Haystack
← Back to Jobs
Full time
Technology
P-

Senior Solution Infrastructure Engineer

Paxus - Technology + Digital TalentCanberra, Australian Capital Territory🇦🇺AustraliaPosted 6 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

You'll drive the design and delivery of resilient, high-performing infrastructure solutions within a large Federal Government environment, offering significant impact and long-term project engagement. This role is ideal for a seasoned infrastructure engineer eager to shape technology roadmaps, optimize systems, and contribute to critical national infrastructure. Embrace this opportunity to develop your expertise in networking, virtualization, and enterprise platforms with a clear path for growth and a competitive contract term.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
On Site
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
OracleSQLSQL ServerLoad BalancingVMware

Job Description

Senior Solution Infrastructure Engineer

Paxus is partnering with a large Federal Government environment to engage an experienced Senior Solution Infrastructure Engineer to design and deliver resilient, high-performing infrastructure solutions that support business-critical systems.

This is a senior (EL1-equivalent) contract role focused on technology refresh, workload consolidation, system resiliency, and strong operational readiness.

Key details
  • Location: Canberra, ACT (Belconnen area)
  • Working arrangement: Hybrid
    • Onsite full-time for the first 3 months (or until you're across the ICT landscape and project objectives)
    • Then minimum 3 days/week onsite (subject to approval and operational needs)
  • Hours: Up to 40 hours/week
  • Contract term: To 30 June 2027 with 2x 12 months extensions
  • Estimated start: 6 October 2026
  • Security: NV1 (Negative Vetting Level 1) is must
Key duties and responsibilities
  • Develop and maintain infrastructure roadmaps aligned to business and IT strategy
  • Provide advice to leadership on lifecycle management, emerging trends, and investment options
  • Identify opportunities to reduce technical debt, optimise cost, and improve value
  • Design infrastructure solutions across networking, virtualisation, and enterprise platforms
  • Lead/oversee technical designs, consolidation initiatives, and legacy decommissioning
  • Validate DR, failover, and resiliency frameworks
  • Produce operational documentation to enable smooth handover into BAU teams
  • Translate complex technical concepts into clear, outcome-focused messaging for stakeholders
  • Engage vendors, run proof-of-concepts, and recommend best-fit solutions
  • Review infrastructure health/capacity data and recommend hardening and tuning
Technical skills

Experience in any of the following would be advantageous:

  • Enterprise Server Operating Systems (Windows, Linux/UNIX, AIX)
  • Virtualisation Platforms and Infrastructure (VMware, Hyper V), Hyper Converged Infrastructure
  • Gateway & Security Services (Proxy, Load Balancing, NGFW, IPS/IDS)
  • Enterprise and Software Defined Networking (i.e Cisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto, Arista, Aruba/HPE SDN) Firewall networking technologies (i.e. F5 BIG IP)
  • Enterprise Database Platforms (SQL Server, Oracle, DB2)

Paxus values diversity and welcomes applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people living with a disability.

Similar jobs

Browse related jobs

Apply now