Senior Systems Engineer — Cloud, Automation & Infrastructure

seek.com.au; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

seek.com.au is seeking a technically strong Senior Systems Engineer to join our hands-on MSP team, delivering complex infrastructure projects across Microsoft, Linux, cloud, security, and automation. You'll own challenging problems from planning through to implementation and handover, balancing project delivery with escalations, cloud migrations, and security hardening across diverse client environments.

Ideally you’ll thrive in independent, ownership-driven environments, enjoy troubleshooting

Qualifications

• Senior Systems Engineer / Infrastructure Engineer / Level 3 experience
• Ability to independently deliver infrastructure and cloud projects
• Solid Microsoft 365, Azure, Entra ID, Intune, AD, and Windows Server experience
• Excellent troubleshooting and networking fundamentals
• Experience with virtualization, backup, and disaster recovery
• Security knowledge, particularly Defender and incident investigation
• PowerShell scripting and automation-first mindset
• Linux administration and CLI proficiency
• Strong communication and ownership of outcomes

Responsibilities

• Leading and delivering infrastructure projects, including Microsoft 365 migrations, Azure deployments, server upgrades, and cloud migrations.
• Designing, implementing, and improving environments across Microsoft 365, Azure, AWS, Windows Server, and Linux.
• Working with networking, virtualization, backup, disaster recovery, and hybrid infrastructure.
• Taking ownership of projects from planning through to implementation and handover.
• Investigating and resolving Level 3 issues across servers, networks, cloud platforms, identity, and security.
• Identifying root causes and implementing permanent solutions rather than temporary fixes.
• Acting as a technical escalation point while supporting the wider team and clients.
• Hands-on support across the MSP environment when needed.

Skills

Infrastructure project delivery

Cloud architecture

Networking fundamentals

Troubleshooting

Automation mindset

Linux administration

Tools

PowerShell

Python

Azure

Microsoft 365

Intune

Entra ID

Windows Server

Active Directory

AWS

Job description

seek.com.au is seeking a technically strong Senior Systems Engineer to join our hands-on MSP team, delivering complex infrastructure projects across Microsoft, Linux, cloud, security, and automation. You'll own challenging problems from planning through to implementation and handover, balancing project delivery with escalations, cloud migrations, and security hardening across diverse client environments.

Ideally you’ll thrive in independent, ownership-driven environments, enjoy troubleshooting