Senior Telco Systems Engineer — Automation & Platforms

Colonial Group; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Colonial Group is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to design, implement, and automate critical telecom infrastructure in Sydney. You will manage RHEL, virtualization, and authentication services while leading automation initiatives.

The role requires 7+ years of experience in systems engineering, strong scripting in Python, and hands-on VMware and database administration. A Australia-based on-site position with 24x7 support expectations is involved.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Systems/Infrastructure Engineering roles.
• Advanced RHEL administration expertise.
• Strong Ansible automation and scripting in Python.
• Experience with VMware ESXi/vCenter and virtualization.
• Experience supporting 24x7 telecom environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and support highly available infrastructure for telecom platforms.
• Ensure stability and resilience across prod, DR, and test environments.
• Support OSS platforms, network management, authentication services, and customer-facing apps.
• Participate in upgrades, maintenance, and technology refresh programs.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Leadership

Automation

Python scripting

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Engineering/CS

Tools

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

Ansible

Python

VMware vSphere/ESXi/vCenter

Grafana

MySQL

Red Hat Satellite

RADIUS

Job description

Colonial Group is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to design, implement, and automate critical telecom infrastructure in Sydney. You will manage RHEL, virtualization, and authentication services while leading automation initiatives.

The role requires 7+ years of experience in systems engineering, strong scripting in Python, and hands-on VMware and database administration. A Australia-based on-site position with 24x7 support expectations is involved.