Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Infrastructure Engineers implement, manage and retire the infrastructure (including physical, virtual, networking and cloud infrastructure) that supports digital services. The Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Automation Specialist) is responsible for designing, deploying, and supporting enterprise scale container platform infrastructure and cloud automation solutions. The role focuses on automating the lifecycle of Red Hat OpenShift clusters, implementing end to end observability across OpenStack and OpenShift environments, and configuring developer workspaces to streamline internal delivery pipelines. Key duties and responsibilities Cluster Automation and Management: Design, deploy, and automate the provisioning and scaling of enterprise OpenShift and OpenStack clusters, across private cloud infrastructure. Observability Implementation: Configure, integrate, and maintain agents, collectors, and pipelines to monitor application and infrastructure performance across OpenStack and OpenShift environments. Infrastructure Automation: Author and maintain infrastructure as code scripts, automation playbooks, and deployment pipelines to minimise manual operational overhead. Technical Skills (Continued) Cloud and Virtualisation: Strong knowledge of OpenStack cloud architecture, infrastructure provisioning, and Linux administration. Knowledge/Qualifications Professional Experience: Demonstrated track record of delivering automation, container platforms, and telemetry solutions in large scale infrastructure environments. Industry Certifications (Desirable): Relevant certification in Kubernetes, OpenShift, OpenStack, or Linux. Criteria The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a one page pitch to address all criteria specified. This is equal to 5000 characters. Essential criteria 1. Proven experience designing, deploying, and managing complex enterprise scale environments, demonstrated through at least one of the following core specialisations: • Container Orchestration: Experience with enterprise container orchestration platforms, such as Red Hat OpenShift or production Kubernetes environments. • Private Cloud and Virtualisation: Experience with enterprise private cloud and virtualisation platforms, such as Red Hat OpenStack or OpenShift Virtualisation. 2. Enterprise Telemetry and Observability Expertise: Demonstrated experience implementing and configuring telemetry pipelines, instrumentation, and collectors across infrastructure platforms (OpenStack and OpenShift) 3. Automation and CI/CD Expertise: Experiencing developing and maintaining automation scripts and managing infrastructure as code via CI/CD pipelines. Desirable criteria 1. Developer Experience/Tooling: Experience configuring and managing automated developer tooling, such as Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces (or cloud IDEs), to standardise development environments. Opportunity summary Sellers can submit Up to 2 candidates Number of sellers invited More than 10 Number of candidates submitted Fewer than 10 Send us feedback About Accessibility Privacy Terms of use Disclaimer and copyright An initiative of the Digital Transformation Agency The Australian Government acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and acknowledges their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to the people, the cultures and the Elders past and present. © Commonwealth of Australia