Junior Infrastructure Automation Engineer

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Thales Airspace Mobility Solutions is searching for a Graduate or Junior Infrastructure Automation Engineer to join the team that is delivering a range of IT Computer and networked infrastructure for a safety critical Air Traffic Control solution.

The purpose of this position includes automating the deployment and configuration of the IT platform and SOE (Standard Operating Environment) using IaaC (Infrastructure as a Code, Ansible/Python), as well as automating other operations such as compliance checks (Chef Inspec, Go) and reports.

The two types of profiles we’re searching for?

Recent Graduate with a field of study in Network/Infrastructure (or strong demonstrated knowledge of fundamentaks). We are keen to see profiles of candidates with a strong personal interest within this area i.e. have a home lab environment.

OR

Junior candidate with 1-2 years’ commercial experience who has worked in a similar environment i.e. Linux on-prem environment focused on network infrastructure with experience across Ansible/Python or similar tech.

Some key day to day responsibilities:

• As part of a team assisting in delivering infrastructure-based projects, working on the automation of the SOE (Standard Operating Environment) and infrastructure/platform deployment using infrastructure as a Code.
• Familiarising yourself with documentation and the complex world of air traffic management
• Reading and reviewing architecture diagrams
• Installing and upgrading systems
• Working cross functionally with various engineering disciplines to deliver solutions to our clients

Qualifications

• Degree qualification with a focus on Networking (core modules)

On day one you will come with:

• Australian Citizenship to be able to obtain defence clearance - mandatory
• Experience/knowledge in Linux Operating Systems (RHEL, Rocky Linux, Fedora predominantly)
• Experience/knowledge in programming/scripting (Shell, Python, Go)
• Experience in knowledge of tools such as Ansible
• The ability to work within a large team environment, working cohesively towards a common goal.
• Curiosity for everything tech and the ability to navigate a heterogeneous solution involving many technologies.

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