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Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer - RHEL & Puppet

Contract Type

Contract

Location

New South Wales, Sydney

Industry

IT

Specialisation

Infrastructure and Cloud

Salary

AU$125 - AU$140 per hour

Contact Name

Martin Pearson

Contact Email

martin.pearson@talenza.com.au

Date published

04-08-2026

Job Reference

BBBH22173

Description

Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer - RHEL & Puppet

6-month contract | $1,000-$1,200 per day
Sydney | Hybrid working - 50% in the office

We're working with a major Australian financial institution undergoing a significant technology transformation across its critical infrastructure environment.

They are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer to join their Platform Engineering function on an initial six-month contract. You'll work within the Infrastructure Automation team, helping improve the stability, security, reliability and efficiency of a large, complex technology environment.

This is an enterprise infrastructure automation position rather than a cloud-focused DevOps role. We're specifically looking for someone with strong, hands-on experience across Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Puppet Enterprise.

  • Developing and maintaining configuration management solutions using Puppet Enterprise

  • Automating the configuration and management of enterprise RHEL environments

  • Building and supporting infrastructure-as-code solutions and release pipelines

  • Delivering software-defined infrastructure and automation initiatives

  • Working with technologies such as Terraform, Packer, Ansible and vRealize Automation

  • Integrating infrastructure platforms and automation tooling through APIs

  • Following TDD/BDD practices and a red-green-refactor approach

  • Improving infrastructure security, stability and operational efficiency

  • Working with technical and business stakeholders to refine requirements

  • Promoting the adoption of automation technologies and engineering standards

  • Maintaining technical documentation and internal knowledge resources

  • Collaborating within an Agile Scrumban team and enterprise SDLC

  • Strong, recent hands-on experience with Puppet or Puppet Enterprise

  • Strong Linux infrastructure engineering experience, particularly with RHEL

  • At least four years' experience across infrastructure automation, infrastructure-as-code, DevOps or systems engineering

  • Experience developing and supporting infrastructure-as-code solutions

  • Experience with Terraform, Packer, Ansible, Chef or vRealize Automation

  • Knowledge of CI/CD practices and tools such as Git and GitLab

  • Experience working with APIs and infrastructure integrations

  • Exposure to Windows infrastructure would be beneficial

  • Strong troubleshooting, analytical and problem-solving skills

  • Experience working within a structured enterprise environment

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

Experience within banking, government, financial services or another highly regulated environment would be highly regarded.

  • $1,000-$1,200 per day

  • Initial six-month contract

  • Hybrid working with 50% office attendance

  • Work on large-scale, business-critical infrastructure

  • Join an organisation undertaking a major technology transformation

  • Take ownership of meaningful Puppet and RHEL automation initiatives

  • Work within an experienced enterprise engineering team

If you're a senior Linux or infrastructure automation engineer with genuine hands-on Puppet experience, apply now or contact Martin for a confidential discussion.

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