Senior Systems Engineer – Automation, Resilience & Hybrid Cloud

St Vincent's Health Australia; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

St Vincent’s Health Australia is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer / Systems Engineer to join the Infrastructure Operations team, supporting the stability, security, and performance of enterprise infrastructure across clinical, corporate, and research environments.

The role is hands-on and focuses on automation, cyber resilience, and high‑availability systems, with responsibilities across Windows, Linux, VMware, and hybrid cloud platforms, plus strong collaboration with cybersecurity and

Qualifications

• Substantial hands‑on experience in enterprise infrastructure engineering.
• Deep capability across Windows Server, Linux, VMware, Active Directory, 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

• Lead or contribute to system design, implementation, and optimisation.
• Provide advanced operational support and incident resolution.
• Take ownership of infrastructure platforms across the full lifecycle (design, operate, optimise, retire).
• Maintain and optimise Windows, Linux, VMware, and hybrid cloud, plus core services (AD, DNS, DHCP, Exchange).
• Run patching, vulnerability remediation, and audit readiness with Cybersecurity.
• Contribute to disaster recovery and business continuity 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; act as escalation point.

Skills

Windows Server

Linux

VMware

Active Directory

DNS

DHCP

Exchange

Backup and recovery

Monitoring

Scripting

PowerShell

Bash

Troubleshooting

Security controls

Patching

Vulnerability management

ITSM/ITIL

Tools

Cohesity

Azure

Hybrid cloud

RHCSA

AZ-104

AZ-800/801

VCP-DCV

Job description

St Vincent’s Health Australia is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer / Systems Engineer to join the Infrastructure Operations team, supporting the stability, security, and performance of enterprise infrastructure across clinical, corporate, and research environments.

The role is hands-on and focuses on automation, cyber resilience, and high‑availability systems, with responsibilities across Windows, Linux, VMware, and hybrid cloud platforms, plus strong collaboration with cybersecurity and