Senior Systems Engineer

Milestone IT; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Milestone IT is seeking an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to drive technical delivery, infrastructure management and solution design across on‑prem, virtualised and cloud environments.

You will own complex problems, communicate with technical and business stakeholders, and coordinate infrastructure projects from design to implementation.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience as a Senior Systems Engineer across complex infrastructure environments.
• Strong practical knowledge of Microsoft identity platforms and Windows Server infrastructure.
• Substantial experience with virtualization, clustering, enterprise hardware and shared storage.
• Experience delivering reliable backup, replication and recovery solutions using Veeam.
• Working knowledge of Azure and AWS.
• A detailed understanding of networking as it applies to server infrastructure.
• Experience contributing to system architecture and managing technical projects.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain technical issues clearly.
• A structured approach to troubleshooting, documentation and delivery.
• Experience with Azure Files and SharePoint will be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Administering Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft Entra Connect.
• Managing Windows Server services, including DNS, DHCP, DFS, File and Storage Services, Print Management and IIS.
• Supporting infrastructure hosting Microsoft SQL Server.
• Managing Microsoft Hyper-V environments, including clustering and connectivity to SAS or iSCSI SAN storage.
• Configuring and maintaining enterprise Dell and HPE servers and SANs.
• Supporting software defined storage and hyperconverged platforms, such as StarWind vSAN.
• Managing backup and replication through Veeam, including Veeam Service Provider services.
• Working across Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services environments.
• Configuring server infrastructure within network environments incorporating VLANs, network policies and static and dynamic routing.
• Contributing to system architecture, technical documentation and infrastructure improvement projects.

Skills

Active Directory

Microsoft Entra ID

Windows Server

Networking fundamentals

Backup and recovery

Cloud platforms

Communication skills

Tools

Active Directory

Microsoft Entra ID

Entra Connect

Windows Server

DNS

DHCP

DFS

File and Storage Services

IIS

Hyper-V

StarWind vSAN

Veeam

Azure

AWS

SAS storage

iSCSI SAN storage

Dell servers

HPE servers

SharePoint

Job description

Milestone IT is seeking an experienced Senior Systems Engineer for an opportunity combining technical delivery, infrastructure management and solution design.

This role suits someone who enjoys working across the full infrastructure stack, takes ownership of complex problems and communicates confidently with technical and business stakeholders.
The opportunity

You will help manage and improve enterprise server infrastructure across physical, virtual and cloud environments. Alongside operational engineering, you will contribute to architecture decisionsand coordinate infrastructure projects through to implementation.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Administering Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft Entra Connect.
• Managing Windows Server services, including DNS, DHCP, DFS, File and Storage Services, Print Management and IIS.
• Supporting infrastructure hosting Microsoft SQL Server.
• Managing Microsoft Hyper V environments, including clustering and connectivity to SAS or iSCSI SAN storage.
• Configuring and maintaining enterprise Dell and HPE servers and SANs.
• Supporting software defined storage and hyperconverged platforms, such as StarWind vSAN.
• Managing backup and replication through Veeam, including Veeam Service Provider services.
• Working across Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services environments.
• Configuring server infrastructure within network environments incorporating VLANs, network policies and static and dynamic routing.
• Contributing to system architecture, technical documentation and infrastructure improvement projects.

What you will bring

• Demonstrated experience as a Senior Systems Engineer across complex infrastructure environments.
• Strong practical knowledge of Microsoft identity platforms and Windows Server infrastructure.
• Substantial experience with virtualisation, clustering, enterprise hardware and shared storage.
• Experience delivering reliable backup, replication and recovery solutions using Veeam.
• Working knowledge of Azure and AWS.
• A detailed understanding of networking as it applies to server infrastructure.
• Experience contributing to system architecture and managing technical projects.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain technical issues clearly.
• A structured approach to troubleshooting, documentation and delivery.
• Experience with Azure Files and SharePoint will be highly regarded.