- Initial 6 month contract
- Can offer up to $109 + Super (Dependant on experience)
- Hybrid working in Brisbane CBD
- Submittal Deadline is Weds 23rd Sept at 5pm
The Opportunity
Join a large Queensland Government environment as a PAM Infrastructure Engineer, taking a hands-on role in the production implementation of an enterprise Privileged Access Management platform. This is a technically focused opportunity requiring advanced Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Windows Server, Active Directory and Entra ID expertise, combined with practical PAM, identity security or secure remote administration experience. The position is Brisbane-based with a requirement to attend the office at least three full business days per week.
About the Role
You will own the implementation and integration of the PAM application layer, working across Linux, Microsoft identity, networking, security, database and monitoring teams.
- Build, configure, harden, patch and troubleshoot PAM services on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
- Implement and validate an enterprise PAM platform across production environments.
- Integrate PAM with Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, MFA and SCIM-based role mapping.
- Configure vault and secrets-management credential retrieval and injection workflows.
- Coordinate SQL Server HA, load balancers, DNS, firewalls, storage and monitoring dependencies.
- Perform security, failover, recovery, RDP, SSH and break-glass testing and develop runbooks.
About You
You will bring deep hands-on infrastructure capability, with advanced Linux expertise being a key requirement rather than simply desirable.
- 7+ years' experience within large-scale enterprise technology environments.
- Advanced hands-on Red Hat Enterprise Linux administration, hardening and troubleshooting.
- Strong Windows Server, Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID experience.
- Experience implementing or supporting PAM, bastion or secrets-management platforms.
- Knowledge of SCIM, SAML/OIDC, MFA, RBAC, TLS certificates and credential security.
- Experience with HA environments, Splunk, session recording and enterprise monitoring.
The Benefits
This is an opportunity to work on a technically complex security implementation within a large enterprise environment.
- Hybrid Brisbane-based working arrangements (3 days per week onsite)
- Hands-on ownership of a significant enterprise PAM implementation.
- Work across Linux, identity, security, networking and infrastructure technologies.
How to Apply
Please submit your current resume to apply. If you'd like a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Nina Magill on nina.magill@davidsonwp.com, quoting reference JN -092026-44313. To learn more about Davidson, visit davidsonwp.com.
