Senior System Administrator Infrastructure Engineer ( Security Clearance )

XPT Software; Canberra; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

XPT Software in Canberra is seeking a Senior System Administrator Infrastructure Engineer (Security Clearance) to lead Linux systems administration across on‑prem and cloud. You will drive deployment of Kubernetes and VM-based tooling, and ensure robust, secure infrastructure.

The role emphasizes VMware Aria, advanced networking, sandboxed environments, and enabling developer and analyst tooling while documenting procedures and standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Linux systems administration across on-prem and cloud environments.
• Deep expertise in VMware and VMware Aria, including design, deployment, and lifecycle management.
• Strong networking knowledge, including experience configuring and troubleshooting VLANs, DNS, load balancers, and firewall rules.
• Experience deploying and configuring sandboxed (or isolated) environments.
• Experience deploying developer and analyst tooling, including IDE environments, package management, and access controls.
• Ability to create and maintain system documentation and standard operating procedures

Responsibilities

• Support deployment of Kubernetes and VM-based malware analysis tools across different cloud environments.
• Experience with cloud services and virtualisation, and how these relate to application deployment for virtual machine, Kubernetes, and codeless applications.
• Familiarity with containerisation principles including Docker and Kubernetes.

Skills

Linux systems administration

Networking

Cloud services

Sandboxed environments

Documentation

Tools

VMware

Docker

Kubernetes

VMware Aria

Job description

Senior System Administrator Infrastructure Engineer ( Security Clearance )

The Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Systems Administrator) will perform the following duties and responsibilities in addition to the expected EL1 Senior Infrastructure Engineer standards:

• Support deployment of Kubernetes and VM-based malware analysis tools across different cloud environments.
• Experience with cloud services and virtualisation, and how these relate to application deployment for virtual machine, Kubernetes, and codeless applications.
• Familiarity with containerisation principles including Docker and Kubernetes

1. Minimum 5 years’ experience in Linux systems administration across on-prem and cloud environments.
2. Deep expertise in VMware and VMware Aria, including design, deployment, and lifecycle management.
3. Strong networking knowledge, including experience configuring and troubleshooting VLANs, DNS, load balancers, and firewall rules.
4. Experience deploying and configuring sandboxed (or isolated) environments.
5. Experience deploying developer and analyst tooling, including IDE environments, package management, and access controls.
6. Ability to create and maintain system documentation and standard operating procedures

Requirements

Infrastructure Engineers implement, manage and retire the infrastructure (including physical, virtual, networking and cloud infrastructure) that supports digital services