Hybrid Systems & Network Engineer — Sydney

IT People Australia; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

IT People Australia is seeking an infrastructure engineer to manage storage, compute and cloud platforms from our Sydney head office. The role combines hands-on Linux/DevOps work with monitoring, security and end-user support in a hybrid 50/50 model.

You will install, patch, troubleshoot and scale multi-vendor environments, leveraging IaC and automation tools to maintain reliability for management and customers.

Qualifications

• Qualifications or relevant experience in Computer Science (or IT field).
• Ability to utilise AI tools responsibly to augment capability.
• Experience in system, network and storage technologies up to the application layer.
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools: Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana.
• Admin/configuration of Linux servers and services: Networking, Web Servers, Relational DBs.
• Experience with DevOps and IaC environments including Ansible and Puppet.
• Understanding of cybersecurity risks and best practices.
• Scripting in Python/Perl/Bash.
• Experience in troubleshooting and resolving technical problems.

Responsibilities

• Administration of storage, compute and cloud infrastructure.
• Install, upgrade and patch bare metal and virtual machines using IaC.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and performance problems.
• Ensure robustness, security, and scalability of systems and storage.
• Use helpdesk to manage and track requests and tasks.
• Utilise monitoring tools for reporting and auditing.
• Participate in stress testing, capacity planning, and usage trends.
• Provide end user services and support.
• Liaise with vendors for resolution and escalations.

Skills

CS degree

AI tools

Sysadmin Linux

Networking

Monitoring tools

Ansible

Puppet

Cybersecurity basics

Python scripting

Education

Computer Science degree

Tools

Zabbix

Prometheus

Grafana

AWS

GCP

VMware

Job description

IT People Australia is seeking an infrastructure engineer to manage storage, compute and cloud platforms from our Sydney head office. The role combines hands-on Linux/DevOps work with monitoring, security and end-user support in a hybrid 50/50 model.

You will install, patch, troubleshoot and scale multi-vendor environments, leveraging IaC and automation tools to maintain reliability for management and customers.