Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Compas; Canberra; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Compas Pty Ltd is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to lead delivery across secure enterprise ICT environments, including virtual services, servers, networks and data centres. You will drive technical design, remediation and lifecycle management while ensuring alignment with PSPF and ISM requirements.

The role focuses on designing, deploying and maintaining complex infrastructure, including gateways and secure web/email services, with emphasis on delivering upgrades and documentation to

Qualifications

• Strong senior-level ICT infrastructure experience across Windows Server, Active Directory, networking and virtualised environments.
• Experience designing and implementing complex systems, including infrastructure maintenance and upgrades.
• Demonstrated capability across secure web and email gateways, firewalls, load balancing and network services.
• Experience with problem management, scripting and Australian Government PSPF and ISM requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery across virtual services, servers, secure gateways, networks and data centre environments.
• Design, deploy, maintain and improve virtual service environments and supporting infrastructure.
• Deliver infrastructure upgrades, remediation, lifecycle management and complex installation or decommissioning activities.
• Produce technical specifications, SOPs, deployment guides and as-built documentation.

Skills

Windows Server

Active Directory

Networking

Virtualised environments

Security gateways

Firewalls

Load balancing

Scripting

PSPF/ISM requirements

Job description

Software Development & Testing/IT Security & Compliance

Senior Infrastructure Engineer | Secure Enterprise ICT

Lead complex infrastructure delivery across secure enterprise environments, supporting virtual services, servers, networks, gateways and data centre operations while driving technical design, remediation and lifecycle management.

Location: ACT

Contract Duration: 12 months + 2 x 12-month extensions

Security Clearance Requirement: Baseline

Closing Date: 10.00am, Thursday, 22 October 2026

Job Categories

• HR & Recruitment
• IT & T
• Project Management / Business Analysts
• SAP/CRM/ERP
• Software Development & Testing/IT Security & Compliance

Essential Tasks

• Lead technical delivery across virtual services, servers, secure gateways, networks and data centre environments.
• Design, deploy, maintain and improve virtual service environments and supporting infrastructure.
• Deliver infrastructure upgrades, remediation, lifecycle management and complex installation or decommissioning activities.
• Produce technical specifications, SOPs, deployment guides and as-built documentation.

Key Criteria

• Strong senior-level ICT infrastructure experience across Windows Server, Active Directory, networking and virtualised environments.
• Experience designing and implementing complex systems, including infrastructure maintenance and upgrades.
• Demonstrated capability across secure web and email gateways, firewalls, load balancing and network services.
• Experience with problem management, scripting and Australian Government PSPF and ISM requirements.

About Compas

Compas Pty Ltd is a Canberra based wholly Australian owned, Recruitment and Services company that has been operating since 1987. We specialise in the provision of permanent, contract and temporary recruitment services, as well as specialised Consulting assignments.

YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE TREATED WITH THE STRICTEST CONFIDENCE

Due to the nature of this environment, candidates must hold a current Baseline clearance.