Senior It Systems Engineer (Au)

Droneshield; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

DroneShield's IT team at the Sydney headquarters supports global growth with a focus on reliability, security, and automation. The role centers on owning and scaling infrastructure across on-prem and cloud, developing programmatic automations, and collaborating across Engineering and Security teams.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years of IT experience, strong Linux, scripting, and cloud skills (AWS/Azure), plus IaC tools like Terraform and Ansible. A proactive, security-minded mindset is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT or related field.
• 7+ years in a similar IT role.
• Demonstrated ability to drive continuous IT improvements.
• Excellent communication and ability to explain technical concepts.
• Strong Linux administration (Ubuntu/Debian/RHEL).
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• High proficiency in scripting for automation and system management.
• Solid networking knowledge: firewalls, VPNs, DNS, DHCP, Spanning Tree.
• Hands-on experience with AWS/Azure cloud platforms.
• Atlassian suite: Jira & Confluence; familiarity with monitoring tools.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to planning, design, and delivery of core infrastructure initiatives (on-prem and hybrid cloud).
• Lead engineering and operational support for Linux-based systems, storage, and services.
• Develop automation using Bash, Python, PowerShell, or Ansible.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines and IaC workflows (Ansible, Terraform).
• Manage and support AWS services for reliable hybrid integration.
• Improve monitoring, logging, and operational insights across systems.
• Experience with hybrid on-premises and private clouds.
• Involvement with networking architecture and operations.
• Provide technical guidance across IT domains; mentor team members.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align IT solutions with business needs.

Skills

Linux administration

Automation scripting

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Anı

Networking (firewalls, VPNs, DNS, DHCP

End-user support

Jira

Confluence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Bash

Python

PowerShell

AWS

Azure

Intune

SCCM

JAMF

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Job Description

Work with cutting-edge AI technology that helps make the world a safer and more secure place. DroneShield (ASX:DRO) develops market-leading counter-drone solutions used by military organisations, government agencies, airports, critical infrastructure operators, and law enforcement operating in some of the most challenging and high-stakes environments in the world. Employees work at the forefront of innovation, solving complex technical problems and delivering mission-critical capabilities where performance, reliability, and speed matter.

As an ASX200-listed company and the world's only publicly listed pure-play counter-drone business, DroneShield is experiencing rapid growth. Revenue increased from A$57 million in 2024 to more than A$217 million in 2025, supported by record profitability, a global sales pipeline exceeding A$2.5 billion, and annual R&D investment of over A$50 million.

Since 2017, DroneShield has grown from 11 employees to more than 550 globally, with operations across Australia, the United States, Europe, and the Middle East, supporting customers in over 70 countries.

The role is based at DroneShield's Sydney headquarters, which houses corporate, commercial, engineering, and operational teams supporting the company's global growth and customer base.

About the role

The IT team is responsible for providing excellent end user experiences and services for our staff. They deliver prompt technical support, troubleshoot issues, and ensure the smooth operation of hardware, software, and network systems to minimise disruptions. The team also manages system maintenance, internal applications and drive overall organisational productivity.

The IT team must work closely with Engineering and Security teams to delight our Engineers while keeping a high level of security.

This role will be a key position within the DroneShield Information Technology team. Primary responsibilities including owning and improving our existing technology and processes to scale efficiencies with the high growth of the company. To do so the candidate will be able to easily create programmatic automations. The role will also require the candidate to be versed in several disciplines ranging from Linux administration, virtualisation platforms, automation tooling, internal application hosting and cloud infrastructure.

This role requires experience with either programming or advanced scripting. The ideal candidate will also have experience or ideas on how to leverage LLM to make the team more effective.

Responsibilities, Duties and Expectations

• Contribute to the planning, design, and delivery of core infrastructure initiatives, including on-premises and hybrid cloud environments, ensuring systems are reliable, secure, and scalable
• Lead engineering and operational support for Linux based systems, storage, and core infrastructure services.
• Develop automation and tooling using Bash, Python, PowerShell, or configuration management platforms (e.g., Ansible).
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code workflows (e.g., Ansible, Terraform) to support consistent, automated, and scalable infrastructure deployments.
• Manage and support AWS services including compute, storage, networking, and security components to ensure reliable hybrid integration and alignment with broader infrastructure operations.
• Improve and maintain monitoring, alerting, logging, and operational insights across systems and applications.
• Experience managing hybrid environments spanning on-premises and private clouds.
• Involvement with Networking architecture and operations.
• Provide technical guidance and act as a subject matter expert across various IT domains.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align IT solutions with business needs.
• Mentor team members.
• Work on architecting Global Solutions for the growing company and set standards for IT across the DroneShield Group in Australia and internationally.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years' experience in a similar role.
• Demonstrated ability to drive continuous improvement within IT environments.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly.
• Strong Linux administration skills (Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL, or similar).
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• High proficiency in scripting languages for automation and system management.
• Solid understanding of networking concepts including firewalls, VPNs, routers/switches, DNS, DHCP and Spanning Tree.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS.
• Proficient with endpoint management tools such as Intune, SCCM and JAMF, and identity platforms like Azure Entra ID.
• Experience administering the Atlassian suite, including JIRA and Confluence.
• Familiarity with system monitoring tools and user support processes, with a focus on customer success.

Note for recruitment agencies: We do not accept unsolicited candidates from external recruiters unless specifically instructed.