Server Specialist - Linux, Cloud

ASX: Powering Australia's financial markets

Why join the ASX? When you join ASX, you're joining a company with a strong purpose - to power a stronger economic future by enabling a fair and dynamic marketplace for all. In your new role, you'll be part of a leading global securities exchange with a strong brand. We are known for being a trusted market operator and an exciting data hub.

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We are more than a securities exchange! The ASX team brings together talented people from a diverse range of disciplines. We run critical market infrastructure, with 1 in 3 people employed within technology. Yet we have a unique complexity of roles across a range of disciplines such as operations, program delivery, financial products, investor engagement, risk and compliance.

Diversity & Inclusion

We're proud to foster a workplace where diversity is celebrated and inclusion is part of our everyday culture. Our employee-led networks champion LGBTIQ+ inclusion, promote gender equality, accessibility and wellbeing, inspire giving and volunteering, and celebrate cultural and religious events, creating a sense of belonging for all. As an AWEI Bronze employer and member of the Champions of Change Coalition for gender equality, we're committed to a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

We support flexible working and offer hybrid working options.

Even if our roles are advertised as full-time.

Your Team

The Hosting Server team supports the underlying operating system and shared services platform technologies that host critical ASX external and internal applications and services. The Hosting Server role provides technical support and administration of key server environments, providing expert technical support, advice, design, planning and build of servers which underpin critical ASX systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support including installation, configuration, maintenance, security and compliance of ASX Enterprise Systems, with a focus on Linux System Administration.
• Support various infrastructure platforms such as Backup, DNS, Logging and Monitoring.
• Accommodate software installation and upgrade projects for application owners.
• Intel Hardware configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting, installation and upgrade of physical servers.
• Development of technical standards and associated documentation.
• Infrastructure design / architecture, and environmental review.
• Design to ensure system availability targets are met or exceeded.
• Projects delivered on time and to specification.
• Be aware of change management disciplines and adhere to this process for all system changes.
• Security and operational incident response.
• OS Patch Implementation, administration & status monitoring.
• The role has out of hours work and has rostered On-Call components.
• The role is location specific, i.e. onsite support of systems at their location at ASX Data Centre Sites.

Qualifications

• Must have Strong experience in Linux System Administration.
• Must be able to demonstrate advanced troubleshooting experience.
• Experience in developing and deploying Linux SOEs across physical and virtual (On-Prem and Cloud) environments.
• Including secure server build and configuration in line with best practice hardening controls.
• Have worked with automation and compliance tools for maintaining uniformity across Linux environments; specifically Ansible and Red Hat Satellite.
• Scripting, preferably Python.
• Experience in configuring and maintaining physical Intel server hardware.
• Certifications: RHCE/RHCA, AWS SysOps.
• Nice to have Containerisation experience (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
• Routing, switching concepts and firewalling experience.
• Interest in Infrastructure oriented Open Source communities.

We will arrange for successful candidates to have background checks, including reference and police checks, completed as part of the on-boarding process. To be considered for this position, candidates must be legally authorised to work in Australia on a permanent basis without any restrictions.

ASX is an integrated exchange offering listings, trading, clearing, settlement, technical and information services, technology, data and other post-trade services. It acts as a market operator, clearing house and payments system facilitator. It oversees compliance with its operating rules, promote standards of corporate governance among Australia's listed companies and helps to educate retail investors. ASX operates markets for a wide range of asset classes including equities, fixed income, commodities and energy. As an integrated exchange, ASX's activities span primary and secondary market services, including the raising, allocation and hedging of capital flows; trading and price discovery; central counterparty risk transfer; and securities settlement for both the equities and fixed income markets.

You'll also enjoy an impressive range of employee benefits and a flexible working environment underpinned by a friendly and collaborative culture.