minimum of 5 Senior Infrastructure Engineer

minimum of 5 Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Canberra, Australia Posted on 07/24/2026

• State/Province Australian Capital Territory
• Country Australia

Working Arrangements

Hybrid

Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining multiple integrated non-production environments.

Job Description Job details

Infrastructure Engineers implement, manage and retire the infrastructure (including physical, virtual, networking and cloud infrastructure) that supports digital services.

Infrastructure Engineering Expert describes the function that manages and maintains all ICT platforms, including all technical landscape design, installation, configuration, deployment, technical security and operation of ICT components and databases. Infrastructure Engineering Experts use their in-depth knowledge of specific ICT Platforms to provide expert advice on the management and maintenance of those platforms. They work closely with key third party suppliers to ensure the provision of a robust infrastructure capability to the business and liaise with architecture and shared services areas to ensure the security of the day-to-day technical operations.

Infrastructure Engineering Experts exercise a considerable degree of independence, with decision-making substantially dependent on their high-level judgement and consideration of wider agency implications, with work being performed under the general guidance of senior staff. In performing a leadership role, Infrastructure Engineering Experts drive innovation, changes in workplace practices and organises work in the context of competing priorities and strategic direction.

Key duties and responsibilities

Duties may include some or all of the following:

• assist with delivery of an optimal strategic system landscape
  
• manage the design, installation and operation of the ICT system instance landscape, client and transport processes
  
• provide broad technical support for project build, test and solution deployment activities
  
• configure and manage all non-functional platform capabilities including job scheduling, output management, email, archiving, technical security, technical connectivity between software components
  
• liaise with the infrastructure team in the design, procurement and deployment of hardware and related assets
  
• manage technical operations for ICT solutions and interfaces
  
• develop plans for backups and disaster recovery, and execute those plans when necessary
  
• perform problem management and root cause analysis
  
• lead and manage operations of a team, including overseeing work priorities and resource management
  
• proactively share knowledge and expertise as the subject matter expert, and provide assistance and mentorship to less experienced colleagues
  
• collaborate with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders to achieve project outcomes
  
• attend meetings and forums with vendors to influence business outcomes and share information
  
• prepare and review a range of technical documentation and reports
  

Technical skills