Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Summary
12-month contract (with 24-month extension) in Canberra to design, deploy and maintain enterprise PostgreSQL database environments on RHEL, OpenShift and VMware, using Ansible, CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code to support critical government services. NV1 security clearance is mandatory.
Salary: $140 - $150 p/h inclusive of super
Closing Date: Thursday November 12th 2026
face2face reference: 681013
Contract Duration: 12 months + 24 month extension
Why Join?
Lead critical PostgreSQL infrastructure supporting essential government services
Design highly available and resilient enterprise database solutions
Drive automation using Ansible, CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code
Work with modern technologies across RHEL, OpenShift and VMware environments
About the Role
This role is responsible for designing, deploying and maintaining enterprise PostgreSQL database environments across RHEL, OpenShift and VMware platforms. Leveraging Ansible, CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code, you will enhance database performance, security, reliability and availability while supporting critical government services and driving infrastructure automation.
Key Responsibilities
Design, deploy and maintain PostgreSQL environments using Ansible CI/CD pipelines
Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code for automated database deployments
Configure and manage PostgreSQL high availability, replication and failover solutions
Implement backup, disaster recovery and point-in-time recovery strategies
Optimise database performance, monitoring, capacity and operational reliability
Implement database security controls, authentication, access management and encryption
Skills & Experience
Minimum five years' experience in PostgreSQL database administration
Experience designing and maintaining PostgreSQL deployments using Ansible and CI/CD
Strong experience developing and maintaining Infrastructure-as-CodeExperience designing and maintaining PostgreSQL deployments using Ansible and CI/CD
Expertise in PostgreSQL performance optimisation, replication and high availability
Experience working across RHEL, OpenShift and VMware environments
Knowledge of PostgreSQL security, LDAP/Active Directory, RBAC and TLS encryption
Existing NV1 security clearance is a mandatory requirement for this position.
If you have any questions or would like more details, don’t hesitate to reach out to Maddy Farrell at maddy.farrell@f2frecruitment.com.au.