Virtualisation Engineer: VMware & Automation Specialist

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CSIRO is seeking a Virtualisation Engineer to join the Information and Infrastructure Services team in Canberra. You will help operate, secure, automate and modernise CSIRO's virtualisation and private cloud platforms, delivering scalable infrastructure for critical workloads.

You will work with VMware technologies (VCF, vSphere) and Cisco UCS hardware, contribute to automation, and participate in on-call support as part of a hybrid work arrangement.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Experience in Cisco UCS server hardware infrastructure management.
• Knowledge and experience in the VMware virtualization suite.
• Experience in programming, scripting, or infrastructure orchestration.
• Experience in Linux and Windows server administration.
• Experience with VMware vSphere, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), and related infrastructure services.
• Experience administering Windows and Linux server environments.
• Knowledge of infrastructure security, hardening practices, and risk mitigation principles.
• Backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity concepts.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and support VMware vSphere, VCF, and related virtual infrastructure.
• Resolve incidents, service requests, and operational issues.
• Troubleshoot and remediate platform performance and availability.
• Participate in on-call and major incident support.
• Manage and maintain Cisco UCS infrastructure, including Fabric Interconnects, servers, service profiles, and networking.
• Administer the Cisco Intersight environment to monitor health, compliance, and inventory.
• Perform firmware upgrades, hardware lifecycle management, and coordinate vendor support.

Skills

VMware vSphere

Cisco UCS

Linux administration

Windows administration

Scripting/infrastructure orchestration

Security hardening

Education

Tertiary qualification in Science/Engineering/CS/IT or equivalent experience

Tools

VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)

Cisco Intersight

Job description

CSIRO is seeking a Virtualisation Engineer to join the Information and Infrastructure Services team in Canberra. You will help operate, secure, automate and modernise CSIRO's virtualisation and private cloud platforms, delivering scalable infrastructure for critical workloads.

You will work with VMware technologies (VCF, vSphere) and Cisco UCS hardware, contribute to automation, and participate in on-call support as part of a hybrid work arrangement.