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Overview
Our large Government client seeks to engage a talented Network Architect Administrator to help address the increasing scale of our 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.
The seller will be responsible for:
Highly desirable criteria
Contract terms: 8 months initially, with 4x12 month extensions available.
Security Requirements: Candidates require Australian citizenship along with an active NV2 clearance minimum with a strong preference for TSPV (positive vetting). Candidates will need to be willing to undergo pre-employment checks which may include, ID and work rights, security clearance verification, and any other client requested checks.
How to Apply: Please upload your most up-to-date resume to apply. Please note you will need to provide further written responses to complete your application. We will be in touch with further instructions for suitably skilled candidates.
Applications open until 25 October 2024 midday - Contact Connie on 0480 002 453 to have a confidential discussion or email connieb@whizdom.com.au for any further information.
Network Architect Administrator
| Job title : | Network Architect Administrator |
| Contract type : | Contract |
| Location : | Adelaide |
| Sectors : | |
| Salary : | Competitive |
| Start date : | 2024-10-20 00:00:00 |
| Duration : | 12.0 MONTH |
| Job Reference : | V-46828 |
| Contact name : | Connie Bellam |
| Contact email : | connieb@whizdom.com.au |
| Job published : | 2 days ago |
Our large Government client seeks to engage a talented Network Architect Administrator to help address the increasing scale of our 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.
The seller 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,
- The generation of governance documentation to support network accreditation including but not limited to a CONOPS, High Level Design, System Security Plan, Continuous Monitoring Plan, Incidence Response Plan, and Information Assurance Procedures, Standard Operating Procedures,
- Implementation of security controls defined by the relevant security standards, including the PSPF, ISM and NIST 800 series publications,
- Development of scripts, resource configuration and automations to deploy and maintain network services in an auditable, reproducible manner,
- Ensuring that all hosts on the network are appropriately maintained and patched in accordance with processes defined in governance documentation,
- 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)
Highly desirable criteria
- 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
- Demonstrated experience with configuration-as-code tools such as Ansible, Puppet or Chef
- Demonstrated experience with containerisation technologies such as Docker, Podman
- Demonstrated experience with container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes, OpenShift
- Demonstrated experience using version control systems such as git
- Demonstrated experience designing highly secure networks in consultation with the ISM or NIST 800 series publications and developing security governance documentation to support engagement with and accreditation by relevant ICT authorities
- Demonstrated experience establishing GitOps workflows for network administration and continuous integration pipelines
- Software development experience or experience developing scripts to automate system administration tasks, with languages such as Bash, Python and Powershell would be highly beneficial
- 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.
Contract terms: 8 months initially, with 4x12 month extensions available.
Security Requirements: Candidates require Australian citizenship along with an active NV2 clearance minimum with a strong preference for TSPV (positive vetting). Candidates will need to be willing to undergo pre-employment checks which may include, ID and work rights, security clearance verification, and any other client requested checks.
How to Apply: Please upload your most up-to-date resume to apply. Please note you will need to provide further written responses to complete your application. We will be in touch with further instructions for suitably skilled candidates.
Applications open until 25 October 2024 midday - Contact Connie on 0480 002 453 to have a confidential discussion or email connieb@whizdom.com.au for any further information.