About

• Company Description
• Do amazing work
• A career with Viva Energy is more than just a job. It’s a chance to join a group of people dedicated to supporting Australia’s evolving energy and convenience needs. We’re a leading retail, industrial and energy business, and we’ve been helping Australians reach their destination for more than 120 years.
• Our plans for the future support Australia’s energy transition to sustainable, lower carbon energy solutions. And our recent acquisitions of Coles Express and OTR, we provide Australians with outstanding convenience.
• At the heart of our plans is people power. People who want to grow and evolve with us. People with new perspectives, energy and passion to drive Viva Energy and their careers forward.
• About Viva Energy
• Join a team that values diversity. Viva Energy is a great place to be yourself. We believe in our people, trust in their positive intentions, and empower everyone to amplify their voice across the business. We value inclusion because that’s how we get the best outcomes.
• Awarded the WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality for the past five years highlights that we are driven by our people and continuing our focus on making Viva Energy reflect the ever-changing face of Australia.
• Join a team that values diversity. Viva Energy is a great place to be yourself. We believe in our people, trust in their positive intentions, and empower everyone to amplify their voice across the business. We value inclusion because that’s how we get the best outcomes.
• Awarded the WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality for the past five years highlights that we are driven by our people and continuing our focus on making Viva Energy reflect the ever-changing face of Australia.
• Job Description
• Are you a seasoned Red Hat Linux Engineer ready to take your skills to the cloud? Viva Energy Australia is on the lookout for a Cloud Linux Engineer with a passion for automation, infrastructure-as-code, and cutting-edge Azure technologies.
• In this role, you’ll play a key part in designing, building, and maintaining scalable Azure infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible, and other cloud-native tools. You’ll manage a wide range of Azure services from NSGs and Private Endpoints to Key Vaults and Storage Accounts while applying best practices in cloud architecture, performance, and security.

Key Responsibilities

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) System Administration: Expertise in deploying, configuring, and maintaining RHEL instances in both on-premise and Azure cloud environments, including subscription management and system registration.
• Automation with Ansible: Designing and implementing automation workflows using Ansible for configuration management, application deployment, and system updates across Red Hat environments.
• Security Hardening and Compliance: Applying Red Hat security guidelines, implementing policies, managing firewalls requirements, and ensuring systems meet enterprise compliance standards like CIS or PCI-DSS.
• Patch Management and Kernel Updates: Coordinating and automating the patching of RHEL systems, including kernel upgrades, using tools like Red Hat Satellite or Azure Automation.
• Performance Monitoring and Tuning: Leveraging tools such as systemd, tuned, and Red Hat Insights to monitor system health, optimize performance, and proactively address capacity or stability concerns.
• Azure Compute Management: Managing and optimizing the compute resources in Azure, including virtual machines (VMs), container services, and serverless offerings. This includes provisioning, monitoring, scaling, and troubleshooting compute instances to meet application and performance requirements.
• Identity and Access Management (IAM): Establishing and managing identity and access controls for Azure resources. This includes defining and implementing security policies, managing user identities and roles, integrating with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), and enforcing security best practices to protect cloud resources.
• Automation and DevOps: Promoting infrastructure as code (IaC) and automation practices to streamline cloud deployment and management processes. This may involve utilizing tools like Azure DevOps, Terraform, or other languages to automate resource provisioning, configuration management, and deployment pipelines.
• Performance Optimization and Cost Management: Analysing and optimizing the performance of cloud resources to ensure efficient utilization and cost-effectiveness. This includes monitoring and tuning compute instances, implementing auto-scaling mechanisms, and optimising resource allocation to achieve optimal performance and cost savings.
• Qualifications
• An experienced Linux / Cloud Engineer across complex hybrid enterprise-scale environments; cloud platforms, network/comms, distributed multi-site infrastructures, edge-computing and integration domains.
• 3-5 years’ experience as Linux Cloud, engineering role with infrastructure background in Redhat Linux or equivalent
• Provision, configure, and maintain Linux Virtual Machines and resources within Azure, ensuring high availability, security, and performance in accordance with enterprise standards.
• Administer and automate the deployment, monitoring, patching, and optimization of Linux operating systems and services, leveraging Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and Azure Resource Manager.
• Troubleshoot, analyse, and resolve issues related to Linux-based cloud workloads, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver robust, scalable cloud solutions and support efficient incident response.
• Assessing an organization's IT infrastructure to determine options for moving to the cloud
• Understanding of source control using Git and DevOps, experience with Infrastructure as Code / Terraform / CloudFormation and Automation.
• Experience within DevOps / Cloud Engineering capacity in larger, matrixed multi business unit’s environment.
• CI / CD pipelines experience as well as application automation working with CI/CD platform and tools.
• Additional Information
• We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and encourage and support diversity in our traditional and non-traditional roles.
• Please note: This role is being sourced through Viva Energy Australia, therefore we will not be accepting applications via external recruitment agencies.