Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Compas Pty Ltd; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Compas Pty Ltd in Canberra seeks a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to lead complex infrastructure delivery across secure enterprise environments, supporting virtual services, servers, networks, gateways and data centre operations.

You will drive technical design, remediation and lifecycle management, produce technical specs and deployment guides, and ensure high-availability infrastructure aligned with PSPF and ISM requirements.

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

Virtualisation

Infrastructure design

Lifecycle management

Problem management

Scripting

PSPF/ISM requirements

Job description

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

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.