Linux Infrastructure Engineer

The Position

As a Linux Infrastructure Engineer at Nexigen Digital, you will be part of a close-knit team responsible for the servers, networks and hardware that keep hundreds of thousands of Australian websites, inboxes and businesses online. We’re looking for someone who loves Linux, takes pride in a well-built and well-secured server, is proactive, goal oriented and possesses excellent problem solving skills.

From racking hardware in our data centres to automating fleets of servers with Ansible, no two days are the same. We pride ourselves on maintaining a team culture that provides opportunities through collaboration, knowledge sharing and continuous learning and development – so whether you’re a seasoned sysadmin or an engineer ready to step up, there’s plenty of room to grow here.

An average day may include any or all of the following tasks:

• Administering, maintaining, securing and provisioning our fleet of Linux servers (RHEL/AlmaLinux)
• Managing server configuration and deployments at scale with Ansible
• Looking after our hypervisors and the virtual machines that run on them
• Managing, maintaining and replacing hardware in our data centres
• Keeping our cPanel and WHM shared hosting servers fast, stable and secure
• Managing and tuning web servers, including Apache, LiteSpeed, Nginx and Caddy
• Maintaining database clusters such as MariaDB/Galera, ensuring they stay healthy, replicated and backed up
• Managing and supporting our containerised environments
• Configuring and troubleshooting networks and firewalls
• Running and maintaining our email servers
• Writing Bash and Python scripts to automate the boring stuff
• Taking your turn on our on-call roster, and helping get things back online quickly when the unexpected happens

The right person (is it you?)

• Has three or more years’ experience administering Linux servers in a production environment, ideally RHEL or AlmaLinux (we’ll take home lab and self-taught experience into consideration as well)
• Is confident managing servers with Ansible, and believes anything done twice should be automated
• Has hands-on experience with hypervisors and virtual machine management
• Is comfortable working with physical server and data centre hardware
• Has administered cPanel and WHM hosting servers
• Knows their way around Apache, LiteSpeed, Nginx and/or Caddy, and can diagnose a misbehaving web server
• Has experience managing containerised applications
• Has a good understanding of networking and firewalls
• Can write and maintain scripts in Bash and Python
• Has a strong understanding of system security and hardening principles
• Is calm and methodical under pressure
• Is happy to be part of an on-call roster
• Has excellent written and verbal communication skills, and is keen to share knowledge with the team

Handy things to have (or are able to learn)

• Experience deploying containerised environments from the ground up
• Experience managing database clusters such as MariaDB/Galera
• Experience managing email platforms and mail transfer agents (MTAs), including spam filtering
• Experience with Ceph or other distributed storage
• Familiarity with DevOps tooling, such as CI/CD pipelines, monitoring and infrastructure as code
• Experience managing email servers and spam filtering platforms

The Benefits of Working With the Nexigen Digital Team
Aside from being awarded “Employer of Choice” in the Australian Business Awards, we are often referred to as the Google of south-east Melbourne thanks to our unique facilities and team culture, and a top-down mandate to take care of the people who take care of our customers.

Some of the office perks include:

• A weekly selection of delicious meals prepared in our on-site kitchen for breakfast and lunch.
• A fully-stocked snack bar featuring an assortment of chips, chocolates, nuts, protein bars and fresh fruit.
• A drink fridge loaded with an assortment of soft drinks, juices and water.
• A fully equipped private gym with weekly on-site personal training sessions.
• A team wellness centre with a sound-proof gaming stadium featuring an 85” 4K TV, racing car simulator, pinball machine, arcade machine, and air hockey table.
• An on-site salon where our resident barber and stylist provide free haircuts on a regular basis.

We actively encourage training and upskilling for personal development and will fund courses that have a beneficial impact on the business.

Please note that due to strict security requirements the successful applicant will be required to complete a National Police Check as a condition of employment.