NV1 required | 12-Month Contract + Extension Options | ACT, VIC or QLDYour new company Hays is partnering with a major Federal Government department to source an experienced Senior Infrastructure Engineer with a strong background in platform automation, container technologies and cloud infrastructure.
This opportunity sits within a large-scale enterprise environment supporting critical digital services used by millions of Australians.Working as part of a highly technical infrastructure team, you will help design, automate and support enterprise container platforms and private cloud environments.
The role focusses on Red Hat OpenShift, OpenStack, infrastructure automation, observability, and CI/CD practices, helping drive platform reliability, scalability and operational efficiency across a modern infrastructure ecosystem.Your new role As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you will:Design, deploy and automate enterprise-scale OpenShift and OpenStack environmentsSupport the provisioning, scaling and lifecycle management of container platformsImplement observability and monitoring solutions across infrastructure and application environmentsConfigure and maintain telemetry pipelines, agents and collectorsDevelop and support infrastructure-as-code solutions and automation frameworksBuild and maintain CI/CD pipelines and GitOps deployment practicesWork closely with engineering teams to streamline platform operations and developer experiencesContribute to platform reliability,



performance optimisation and operational excellenceWhat you'll need to succeed You will bring robust experience across modern cloud and container platforms, including:Enterprise Kubernetes or Red Hat OpenShift administration and engineeringOpenStack or private cloud infrastructure environmentsInfrastructure automation using Ansible and Infrastructure as Code practicesGitOps methodologies using tools such as ArgoCDCI/CD pipeline development and automationLinux systems administration and platform engineeringMonitoring, telemetry and observability tooling within large-scale environmentsStrong troubleshooting, automation and infrastructure delivery skillsHighly regarded:Experience with OpenShift Dev Spaces or similar cloud-based developer toolingKubernetes, OpenShift, OpenStack or Linux certificationsExperience working within large enterprise or government ICT environmentsWhat you'll get in return Initial 12-month contractExtension options up to 24 monthsHybrid working arrangementsCanberra, Melbourne or Brisbane locationsOpportunity to work with modern container and private cloud technologiesExposure to large-scale infrastructure platforms delivering critical government services What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or email ****** this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.
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📌 Infrastructure Engineer (Canberra)
🏢 Hays
📍 Canberra