Services Australia

Australian citizens only NV1 clearance Canberra Closes 22 Nov 2026

Eligibility - please read before applying

This role is open to Australian citizens only. Applicants must also hold a current and ACTIVE NV1 Australian Government security clearance. An ability to obtain a clearance is NOT sufficient for this role.

This is an Australian Federal Government engagement based in Australia. Applications from candidates who are not Australian citizens, or who do not match the security clearance requirement above, cannot be considered - regardless of technical experience. We are unable to sponsor visas, and this role cannot be performed remotely or from offshore.

About the Role

Services Australia is seeking a minimum of two Senior Infrastructure Engineers (EL1 equivalent) specialising in PostgreSQL and EDB database engineering, based in Canberra (Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney or Perth considered), hybrid. Working with a high degree of independence under general direction, the role designs, deploys, secures and maintains enterprise PostgreSQL environments: high availability and replication with EDB Failover Manager (EFM), monitoring with EDB Postgres Enterprise Manager (PEM), infrastructure-as-code and Ansible CI/CD deployments across RHEL, OpenShift and VMware, GitOps with Argo CD and GitLab, backup and disaster recovery (PITR, WAL archiving), migrations and upgrades, and database security (LDAP/AD, RBAC, TLS, X.509). Occasional out-of-hours work may be required.

Database platform engineering: configure and manage HADR replication clusters with EDB Failover Manager (EFM); install, configure and administer EDB Postgres Enterprise Manager (PEM), including agent deployment, database registration, performance monitoring, query analysis,



alerting and trend analysis. Automation: develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code for PostgreSQL deployments; design, deploy and maintain PostgreSQL deployments using Ansible CI/CD pipelines across RHEL, OpenShift and VMware; configure Argo CD deployments integrated with GitLab; automate administration, monitoring, deployment validation and troubleshooting with Python and shell scripting. Resilience: implement backup and disaster recovery - automated backup orchestration, point-in-time recovery (PITR), WAL archiving and replication‑based recovery - to defined recovery objectives. Migration and currency: plan and execute version upgrades and cross‑platform migrations using logical and physical replication, WAL log shipping, backup and restore, cloning and server‑level migration, selecting the approach on compatibility, downtime, data integrity, performance, rollback and continuity; manage software installations and upgrades. Security: configure PostgreSQL authentication with LDAP/Active Directory, centralised identity management, role‑based access control, TLS encryption and X.509 certificates, privileged access controls and hardening to enterprise standards. Team: contribute to capability uplift and maintain documentation; occasional out-of-hours work.

Key Responsibilities





- Senior PostgreSQL database engineer / DBA with at least five years' PostgreSQL administration, working with a high degree of independence.
- EDB stack: HADR replication clusters with EDB Failover Manager (EFM); EDB Postgres Enterprise Manager (PEM) installation, agents, registration and performance monitoring.
- Ansible CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure‑as‑code for PostgreSQL across RHEL, OpenShift and VMware; GitOps with Argo CD integrated with GitLab.
- High availability, replication, automated backup, PITR, WAL archiving and disaster recovery to defined recovery objectives.
- Version upgrades and cross‑platform migrations (logical and physical replication, WAL shipping, backup and restore, cloning), choosing the approach on downtime, compatibility and data integrity.
- PostgreSQL security: LDAP/Active Directory authentication, RBAC, TLS, X.509 certificates, privileged access and hardening.
- Python and shell scripting to automate administration, monitoring and deployment validation; performance tuning and troubleshooting of database and OS issues.
- MUST HOLD an active NV1 security clearance (Australian citizens only).
- Minimum five years' PostgreSQL database administration experience.
- Experience designing, deploying and maintaining PostgreSQL deployments using Ansible CI/CD pipelines in RHEL OpenShift and VMware environments.
- Experience developing and maintaining infrastructure‑as‑code.
- Experience optimising PostgreSQL database integration and performance.
- Experience implementing PostgreSQL database security controls.
- Minimum five years' experience with RHEL on OpenShift and VMware technologies.
- Minimum three years' experience developing and maintaining infrastructure‑as‑code.
- Minimum two years

📌 Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Canberra)
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