Job Description

Software Engineer (Junior to Mid-Level) - Monitoring & Observability (Contract) Contract snapshotn

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 rolen

You'll join a delivery team building and running Elastic Stack monitoring for a federal agency's infrastructure, databases, applications and cloud services.

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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 responsibilitiesn

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- Configure and maintain monitoring for servers, operating systems, containers, databases and cloud resources
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- Deploy and support Elastic Stack components: Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats and Elastic Agent
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- Set up integrations to collect logs, metrics, traces and events from client systems
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- Build and refine Kibana dashboards, visualisations and alert rules
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- Help configure application performance monitoring (APM) and telemetry collection
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- Write scripts (Python, PowerShell or similar) to automate deployment and configuration tasks
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- Support troubleshooting and root cause analysis during incidents
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- Document configurations,



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