Linux Engineer - Puppet

Sydney | Hybrid
Initial 6-month contract + potential 6-month extension
Multiple positions available
Baseline Security Clearance required (Active or in- Active)

We are looking for experienced Puppet Engineers / Infrastructure Automation Engineers to join a large-scale enterprise technology environment in Sydney.
This is a hands-on infrastructure automation role suited to engineers with strong Linux/Unix and Puppet experience who are comfortable developing, maintaining and troubleshooting configuration management solutions in complex environments.

What you'll be doing

- Develop and maintain Puppet manifests and modules
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management
- Build and support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions
- Troubleshoot and optimise Puppet environments
- Perform hands-on Linux/Unix systems administration
- Support configuration and automation across large enterprise environments
- Integrate infrastructure automation with Git and CI/CD pipelines
- Develop automation scripts using Ruby, Bash and/or Python
- Work closely with infrastructure, platform and DevOps engineering teams




- Maintain technical documentation and contribute to automation best practices

What we're looking for

- Robust, recent hands-on Puppet experience
- Experience developing or maintaining Puppet manifests/modules
- Strong Linux/Unix infrastructure engineering experience
- Good understanding of configuration management and infrastructure automation
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code
- Scripting experience with Ruby, Bash or Python
- Experience with Git and CI/CD
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capability
- Experience working within large enterprise environments

Experience with Puppet Enterprise, RHEL/Red Hat, Terraform, Ansible, AWS or Azure would be highly regarded.

The chance
You'll join a significant enterprise infrastructure program with an initial six-month engagement and potential for a further six-month extension.

There are multiple positions available, and the requirement is urgent, so candidates who are available to start in the near term are encouraged to apply.

📌 Linux Engineer - Puppet (Sydney)
🏢 Aurec
📍 Sydney