Job Description
Network Architect & Administrator
* 8 months contract with 4x12 months extension options
* Location – SA – onsite
* Australian Citizens with NV2 clearance, willing to upgrade to PV
Infinite Consulting is seeking an experienced Network Architect & Administrator for our esteemed large Federal Government Client. This is an initial 8 months contract with 4x12 months options to extend!
About the role:
You will assist in Client’s modelling and simulation activities through the provision of network design and system administration services for a heterogeneous, standalone network, providing virtualised Linux and Windows servers, with a small physical desktop footprint.
You will be responsible for:
* Contributing to the design of a standalone network to support virtualised Linux and Windows services, as well as Windows desktops.
* Contributing to the design of a GitOps network administration process, utilising tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, GitLab, HashiCorp Vault, Docker and Kubernetes.
* Implementation of security controls defined by the relevant security standards, including the PSPF, ISM and NIST 800 series publications.
* Managing network compute and virtualisation services (VMWare, Proxmox, Nutanix, Xen, etc).
* Managing network identity services (Active Directory/LDAP), access controls, group policies and account management.
* Managing network services to support software development and simulation activities (Artifactory, GitLab, SonarQube, etc).
* Managing network productivity services (i.e. a Wiki, Chat service, etc).
* Managing network storage services (NAS/SAN, and performing backups as required).
Role specific requirements:
* Demonstrated experience with Linux administration. RedHat experience preferred.
* Demonstrated experience in both Windows Server and Desktop administration – Active Directory, Group Policy, Account management, Powershell, WSUS, system patching.
* Demonstrated experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform; configuration-as-code tools such as Ansible, Puppet or Chef.
* Demonstrated experience with containerisation technologies such as Docker, Podman; container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes, OpenShift.
* Demonstrated experience designing highly secure networks.
* Demonstrated experience establishing GitOps workflows for network administration and continuous integration pipelines.
* Demonstrated experience managing network services such as Network Attached Storage (NAS) servers and/or Storage Attached Networks (SANs).
* Demonstrated experience managing virtualisation technologies such as VMWare, Nutanix, Proxmox or Xen.
* Demonstrated experience deploying and managing software development support services such as Artifactory, GitLab, HashiCorp Vault, etc.
Submission Requirements:
Duration: 8 months contract with 4x12 months extension options
Clearance: Australian Citizens with NV2 clearance, willing to upgrade to PV clearance
Submission deadline: 25/10/2024
If you are interested in finding out more about the role, apply today or contact Varsha on 02-6257 8888 for a full assignment brief.