Senior Defence Systems Administrator (NV1)

Kinexus; Sydney; On-site; AUD 135,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Kinexus is seeking a Senior System Administrator for a Defence Prime Business based in Sydney. The role focuses on building and managing internal ICT environments, including physical and virtual servers, cloud platforms, and bespoke defence applications to support critical ADF services.

The successful candidate will hold NV1 (or higher) clearance and bring a strong background in Dell/VMware server environments, Windows and Linux, SharePoint, and multi-platform Atlassian tools.

Qualifications

• NV1 security clearance is required at application
• Bachelor's degree with 10 years IT experience incl. 3 years in a lead role
• Proven technical experience across Dell and VMware-based servers, LAN, cloud platforms, Windows and Linux servers, HA/clustered environments, and applications such as SharePoint
• Experience with the Atlassian toolchain (Jira, Bitbucket/Git, Bamboo, Confluence), Windchill, and database administration (MS SQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle)
• Strong leadership, project management, and communication skills; ability to work autonomously

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation, technical support and administration of local infrastructure (network/servers/storage/databases/applications/backups), and assist with scoping and implementing solutions
• Manage vendors, contracts, and internal stakeholder relationships to ensure required service levels are maintained, while owning issues and solutions through to completion
• Ensure infrastructure and application controls follow defence security policies and requirements, producing and reviewing compliance reports on a regular basis
• Manage the budget and track costs of digital technology services, hardware and software, while driving continuous improvement of systems and services
• Manage and support ICT systems upgrade and implementation projects

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Analytical/problem-solving

Communication skills

Autonomous working

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / ICT / MIS

Tools

Dell servers

VMware

LAN infrastructure

Windows servers

Linux servers

SharePoint

Atlassian Jira

Bitbucket/Git

Bamboo

Confluence

Windchill

MS SQL

PostgreSQL

Oracle

Job description

Kinexus is seeking a Senior System Administrator for a Defence Prime Business based in Sydney. The role focuses on building and managing internal ICT environments, including physical and virtual servers, cloud platforms, and bespoke defence applications to support critical ADF services.

The successful candidate will hold NV1 (or higher) clearance and bring a strong background in Dell/VMware server environments, Windows and Linux, SharePoint, and multi-platform Atlassian tools.