Rail IT & Cyber Systems Engineer – Sydney

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc.; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance review

Professional development

Health and Wellbeing initiatives

Employee Assistance Program

Extra leave days

Job summary

Hitachi Rail is seeking a proactive IS/IT/Cyber Systems Engineer based in Sydney to design, deploy, and support IT and cyber infrastructure for the Sydney Metro West project and future programs, including Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2.

The role spans from admin to strategic tasks, requiring expertise in data centre infrastructure, virtualization, storage, and end-user systems, while ensuring scalable and maintainable IT solutions across OCC, BOCC, stations, and facilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in IT systems or infrastructure engineering within complex environments.
• Strong knowledge of virtualisation platforms, clustering, and distributed systems.
• Knowledge of Cyber technologies for the OT environment.
• Experience in server, storage, and end-user system deployment.
• Ability to support system configuration, testing, and commissioning.
• Understanding of resilient and scalable IT architecture principles.
• Experience producing technical documentation and supporting procurement.

Responsibilities

• Translating product line and system engineering inputs into IT system designs.
• Defining equipment specifications for procurement, including servers, storage, and end-user devices.
• Designing virtualisation environments, including Proxmox clusters across OCC, BOCC, and witness sites, as well as standalone station clusters.
• Configuring and deploying compute, storage, and virtual platforms.
• Designing, developing, and implement cyber solutions for the project.
• Supporting procurement activities, including technical evaluation of equipment.
• Supporting integration, testing, and commissioning of IT/Cyber systems.
• Providing technical support during deployment and early operations.
• Defining and configuring workstations, monitors, video walls, handheld devices, and associated infrastructure.
• Maintaining design consistency and configuration control across all system.

Skills

IT systems engineering

Virtualisation platforms

Cyber for OT

Server deployment

Storage systems

Education

Information Technology degree

Tools

Proxmox

Job description

Hitachi Rail is seeking a proactive IS/IT/Cyber Systems Engineer based in Sydney to design, deploy, and support IT and cyber infrastructure for the Sydney Metro West project and future programs, including Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2.

The role spans from admin to strategic tasks, requiring expertise in data centre infrastructure, virtualization, storage, and end-user systems, while ensuring scalable and maintainable IT solutions across OCC, BOCC, stations, and facilities.