Senior Systems Engineer — Automation & Hybrid Cloud

St Vincent's Private Hospital Brisbane; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

St Vincent's Private Hospital Brisbane is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support and evolve enterprise infrastructure across Windows, Linux, virtualization, storage, and hybrid cloud environments.

You will lead design, implement and operate core services, drive automation, and work with cybersecurity and networking teams to deliver resilient, patient‑focused digital services in a complex health environment.

Qualifications

• Substantial hands-on experience in enterprise infrastructure engineering.
• Deep capability across Windows Server, Linux, VMware, AD, DNS, DHCP, and Exchange.
• Backup and recovery (e.g. Cohesity), monitoring, and scripting (PowerShell, Bash).
• Proven troubleshooting across physical and virtual environments.
• Strong grasp of security controls, patching, and vulnerability management.
• ITSM and ITIL-aligned experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and optimise Windows, Linux, VMware, and hybrid cloud, plus core services (Active Directory, Exchange, DNS, DHCP, file, certificates).
• Run patching, vulnerability remediation, and audit readiness with the Cybersecurity team
• Contribute to disaster recovery and business continuity strategy and testing
• Use automation and scripting to reduce manual effort and repetitive work
• Maintain monitoring and alerting to keep systems healthy and available
• Operate within ITIL-aligned incident, change, and problem management, and act as an escalation point for major incidents

Skills

Windows Server

Linux

VMware

Active Directory

DNS

DHCP

Exchange

PowerShell

Bash

Automation

Cybersecurity

ITIL

Tools

VMware

Cohesity

Job description

St Vincent's Private Hospital Brisbane is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support and evolve enterprise infrastructure across Windows, Linux, virtualization, storage, and hybrid cloud environments.

You will lead design, implement and operate core services, drive automation, and work with cybersecurity and networking teams to deliver resilient, patient‑focused digital services in a complex health environment.