Woolworths

• Norwest based with a hybrid working model along with some travel to site
• Work within a collaborative team environment
• Full-time permanent opportunity available

We are Woolworths Group 
We are Woolworths Group. 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives connected by a shared Purpose – ‘to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.’ It’s that Purpose that fuels our ambition to explore new ideas, make brave commitments and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week.

If you’re excited to turn today’s blue sky thinking into a better tomorrow for future generations, you’ll find yourself supported and enriched in a dynamic, inclusive and empowering workplace that reflects the diverse communities we serve. With a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and opportunities across the group to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.

The Opportunity

The Woolworths Group operates approximately 3,000 trading sites and over 250,000 endpoints across Australia and New Zealand, presenting a unique opportunity to work at a large scale and make a significant impact within the retail sector. This role is within the Stores Infrastructure Engineering (SIE) team, a collaborative and fast-paced environment. As a Infrastructure Engineer, you will be primarily responsible for the design, implementation, and optimization of engineered solutions across our extensive estate. You will play a key role in enhancing our in-store infrastructure, implementing DevOps delivery models to continually improve reliability, security, and the rate of change. We are seeking a skilled engineer who can leverage their infrastructure expertise to drive agility and transform the services we provide to our stores and the ways they operate.

What you’ll do

• Design, develop, and deploy innovative infrastructure solutions for edge environments, considering network constraints. 
• Actively contribute to daily engineering tasks within the SIE team. 
• Understand existing operational processes and key stakeholder requirements.
•  Evaluate products and tools to assess their suitability against required capabilities. 
• Develop solutions that are easily supportable and incorporate self-healing capabilities. 
• Maintain up-to-date documentation and procedures for solutions. 
• Drive innovation by prototyping and demonstrating proof of concepts to gain sponsorship and adoption. 
• Take ownership of the entire POC lifecycle, including deliverables and timelines. 
• Plan, coordinate, and execute infrastructure changes following ITIL best practices and the organization’s change management process.
   

What you’ll bring

• 4+ years of hands-on work experience in infrastructure engineering, software development, and/or system design. 
• Expert-level knowledge of Linux operating systems, specifically Red Hat Enterprise Linux administration and troubleshooting. 
• In-depth and practical experience with Red Hat Ansible for configuration management and automation. 
• Solid understanding of Windows client and Windows Server operating systems administration. 
• Proven scripting/coding experience using Python (primary) and Bash to automate the deployment of OS, applications, and configurations to edge devices. 
• Demonstrated experience in infrastructure and service design, including collaborating with vendors and third parties to deliver scalable solutions at scale. 
• Strong understanding of networking principles and protocols. 
• Commitment to staying up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies to ensure solutions are future-proof, scalable, and flexible. 
• Disciplined approach to technical documentation creation and review. 
• Ability to reverse-engineer and understand complex existing solutions. 

Desired Qualifications / Skills

•  Red Hat Linux Certified Engineer (RHCE). 
•  Ansible Tower/AWX.
•  Red Hat OpenShift container platform. 
•  Windows Server 2022 administration and management. 
•  Microsoft SCCM (or equivalent endpoint management solutions like Microsoft Intune).
•  VMware ESXi virtualization platform.
•  Scripting: PowerShell, PowerCLI. 
•  Splunk (or equivalent log management and analysis platforms like ELK). 
•  Understanding of ITIL and Agile methodologies. 
•  Cisco networking technologies. 
•  CCTV cameras and Video Management Systems (VMS).
    

What you’ll experience
We embrace diversity of thought and love to take on challenges with a pragmatic and innovative approach. Our culture thrives on mutual respect, care, curiosity, openness, and a proactive attitude. We continually seek ways to pair, collaborate, support, and learn from each other as a team!

• Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose-driven work
• A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network
• A progressive and flexible ‘work from anywhere' policy that gives you the opportunity to harmonise work, life and your wellbeing
• Parental Leave provisions and various leave types, including but not limited to Study Leave and Sports Representation Leave

Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our team’s diversity brings to our business, customers, and communities and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems. As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential. We encourage all candidates to apply; please let us know in your application if we can support you with any adjustments in the hiring process.