Senior Systems Engineer — Data Center Migration (6‑Month)

Cox Purtell Staffing Services; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

This six-month contract role is for a senior systems engineer to deliver a data centre migration for a world class animation studio in Sydney. You will map dependencies, move servers and storage, reconfigure networks and run cutovers, ensuring a smooth handover to the permanent team.

You will join the on-call rotation to keep production running, document runbooks and procedures, and build automation to support future operations across hybrid on-premise and cloud environments.

Qualifications

• At least 6 years of hands on experience administering and deploying complex production systems.
• Strong systems fundamentals across Linux, Windows and macOS, including networking, storage and troubleshooting from hardware level through to software.
• Hands on experience with data centre operations or migrations, such as physical moves, cutovers, capacity planning or hardware lifecycle work.
• Deep experience with configuration management and infrastructure automation across multiple platforms and methodologies.
• Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language for automation, such as Python, Go, Bash or PowerShell.
• The ability to work independently in unfamiliar systems, quickly identify what matters and deliver with minimal ramp up.
• Experience in VFX, animation or a similar creative services environment, hybrid on premise and cloud infrastructure, or production on call and incident response is highly regarded.
• Available to start immediately, able to work onsite in Sydney and holding full Australian working rights.

Responsibilities

• Plan and run data centre migration work, from inventory and dependency mapping through to server, storage and network moves, cutover and validation.
• Provide operational cover for the engineering team, including troubleshooting, incident response and participation in the on call rotation.
• Maintain and extend internal tooling and automation, including configuration management and service based infrastructure management.
• Support system and infrastructure updates and migrations across hybrid on premise and cloud environments.
• Write runbooks, migration plans and system configuration documentation so the permanent team can operate and maintain the environment after the contract ends.

Skills

Linux

Windows

macOS

Automation

Hybrid cloud

Networking

Storage

Scripting

Tools

Python

Go

Bash

PowerShell

Job description

This six-month contract role is for a senior systems engineer to deliver a data centre migration for a world class animation studio in Sydney. You will map dependencies, move servers and storage, reconfigure networks and run cutovers, ensuring a smooth handover to the permanent team.

You will join the on-call rotation to keep production running, document runbooks and procedures, and build automation to support future operations across hybrid on-premise and cloud environments.