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Harrison McMillan is seeking a Linux Engineer (EL1 Equivalent) to work with a Federal Government Department in Canberra.

Job
The Linux Engineer is responsible for developing and managing the Linux and Red Hat technologies that will deliver a high standard of availability and sustainability to ensure high standard of application performance to the Department and customers.
As you will be working in a geographically dispersed team, you will have strong capabilities in self-managing work and collaborating with people remotely, remaining connected to your team.

Key duties and responsibilities

Manage and administer the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) systems to ensure optimal performance, availability and security.
Design, document, implement, and maintain infrastructure solutions based on Linux platform, in collaboration with business applications, enterprise architecture and technology engineers.
Manage and collaborate with platform and business applications incidents and requests, ensuring high level of customer service and satisfaction in Linux solutions.
Lead and collaborate in technology projects, including lifecycle upgrades, security vulnerability management and enterprise applications.
Develop and document automation and monitoring solutions to streamline operational efficiency, capacity and performance.
Sustain and enhance the security and compliance of technology to meet organisation standard, ISM, Essential 8 and ensure data integrity.
Maintain and improve documentation of resolutions and operating procedures, to work towards root cause analysis and continuous improvement.

Essential

Sustains a user-centred approach to design and deliver better services:
- Gains an authentic understanding of a person’s experience and needs through collaboration and curiosity.
- Uses and shares this understanding to inform collaborative service offering.
- Embraces ambiguity and is curious, works with users to identify a solution which provides value.
Fosters a service culture:
- Keeps people at the centre of thinking, decisions and actions, including internal systems and processes.
- Demonstrates empathy, curiosity and listens deeply to understand a person’s context, challenges and needs.
Engages people to build productive relationships:
- Acts with honesty, integrity and respect in dealings with others.
- Is willing and able to understand others' perspectives.
- Sets and manages expectations to achieve positive outcomes.
Operates efficiently to achieve business outcomes:
- Takes a flexible approach to planning in order to meet changing circumstances and considers the impact on others.
- Manages human and financial resources, planning and risk management activities with integrity
- Considers the broader, long-term implications of actions including the impact on governance, finance and technology as well as social and environmental considerations
Applies digital dexterity:
- Demonstrates commitment to explore, learn and adopt new technologies and ways of working, to achieve better business outcomes.
Drives innovation and continuous improvement:
- Constructively challenges and questions status quo with a view to continually improving the way we work.
- Explores and works with new ideas that will benefit our stakeholders.

This role is a Hybrid role and requires a Baseline Clearance