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Our Large Federal Government client has a requirement for a Splunk System Administrator who will contribute both independently and collaboratively, and may perform changes, outages, upgrades, patches, software development, business analysis and service delivery (support) functions including answering customer calls and performing Level 2 and 3 support after Service Desk triage of initial requests.
Scope of responsibility includes the virtual infrastructure, management of diverse data sets and automated data processing, application security, configuring backups and performance tuning.
The role will identify and advise on improvements to services and take a collaborative role supporting existing technical leads to define the technical strategic direction for services. The role may also undertake a root cause analysis for Problem Management, identifying and resolving issues including upstream vendor support interaction, or taking a major role in complex upgrades.
Skills and Knowledge:
Contract terms: Contract term of 12 months, not exceeding 30 June 2025 will be considered.
SFIA level required: The Specified Person will be expected to demonstrate attributes of SFIA Level of Responsibility 4.
Security Requirements: Current Top-Secret Positive Vetting (TSPV) security clearance is strongly preferred, however candidates who have held a TSPV in the previous 12-month period (which has since been downgraded) may be considered.
How to Apply: Please upload your resume to apply. Please note you will need to complete selection criteria to complete this application process. We will be in touch with instructions for suitably skilled candidates.
Candidates will need to be willing to undergo pre-employment screening checks which may include, ID and work rights, security clearance verification and any other client requested checks.
Applications open until 8am 21 February 2023.
Reach Damien on 0480 002 503 or damienm@whizdom.com.au for any further information.
Splunk System Administrator Level 4
Job title : | Splunk System Administrator Level 4 |
Contract type : | Contract |
Location : | Canberra |
Sectors : | |
Salary : | $130 - $150 per hour |
Start date : | 2024-01-31 00:00:00 |
Duration : | 12.0 MONTH |
Job Reference : | V-44194 |
Contact name : | Damien Mackerras |
Contact email : | damienm@whizdom.com.au |
Job published : | 6 months ago |
Scope of responsibility includes the virtual infrastructure, management of diverse data sets and automated data processing, application security, configuring backups and performance tuning.
The role will identify and advise on improvements to services and take a collaborative role supporting existing technical leads to define the technical strategic direction for services. The role may also undertake a root cause analysis for Problem Management, identifying and resolving issues including upstream vendor support interaction, or taking a major role in complex upgrades.
Skills and Knowledge:
- Experience in the successful delivery of complex ICT outcomes across an Enterprise.
- Experience configuring software systems and associated hosting environments to meet ICT security policy and procedures on a Linux operating system.
- Demonstrated experience and understanding of ITIL processes and procedures
- Install, administer, monitor and maintain, and decommission, complex Linux technologies (Splunk, Ansible). Patch applications; diagnose and resolve system and environment problems, implement break-fixes for diverse customers from individual users to system stakeholders. Evaluate and implement software updates and environment updates such as cloud-based infrastructure. Identify and initiate improvements to architecture and configurations. Update system features or behaviour to meet customer needs as provided through requirements capture by other team members
- Manage capabilities that maintain the Standard Operating Environment (SOE) while monitoring the environment.
- Write and maintain operational and security documentation including System Security Plans, test/installation guides, change approval requests with change process plans and corporate knowledge summaries such as system diagrams and support procedures. Document daily work (steps taken, reasons and outcomes) to ensure transition of knowledge to the Commonwealth and to enable repeatability of procedures and compliance with relevant standards, including Commonwealth record keeping responsibilities
Contract terms: Contract term of 12 months, not exceeding 30 June 2025 will be considered.
SFIA level required: The Specified Person will be expected to demonstrate attributes of SFIA Level of Responsibility 4.
Security Requirements: Current Top-Secret Positive Vetting (TSPV) security clearance is strongly preferred, however candidates who have held a TSPV in the previous 12-month period (which has since been downgraded) may be considered.
How to Apply: Please upload your resume to apply. Please note you will need to complete selection criteria to complete this application process. We will be in touch with instructions for suitably skilled candidates.
Candidates will need to be willing to undergo pre-employment screening checks which may include, ID and work rights, security clearance verification and any other client requested checks.
Applications open until 8am 21 February 2023.
Reach Damien on 0480 002 503 or damienm@whizdom.com.au for any further information.
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