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 cooperative 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.
Strong 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
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.
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