Senior System Administrator Infrastructure Engineer ( Security Clearance )

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd is seeking a Senior System Administrator Infrastructure Engineer with a focus on security clearance in Canberra, Australia. The role involves deploying Kubernetes and VM-based malware analysis tools across cloud environments, and leveraging VMware Aria, Docker, and Linux expertise.

You will work with on-prem and cloud environments, configure networking components, and document standard operating procedures to support secure digital services.

Qualifications

• Min 5 years Linux system administration across on-prem and cloud.
• Deep expertise in VMware and VMware Aria designs, deployment and lifecycle.
• Strong networking: VLANs, DNS, load balancers and firewall rules.
• Experience deploying sandboxed/isolated environments.
• Experience deploying developer/analyst tooling and access controls.
• Ability to create and maintain system documentation and SOPs.

Responsibilities

• Support deployment of Kubernetes and VM-based malware analysis tools across clouds.
• Work with cloud services and virtualization for VM, Kubernetes and code-less apps.
• Familiarity with containerisation including Docker and Kubernetes.

Skills

Linux

VMware

Kubernetes

Docker

Networking

Security

Documentation

Tools

VMware Aria

Docker

Job description

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd | Contract

Senior System Administrator Infrastructure Engineer ( Security Clearance )

Canberra, Australia | Posted on 10/08/2026

• State/Province Australian Capital Territory
• Country Australia

About Us

AboutXPT

• XPT SoftwareAustralia PTY Ltd, incorporated in 2016, is a Software Services company
• XPT works with topclients across Australia in Banking, Insurance, Telecom,Retail, Energy, Mining and Manufacturingdomains.
• We have 120+technocrats in Australia working at our clientlocations.
• XPT SoftwareAustralia is part of group companies which has globalpresence across India & Europe.
• We have served100+ clients globally, fulfilling their onsite-offshoreneeds.

Job Description

Key duties and responsibilities

The Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Systems Administrator) will perform the following duties andresponsibilities in addition to the expected EL1 Senior Infrastructure Engineer standards: Support deployment of Kubernetes and VM-based malware analysis tools across differentcloud environments. Experience with cloud services and virtualisation, and how these relate to applicationdeployment 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 cloudenvironments.

2. Deep expertise in VMware and VMware Aria, including design, deployment, and lifecyclemanagement.

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, packagemanagement, 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