Senior Infrastructure Engineer

AustLII Foundation Limited; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AustLII Foundation Limited is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to support resilient hybrid infrastructure, including Linux servers, virtualization, storage and networking. You will collaborate with Data & Content and Software Engineering teams to drive DevOps practices, automation and secure operations for AI-enabled services.

The role focuses on implementing CI/CD workflows, infrastructure as code, and standardising environments across development, testing, and production, with strong

Qualifications

• 1. A degree in systems engineering, computer science, information technology or related discipline, with relevant practical experience; or equivalent.
• 2. Linux server administration and on-premises infrastructure experience including virtualization, networking, storage, monitoring, backup and recovery.
• 3. Experience operating secure, reliable hybrid infrastructure (on‑premises + cloud) for AI-enabled systems.
• 4. Experience applying DevOps practices: CI/CD, IaC, configuration management, automated provisioning, version control, containers, repeatable deployments.
• 5. Strong infrastructure security and production operations knowledge: access management, patching, logging, disaster recovery.
• 6. Ability to maintain availability, performance, reliability through monitoring, incident response, RCAs and continuous improvement.
• 7. Analytical problem-solving, ability to diagnose complex infra issues with limited supervision.
• 8. Ability to collaborate across infra, software eng and data teams; translate requirements into solutions.
• 9. Ability to document technical procedures, runbooks and architecture notes.
• 10. Ability to manage competing priorities and provide practical end-user support.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical support for resilient hybrid infrastructure environments (Linux servers, virtualization, storage, networking).
• Develop and maintain CI/CD workflows and infrastructure as code; standardise dev/test/prod environments.
• Contribute to security, monitoring, incident response, disaster recovery planning and business continuity.

Skills

Linux administration

On-prem infrastructure

Hybrid/cloud environments

DevOps practices

CI/CD

Infrastructure as code

Configuration management

Automation

Security operations

Documentation

Job description

As a member of the Infrastructure team, you will help keep AustLII's critical platforms reliable, secure and efficient to support the next generation of legal information, search and AI-enabled services. Working closely with our Data & Content and Software Engineering teams, you will support reliable on-premise, hybrid and selected cloud environments, strengthen DevOps practices and contribute to collaborative, agile ways of working across the organisation.

About us

AustLII is Australia's most-used free-access online resource for Australian legal information, serving more than 500 million page access requests last year — over 1 million per day — from more than 13 million distinct hosts. Since 1995, AustLII has built the most comprehensive curated collection of Australian primary and secondary legal information and made it freely and anonymously available to the community online. In doing so, AustLII has created a service that plays a fundamental role in the Australian legal system, safeguards the integrity of Australian law and supports national data sovereignty. Sitting at the intersection of technology and the law, AustLII pioneered free online access to legal information in Australia and helped shape similar services around the world.

What we offer

• Be part of a mission-driven organisation creating technology with real-world impact
• Work alongside a small, dedicated and collaborative team
• Work from centrally located offices in a vibrant campus environment
• Receive a competitive salary package with generous superannuation

Role and responsibilities

This two-year fixed term role, within a newly established team, offers the opportunity to contribute directly to AustLII’s next generation of AI-enabled services.

Infrastructure operations and support

Provide hands-on technical support and service delivery to implement and support resilient hybrid infrastructure environments, including Linux servers, virtualisation, storage, networking, backup, monitoring, access control and operational tooling.

Automation and DevOps practices

Develop and maintain CI/CD workflows, deployment scripts, infrastructure as code, configuration management, automated provisioning and standardised development, testing, staging and production environments.

Security, performance and resilience

Implement secure infrastructure practices, monitor system health and capacity, address operational risks and contribute to incident response, root cause analysis, disaster recovery planning and business continuity processes.

Further information related to the position is available in the Senior Infrastructure Engineer Position Description available at https://www.austlii.edu.au/austlii/recruitment/2026/senior_infrastructure_engineer.pdf.

Selection criteria

• 1. A degree in systems engineering, computer science, information technology or a related discipline, together with relevant practical experience; or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• 2. Demonstrated hands-on experience administering and supporting Linux server environments and associated on-premises infrastructure, including virtualisation, networking, storage, databases, monitoring, backup and recovery systems.
• 3. Demonstrated experience implementing, operating and maintaining secure and reliable hybrid infrastructure environments that combine on-premises platforms with selected cloud services and exposure to infrastructure requirements for AI-enabled systems.
• 4. Demonstrated experience applying DevOps practices, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, configuration management, automated provisioning, version control, containerisation and repeatable deployment workflows.
• 5. Strong knowledge of infrastructure security and production operations, including access management, patching, vulnerability remediation, system hardening, logging, network controls, monitoring, capacity management and disaster recovery.
• 6. Demonstrated ability to maintain the availability, performance and reliability of production systems through proactive monitoring, risk identification, incident response, root cause analysis and continuous improvement practices.
• 7. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated ability to diagnose complex infrastructure issues, evaluate practical options, exercise sound technical judgement and develop sustainable solutions with limited supervision.
• 8. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across infrastructure, software engineering and data teams, translate application and operational requirements into effective technical solutions, and communicate complex information clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• 9. Demonstrated ability to prepare and maintain clear technical documentation, including operational procedures, architecture notes, runbooks and knowledge-sharing materials.
• 10. Demonstrated ability to manage competing operational and project priorities, provide practical technical support to end users, and contribute flexibly to shared organisational goals.

Highly regarded - Knowledge and Experience

• Knowledge of Australian law and the legal system or previous experience working with legal information or legal knowledge systems
• Previous experience working in an agile software engineering environment
• Experience working in teams within small to medium-sized organisations, research institutions, digital information services or mission-driven organisations.
• A genuine interest in AustLII’s mission to expand free access to legal information or digital public infrastructure or technologies that support access to information

If you have queries regarding the role, please contact Leah Angrisano, Organisational Design and Development Manager, AustLII, at @austlii.edu.au or via LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/leah-angrisano-8bb67825.

To be considered eligible for this role, you must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this employment. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.