Senior Linux Infrastructure Engineer (RHEL)

westpacnz; New Zealand; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks holiday + 5 wellbeing days

Banking benefits

Growth and development opportunities

Recognition of star performers

School holiday subsidy

2 volunteer days per year

Job summary

Westpac NZ is looking for an Infrastructure Engineer specialising in Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux to join the PaaS Services team on a 12-month fixed term basis. You will provide hands-on operational support and work with engineering squads and internal customers in a complex enterprise environment.

With at least five years of IT experience, you will maintain and improve Linux platforms, patching, deployment, and incident response while aligning with risk and compliance requirements.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience supporting RedHat Enterprise Linux in production.
• Experience with enterprise Linux maintenance, patching, administration, and OS deployment.
• Demonstrated experience using RedHat Satellite for patching.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across RedHat Enterprise Linux environments.
• Experience supporting Kerberos in RedHat Enterprise Linux environments.
• Working knowledge of VMware or similar virtualisation technologies.
• Basic networking, storage, and backup knowledge.
• Scripting experience, with exposure to Ansible being beneficial.
• Familiarity with tools such as ServiceNow, Jira, Confluence, Dynatrace, or SharePoint.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and problem‑solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands on support for enterprise Linux RHEL infrastructure alongside third party partners.
• Act as an escalation point for operational issues and major incidents.
• Maintain, patch, administer, and support Linux environments using Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Support platform change through assessment, documentation, and implementation of improvements.
• Apply structured troubleshooting and provide clear root cause analysis.
• Work closely with business and engineering squads to improve system resilience.
• Support risk management, compliance configuration, and monitoring activities.
• Maintain accurate and up to date technical documentation.
• Build strong working relationships with internal customers and stakeholders.
• Proactively identify and deliver continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Linux administration

RHEL expertise

Troubleshooting

Scripting

Ansible exposure

VMware

Tools

RedHat Satellite

VMware

ServiceNow

Jira

Confluence

Dynatrace

SharePoint

Job description

Westpac NZ is looking for an Infrastructure Engineer specialising in Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux to join the PaaS Services team on a 12-month fixed term basis. You will provide hands-on operational support and work with engineering squads and internal customers in a complex enterprise environment.

With at least five years of IT experience, you will maintain and improve Linux platforms, patching, deployment, and incident response while aligning with risk and compliance requirements.