Systems Administrator

Transport for NSW; Parramatta; Hybrid; AUD 142,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Transport For NSW is seeking a Systems Administrator for the Safety & Asset domain in Parramatta. You will support and enhance both existing and new business systems, working across BAU and project workstreams.

The role involves incident management, deployments, and on-call duties within a hybrid office setting. You should bring 5+ years in a similar role and 10+ years in technology, with experience in middleware, cloud environments, and enterprise tools.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in a similar role, and 10+ years working within technology.
• Experience with enterprise platforms and tools to support project delivery and service management.
• Experience with Windows, Linux, Unix, VMWare, Kubernetes, cloud environments (AWS/Azure).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for ongoing support, maintenance, monitoring and enhancement of application and infrastructure environments.
• Manage incidents, service requests, problems, deployments and upgrades across dev/test/prod environments.
• Act as a primary operational contact for business stakeholders and collaborate with project teams and vendors.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance system performance and resilience.

Job description

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Systems Administrator - Safety & Asset

Organisation/Entity: Transport For NSW

Job category: Information & Communication Technology

Job location: Parramatta, NSW, AU, 2150

Job reference number: 112180

Employment type: Permanent Full-Time

Salary range: $141678.0-$158677.0

You see the big picture, you’ve always worked on a grand scale, and now you’re ready to re-focus on grand impact.

Your innovative mindset is key to creating solutions to complex problems. Our systems drive our organisational success and underpin every journey our customers take. This is your opportunity to be part of an expert team who build and refine seamless technology experiences.

Be responsible for the ongoing support, maintenance, monitoring and enhancement of application and infrastructure environments supporting both existing and new business systems. Working across BAU operations and project initiatives, you will manage incidents, service requests, problem resolution, deployments and upgrades, while ensuring the reliability and performance of development, test and production environments. You will act as a key operational contact for business stakeholders, collaborate with project teams, vendors and support partners to deliver technical solutions, and provide expertise across the supported technology stack. The role also participates in a 24/7 on call roster and contributes to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance system performance, resilience, and support processes.

This role sits within Regulatory Applications (Safety & Asset Domain).

For you to be successful within this role you should meet all the following criteria:

• 5+ years experience in a similar role, as described above, and 10+ years working within technology
• Integration & Messaging Middleware technologies, e.g., Apache, Nginx, Tomcat, WebLogic, IBM WebSphere, IBM Integration Bus (IIB)
• Experience working in AWS/Azure hybrid cloud environments, deploying & supporting applications
• Experience utilising a range of enterprise platforms and tools, including Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, Objective, and SharePoint, to support project delivery, collaboration, documentation and service management
• Experience utilising Windows, Linux, Unix, VMWare, Kubernetes, EKS, PowerShell, Python, UNIX shell programming, Jenkins, Git, Bitbucket, Splunk, Dynatrace, and Ansible
• Proven experience supporting and maintaining multiple application environments across the software development lifecycle, including parallel development, testing and production environments
• Highly developed communication, consultation and stakeholder management skills, with a strong customer focus and the ability to build effective relationships, manage competing priorities, and deliver outcomes within tight deadlines and service level commitment

Nice to Haves:

• Proven track record in comparable roles across banking and financial services environments
• Experience working with enterprise CDN and network security technologies, including Akamai and Palo Alto, to support application delivery, performance, availability and cybersecurity requirements
• Degree qualification in a relevant STEM discipline

This is a permanent opportunity. This role is based in a hybrid environment; you will typically work five days per month from our Parramatta office and a further five days from another TfNSW office location. To support team collaboration though, you will ideally be based in the Parramatta office every Monday and Wednesday, and every other Friday.

This is a Grade 8 role, paying between $141,678.00 - $158,677.00 + super. The grade level will be assessed based on your relevant skills, experiences, capabilities, and qualifications etc.

Who we are

Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day.

Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve. If you’d like further information on our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visit Transport careers .

Applications close 11:59 PM, Monday 2nd November 2026

For more information about this role, please contact [e-mail].

Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply. Visit Supporting Aboriginal People or Supporting People with Disability for more information or speak to your talent team member to arrange any adjustments to how you interact with us.

Transport acknowledges the Aboriginal people of the country on which we work, their traditions, culture and a shared history and identity. We also pay our respects to Elders past and present and recognise the continued connection to country.