Senior Infrastructure Engineer (PostgreSQL / EDB) | NV1 | Federal Government | Canberra
Eligibility (please read before applying)
Only candidates who meet all of the following will be considered:
✅ Australian citizen. This is a mandatory requirement of the security clearance.
✅ Current NV1 clearance, or the ability to obtain and maintain NV1
✅ Currently living in Australia, within reasonable travel distance of the work location
Because of these security requirements, we’re unable to consider permanent residents, visa holders (including 482, 485, 500 and dependant visas) or applicants living outside Australia. Applications that don’t meet these criteria won’t be progressed.
About the prospect
ASJ Tech is seeking two experienced Senior Infrastructure Engineers for a major federal government agency. The roles focus on enterprise PostgreSQL / EDB Postgres administration with a strong automation focus.
? Canberra preferred; Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth also considered (hybrid)
? Start: January 2027
? 12-month contract, with extensions up to 24 months
? Level: Senior (EL1 equivalent)
What you’ll do
- Configure and manage high availability and disaster recovery (HADR)
replication clusters using EDB Failover Manager, and administer Postgres Enterprise Manager
- Deploy and maintain PostgreSQL using Ansible CI/CD pipelines across RHEL, OpenShift and VMware
- Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code, working with ArgoCD, GitLab, Python and shell scripting
- Manage backups, point-in-time recovery (PITR), WAL archiving, replication and database migrations
- Implement security controls, including LDAP/AD, RBAC, TLS and X.509 certificates
What you’ll bring
- 5+ years of PostgreSQL database administration in production environments
- Hands-on experience with Ansible CI/CD in RHEL, OpenShift and VMware environments
- Proven infrastructure-as-code and performance tuning experience
- Experience with EDB tools (EFM and PEM) is highly regarded
How to apply
Click Apply and attach your CV in Word format. In your application, please confirm your citizenship and current clearance level.