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.

About Nexigen Digital

• We are Australia’s largest privately-owned group of online service providers, which includes brands such as VentraIP, Synergy Wholesale and Intaserve.
• Every day our all-Australian team delivers exceptional service and outstanding support to our 200,000+ customers who choose us for their domain names, website hosting and online presence.
• Over the past seventeen years, we have been constant game-changers, industry innovators, award winners, and community leaders - and now is your chance to join our team.