RHEL and Satellite Engineer

Location

Canberra

Work Site

Onsite

Employment Type

12 Months (Initial Contract)

Closing Date

20 Nov, 2026

RHEL and Satellite Engineer

A senior RHEL and Satellite engineer for a national government agency’s change-controlled, high-critical environment.

Kestrel Eight is looking for a senior RHEL and Satellite engineer to maintain a national government agency’s RHEL 7 environment for 12 months from 1 December 2026. The role is onsite in Canberra.

The Role

You will maintain a RHEL 7 environment that spans virtual datacentres, physical hosts, residual VMware and OpenStack, including Satellite-driven patching and Smart Management. The environment is change-controlled and high-critical.

What You Will Do

RHEL and Satellite

• Create new RHEL standard operating environments and consolidate existing ones, integrating them with Satellite and Ansible.
• Recommend the schedule for RHEL z-releases and patches, then package and apply the agreed updates.
• Manage and upgrade the Satellite platform, including its Ansible integration.
• Migrate Linux hosts that are not yet on RHEL 8 or 9 to supported RHEL standard operating environments.

Identity Management (IdM)

• Run patch and release management for Red Hat Identity Management.
• Recommend ways to maintain and improve the currency and security of IdM.
• Support IdM upgrades and integration requirements.
• Carry out maintenance, system tuning and health checks.

What You Will Bring

• 5+ years of enterprise RHEL operations at scale.
• Satellite and Smart Management experience (mandatory).
• Comfort working in change-controlled, high-critical environments.

Contract Details

Detail Value Rate Competitive daily rate Term 12 Months (Initial Contract). Extension not yet confirmed.

Location

Canberra, onsite (must be Canberra based)

Start

1 December 2026, subject to client onboarding

Clearance

Active Australian Government NV1 clearance, or one that can be readily reinstated

How to Apply

Apply with a current CV using the button below, or email Sign in to view email. Only candidates who hold, or can quickly reinstate, an NV1 clearance can be considered.

Kestrel Eight is an Australian IT advisory and delivery firm. We place senior, locally based practitioners into enterprise and government programs across delivery, architecture, integration and platform modernisation.

Location

Canberra

Work Site

Onsite

Employment Type

12 Months (Initial Contract)

Closing Date

20 Nov, 2026

RHEL and Satellite Engineer

A senior RHEL and Satellite engineer for a national government agency’s change-controlled, high-critical environment.

Kestrel Eight is looking for a senior RHEL and Satellite engineer to maintain a national government agency’s RHEL 7 environment for 12 months from 1 December 2026. The role is onsite in Canberra.

The Role

You will maintain a RHEL 7 environment that spans virtual datacentres, physical hosts, residual VMware and OpenStack, including Satellite-driven patching and Smart Management. The environment is change-controlled and high-critical.

What You Will Do

RHEL and Satellite

• Create new RHEL standard operating environments and consolidate existing ones, integrating them with Satellite and Ansible.
• Recommend the schedule for RHEL z-releases and patches, then package and apply the agreed updates.
• Manage and upgrade the Satellite platform, including its Ansible integration.
• Migrate Linux hosts that are not yet on RHEL 8 or 9 to supported RHEL standard operating environments.

Identity Management (IdM)

• Run patch and release management for Red Hat Identity Management.
• Recommend ways to maintain and improve the currency and security of IdM.
• Support IdM upgrades and integration requirements.
• Carry out maintenance, system tuning and health checks.

What You Will Bring

• 5+ years of enterprise RHEL operations at scale.
• Satellite and Smart Management experience (mandatory).
• Comfort working in change-controlled, high-critical environments.

Contract Details

Detail Value Rate Competitive daily rate Term 12 Months (Initial Contract). Extension not yet confirmed.

Location

Canberra, onsite (must be Canberra based)

Start

1 December 2026, subject to client onboarding

Clearance

Active Australian Government NV1 clearance, or one that can be readily reinstated

How to Apply

Apply with a current CV using the button below, or email Sign in to view email. Only candidates who hold, or can quickly reinstate, an NV1 clearance can be considered.

Kestrel Eight is an Australian IT advisory and delivery firm. We place senior, locally based practitioners into enterprise and government programs across delivery, architecture, integration and platform modernisation.