Senior Solution Engineer

Compas PTYCanberra, Australian Capital Territory🇦🇺AustraliaPosted 9 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This Senior Solution Engineer role offers a significant opportunity to shape critical infrastructure within a complex Australian Government environment, with a long-term contract and potential for extended engagement. You'll thrive here if you possess strong capabilities in availability, capacity, and problem management, alongside a knack for systems design and infrastructure modernization. Apply now to leverage your expertise and drive impactful technological advancements.

Quick Overview

Seniority

Mid Senior

Employment type

Full Time

Work mode

Hybrid

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Job Description

Job Title
Senior Solution Infrastructure Engineer NV1

Design and deliver resilient, high-performing infrastructure solutions for business-critical systems as a Senior Solution Infrastructure Engineer. Shape technology roadmaps, solution designs, virtualisation, networking, disaster recovery and infrastructure modernisation across a complex Australian Government environment.

Location:ACT
Contract Duration: Contract to 30 June 2027 + 12 months + 12 months
Security Clearance Requirement: NV1
Closing Date: 10:00am, Wednesday 09 September 2026

Essential Tasks

Develop infrastructure roadmaps and design resilient solutions for core enterprise systems.
Produce high-level and detailed solution designs, operational patterns, topology diagrams and technical specifications.
Lead infrastructure refresh, workload consolidation, legacy decommissioning and disaster recovery design activities.
Assess infrastructure health, capacity and technical debt while recommending tuning, hardening and improvement initiatives.

Key Criteria

Availability Management Level 5 and Capacity Management Level 4 capability.
IT Infrastructure Level 4 and Problem Management Level 4 capability.
Programming/Software Development Level 3 and Systems Design Level 5 capability.
Experience with enterprise operating systems, virtualisation, networking, security services or database platforms is advantageous.

YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE TREATED WITH THE STRICTEST CONFIDENCE
Due to the nature of this environment, candidates must hold a current NV1 clearance.