Adelaide, Australia | Posted on 10/17/2024
Initial Contract period: 8 Months to 30 June 2025 Extension term: 12 Months Number of extensions: 4 Location: SA Working arrangements: This engagement requires full onsite availability. This engagement can support up to 1 FTE. 1 FTE is characterized as 37.5 hours per week; approximately 1800 hours in total per calendar year (1200 in the first year). This opportunity will support up to two persons to satisfy the FTE requirements of the contract whilst there are Network Architecture and Design activities to be conducted, and one person thereafter. Security: Engaged personnel must hold a current or reinstatable security clearance at a minimum level of Negative Vetting 2 (NV2) as at the commencement date of any associated Work Order, with a strong preference for Positive Vetting (PV). Any personnel engaged at a level of NV2 must be willing and able to upgrade their clearance to a PV. Engaged personnel shall comply with the requirements and procedures of the Defence Security Principles Framework (DSPF), as amended from time to time. About the Role: SoftLabs is seeking a Network Architect Administrator for ICT Labour hire at their technology consulting based in SA.
Responsibilities: 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, Incident 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). These responsibilities may change as the requirements of the network change from time to time. Have sound interpersonal skills, including the ability to work productively and collaboratively as a member of a team. Have the ability to develop strong working relationships across multiple business areas and recommend or coordinate efforts to deliver fit-for-purpose and timely outcomes. Contribute positively to the outcomes of highly functional teams. Have the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with both colleagues and clients at multiple organisational levels. Have well-developed internal and external customer relationship management skills. Have demonstrated effective written, verbal communication, effective listening and problem-solving skills. Be able to respond positively to challenging work and deadlines. Have developed proficiency in time management, including the ability to prioritise and manage multiple concurrent tasks. Be proficient in troubleshooting, investigation and reverse engineering of complex and undocumented systems. 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. Application Deadline: Sunday, 27 October 2024
Expected Start Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Job Type: Contract
Rate: As per Australian Market Standards
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