OpenShift Technical Lead for Enterprise ICT

Whizdom; Canberra; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Whizdom seeks a Technical Lead (OpenShift) to provide leadership and hands-on support in a Defence ICT environment based in Canberra. You will drive design, implementation, sustainment and capability uplift across secure platforms.

This role requires strong enterprise IT experience, hands-on skills across OpenShift, VMware, Windows Server, Active Directory and security technologies, with a focus on reliable, scalable infrastructure and governance.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years' experience in ICT engineering, systems administration, technical leadership or related discipline.
• Experience operating within complex enterprise ICT environments.
• Proven experience leading technical teams and engineering activities.
• Strong troubleshooting across multiple infrastructure technologies.
• Experience in Defence or other classified Australian Government ICT environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across enterprise ICT platforms and services.
• Act as the senior escalation point for complex issues and engineering challenges.
• Lead governance, technical assurance and risk management activities.
• Support design, implementation and optimisation of secure, resilient infrastructure solutions.
• Lead technical change initiatives, upgrades and technology refresh.
• Coordinate engineering efforts across internal teams, vendors and stakeholders.
• Provide leadership across Windows Server, Active Directory, VMware, SQL Server, Exchange, OpenShift, networking and security platforms.
• Drive problem management, root cause analysis and continuous improvement.
• Maintain technical documentation, standards and design artefacts.

Job description

Whizdom seeks a Technical Lead (OpenShift) to provide leadership and hands-on support in a Defence ICT environment based in Canberra. You will drive design, implementation, sustainment and capability uplift across secure platforms.

This role requires strong enterprise IT experience, hands-on skills across OpenShift, VMware, Windows Server, Active Directory and security technologies, with a focus on reliable, scalable infrastructure and governance.