Software Engineer (Junior to Mid-Level) - Monitoring & Observability (Contract)
Contract snapshot
A 4-month contract role supporting monitoring and project, with one of our clients.
The role can be done from Canberra, ACT or Melbourne, VIC.
About the role
You'll join a delivery team building and running Elastic Stack monitoring for a federal agency's infrastructure, databases, applications and cloud services.
Working under the direction of senior engineers and architects, you'll configure integrations, build Kibana dashboards and alerts, and help the team investigate incidents using observability data.
It's a hands-on role suited to an early-career engineer who wants practical experience on a government program.
Key responsibilities
Configure and maintain monitoring for servers, operating systems, containers, databases and cloud resources
Deploy and support Elastic Stack components: Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats and Elastic Agent
Set up integrations to collect logs, metrics, traces and events from client systems
Build and refine Kibana dashboards, visualisations and alert rules
Help configure application performance monitoring (APM) and telemetry collection
Write scripts (Python, PowerShell or similar) to automate deployment and configuration tasks
Support troubleshooting and root cause analysis during incidents
Document configurations,



standards and operating procedures for handover to the client team
Take part in sprint ceremonies, peer reviews and knowledge-sharing sessions
Essential skills and experience
Exposure to the Elastic Stack or a similar observability platform, or a demonstrated ability to pick it up quickly
Scripting or automation experience in Python, PowerShell, JavaScript or similar
Working knowledge of Linux and/or Windows, networking basics, virtual machines and containers
Familiarity with at least one relational or NoSQL database and basic performance concepts
Methodical approach to investigating technical issues
Explicit written and verbal communication, including documentation
Ability to work well with engineers, DBAs, platform teams and client stakeholders
Awareness of security and compliance expectations in government environments
Desirable experience
Elastic certification or hands-on Elastic Observability work
SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL or MongoDB
Azure, AWS or Google Cloud
Docker and Kubernetes
Git, CI/CD pipelines, and Terraform or Ansible
Other monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, Splunk or AppDynamics
Previous work on Australian Government or other regulated projects
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