Senior Systems Engineer

Senior Systems Engineer | Sydney CBD | Hybrid

Your new company

This organisation maintains a well‑established technology environment that supports a wide range of internal systems and services. The technology team focuses on maintaining stable, secure platforms while continually enhancing capability through improvement and modernisation initiatives. The role offers a hybrid working model.

Your new role

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, implementation, and lifecycle management of enterprise infrastructure platforms. You will support core services across compute, storage, virtualisation, identity, and cloud environments, ensuring platforms are secure, reliable, and performing as expected. You will take ownership of assigned platforms, contribute to standardisation and modernisation initiatives, and play a key role in automation, monitoring, patching, and operational support. The role operates with a high level of autonomy and involves troubleshooting complex incidents, performing root‑cause analysis, and continuously improving platform stability and efficiency.


What you'll need to succeed

  • Proven experience in senior systems or infrastructure engineering roles
  • Strong hands‑on capability across Windows Server, virtualisation, compute, storage, and identity platforms
  • Experience with technologies such as VMware, Nutanix or Hyper‑V, Active Directory and Entra ID
  • Exposure to automation and scripting, particularly PowerShell
  • Experience with platform lifecycle management, including patching and monitoring
  • Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to independently resolve complex incidents
  • Familiarity with ITIL‑aligned service management practices
  • Cloud platform exposure (Azure and/or AWS) is beneficial.

What you'll get in return

  • Hybrid working arrangements providing flexibility and balance
  • A senior, hands‑on role with genuine ownership across infrastructure platforms
  • Involvement in ongoing platform improvement and modernisation initiatives
  • A stable and well‑structured technology environment
  • Long‑term career development opportunities

What you need to do now


If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV to charlie.pym@hays.com.au .

If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.



LHS 297508

Summary

Job Type
Permanent
Industry
Charities & Not For Profit
Location
NSW - Sydney CBD
Specialism
Infrastructure
Ref:
2996003

Talk to a consultant

Talk to Charlie Pym, the specialist consultant managing this position, located in Sydney City
Level 14, Chifley Tower, 2 Chifley Square

Telephone: 0292492278

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