automation with Ansible, patches and upgrades, monitoring, fault resolution and secure configuration. You’ll work in a compliant, tightly governed setting and contribute to continuous improvement.