Infrastructure Engineer at Services Australia (SA)

RFQ LH-02645 Infrastructure Engineer at SA

RFQ Closes: 05/05/2025

Role Start Date: 01/07/2025

Contract: 12 Months + 2 x 12 months extension

Location: ACT

Security Clearance: NV1

Contract: 12 Months + 2 x 12 months extension

Job details

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

The agency is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior OpenShift Administrator who can navigate the monitoring, installation, configuration, administration, troubleshooting and maintenance of on-premises Red Hat OpenShift clusters, particularly within the context of government services.

The ideal candidate will provide technical support, troubleshoot problems and automate solutions to ensure stable and efficient operation of OpenShift environments, with a proven ability to lead cloud projects, mentor junior staff and integrate seamlessly into a complex, dynamic team environment.

Criteria

One page pitch to address all criteria specified not more than 5000 characters.

Essential criteria

1. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or related field highly desirable, or demonstrated continuous professional experience of at least 5+ years in a large scale ICT environment, and additionally 3+ years in a large scale kubernetes environment is a suitable alternative.

2. Experience • At least 5+ years of experience in system administering - Including experience in OpenShift/Kubernetes cluster administration. • Extensive experience in Kubernetes administration - Including networking, security, storage, and troubleshooting within containerised environments. • Experience in a government or highly regulated environment, with demonstrated compliance to standards such as the Information Security Manual (ISM) and Essential 8

3. Mandatory • Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration or equivalent certification, or a willingness to obtain these certifications within the first 3-6 months of employment.

Desirable criteria

1. Highly desirable • Certifications in Cloud Platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or a willingness to obtain these certifications within the first 3-6 months of employment.

2. Experience and knowledge across a breadth of ICT technologies or methodologies is highly desirable, these include: • Kubernetes • Ansible • Helm • Python & Bash • CI/CD Pipelines • Git • Linux