Infrastructure Operations Engineer

About the role

The Infrastructure Operations Engineer is responsible for implementing, maintaining, supporting and operating the project's network and infrastructure. The role covers daily operations, automation, security hardening and collaboration with security teams, vendors and internal teams.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain understanding of the architecture and work with the security team to deliver the required applications and integrations.
• Identify, evaluate and recommend improvements for the implementation.
• Handle day-to-day operations, scheduled change requests, troubleshooting and maintenance.
• Maintain code that automates infrastructure, including build and maintenance, network connectivity, security rules and compliance with security and audit standards.
• Manage virtual network appliances and patch management for Linux and Windows.
• Support vulnerability assessments by reviewing and providing remediation for security hardening.
• Help resource management to optimise costs.
• Improve workflows, processes and best practices to raise maintenance efficiency and security standards.
• Share knowledge through documentation, articles and sharing sessions with peers.
• Collaborate with external parties, vendors and internal teams to resolve infrastructure issues.

Required profile

• At least 1 year of experience configuring and troubleshooting Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Experience with network firewalls and the TCP/IP stack.
• Experience with virtualization software and bare-metal hypervisors, and with physical server management.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills, basic project management skills and a positive team attitude.
• Passion for information security and a keenness to learn.
• Certificates in Cisco Networking, VMware, Red Hat, MCSE or equivalent, and a degree in computer science, engineering or IT, are an added advantage.

Required skills

• Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Powershell, Bash and/or Python scripting
• Network firewalls and TCP/IP stack
• Virtualization and bare-metal hypervisors