Sydney Rail IT & Cyber Systems Engineer

Hitachi, Ltd.; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary review

Professional development

Health initiatives

Employee Assistance Program

Extra days off

Social events

Job summary

Hitachi Rail in Sydney seeks an IS/IT/Cyber Systems Engineer to design, deploy and support IT and cyber infrastructure for the SMW project and future programmes. You will translate engineering inputs into scalable IT solutions across data centres, stations, and end-user platforms.

The role covers procurements, testing, commissioning, and ongoing support, with emphasis on resilient IT architecture and documentation. A strong background in virtualization and OT cyber security is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in IT systems or infrastructure engineering within complex environments.
• Strong knowledge of virtualization platforms, clustering, and distributed systems.
• Knowledge of Cyber technologies for the OT environment.
• Experience in server, storage, and end-user system deployment.
• Ability to support system configuration, testing, and commissioning.
• Understanding of resilient and scalable IT architecture principles.
• Experience producing technical documentation and supporting procurement.
• Relevant qualifications in Information Technology, Systems Engineering, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Translate product line and system engineering inputs into IT system designs.
• Define equipment specifications for procurement, including servers, storage, and end-user devices.
• Design virtualization environments, including Proxmox clusters across OCC, BOCC, and witness sites, as well as standalone station clusters.
• Configure and deploy compute, storage, and virtual platforms.
• Design, develop, and implement cyber solutions for the project.
• Support procurement activities, including technical evaluation of equipment.
• Support integration, testing, and commissioning of IT/Cyber systems.
• Provide technical support during deployment and early operations.
• Define and configuring workstations, monitors, video walls, handheld devices, and associated infrastructure.
• Maintain design consistency and configuration control across all system.

Skills

IT infrastructure

Virtualization

OT Cyber security

Server deployment

Documentation

Testing & commissioning

System design

Procurement support

Education

IT or Systems Engineering degree

Tools

Proxmox

Job description

Hitachi Rail in Sydney seeks an IS/IT/Cyber Systems Engineer to design, deploy and support IT and cyber infrastructure for the SMW project and future programmes. You will translate engineering inputs into scalable IT solutions across data centres, stations, and end-user platforms.

The role covers procurements, testing, commissioning, and ongoing support, with emphasis on resilient IT architecture and documentation. A strong background in virtualization and OT cyber security is essential.