Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Automation Specialist)

VIC, ACT, QLD

Contract Opportunity

NV1 Clearence RequiredAre you passionate about cloud automation, Kubernetes platforms, Infrastructure as Code, and building resilient enterprise-scale environments?

We are seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Automation Specialist) to join a high-performing team delivering modern cloud and container platform capabilities within a large and complex technology environment. This role will suit an experienced engineer who enjoys solving infrastructure challenges through automation, platform engineering, and cloud-native technologies. About the Role

You will be responsible for designing, automating, and supporting enterprise-scale OpenShift and OpenStack environments while driving platform reliability, observability, and operational excellence. Working within a collaborative engineering team, you'll help deliver scalable cloud solutions that support critical digital services.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, deploy, and manage enterprise-scale OpenShift and OpenStack platforms.
- Automate cluster provisioning, configuration, scaling, and lifecycle management.
- Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, telemetry, and observability solutions across cloud and container platforms.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions and automation frameworks.
- Build and support CI/CD pipelines to enable efficient and reliable infrastructure deployments.
- Configure and manage developer tooling and standardised development environments.
- Optimise platform performance, availability, security, and operational efficiency.
- Provide technical leadership and contribute to platform engineering best practices.





Essential Skills & Experience

- Demonstrated experience managing complex enterprise infrastructure environments.
- Robust hands-on experience with:
- Red Hat OpenShift
- Kubernetes
- Enterprise container platforms

- Experience working with:

- OpenStack
- Private cloud environments
- Virtualisation technologies

- Proven expertise implementing observability and telemetry solutions, including monitoring, logging, metrics, and tracing.
- Strong automation and Infrastructure as Code experience using tools such as:

- Ansible
- GitOps
- ArgoCD
- CI/CD pipelines

- Advanced Linux administration skills.
- Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and stakeholder engagement abilities.

Desirable Experience

- Experience with OpenShift Dev Spaces, cloud IDEs, or developer experience tooling.
- Industry certifications in OpenShift, Kubernetes, OpenStack, Linux, or related technologies.
- Experience operating within large-scale enterprise or government environments.

If you're a cloud and automation specialist with a passion for scalable infrastructure, we'd love to hear from you. Please note for this role you will need to have an active NV1 security clearence

If you wish to apply for this position, please submit your resume by clicking the 'Apply Now' button. For further information please contact Abhi Naik at Clicks IT Recruitment on

61 427 997 ***.

At Clicks we embrace diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity. First Nations people are encouraged to apply.

We provide reasonable adjustments, including alternate formats to the recruitment process for individuals with a disability. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process, please call 1300 254 or email @clicks.com.au

📌 Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Melbourne)
🏢 Clicks It Recruitment
📍 Melbourne