Flexible VMware SRE — Cloud Data Center Reliability

Department of Education; Sydney; On-site; AUD 133,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

35-hour week

Superannuation & annual leave loading

Flex Leave entitlements

Career mobility across the Department

Job summary

NSW Department of Education is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to administer VMware vSphere systems in our data centre and cloud services, driving automation and reliability at scale.

Based in Eveleigh, the role focuses on proactive lifecycle management, collaboration with IT teams, and implementation of automated deployment solutions while maintaining security and governance across infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Experience administering large-scale VMware vSphere systems.
• Strong stakeholder management at multiple levels.
• Experience developing automated deployment solutions.
• Experience engineering automated solutions to resolve operational issues.

Responsibilities

• Proactively manage the VMware vSphere systems of our data centre throughout the whole IT lifecycle.
• Collaborate with vendor representatives and other IT teams to resolve complex problems.
• Analyse data to identify trends and performance issues with VMware vSphere.
• Coordinate deployment of fixes and changes into production environment.
• Manage cyber security risks during lockdowns and upgrades for the data centre.
• Draft configurations, roadmaps and technical diagrams per procedures and requirements.
• Provide recommendations for process improvements to management.
• Maintain records in line with regulatory requirements.

Skills

VMware vSphere

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Automation/deployment

Enterprise-scale VM infra

Process improvement

Matrix organization

Policy awareness

Education

Industry certifications

Tools

VMware vSphere

Job description

NSW Department of Education is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to administer VMware vSphere systems in our data centre and cloud services, driving automation and reliability at scale.

Based in Eveleigh, the role focuses on proactive lifecycle management, collaboration with IT teams, and implementation of automated deployment solutions while maintaining security and governance across infrastructure.