Water Infrastructure Team Lead — Hybrid & Mentoring

Aeco; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Aeco in Sydney is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Delivery Lead to drive end-to-end infrastructure services delivery, governance, and transformation for enterprise platforms. You will lead large-scale Data Centre migrations and cloud initiatives, coordinating with vendors, customers, and executives to ensure successful delivery.

The role requires 12+ years in infrastructure services, strong stakeholder management, and Australian citizenship with Sydney-based relocation willingness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Engineering, CS or related discipline.
• 12+ years in infrastructure services and technology delivery.
• 5+ years leading enterprise infrastructure delivery teams.
• Experience with large-scale DC migrations and cloud/hybrid transformations.
• Strong customer-facing and executive stakeholder management.
• Australian Citizenship required; Sydney-based relocation mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of enterprise infrastructure services.
• Manage onshore and offshore delivery teams and align with customer objectives.
• Drive service excellence to meet SLAs, KPIs, availability and performance targets.
• Establish delivery governance, executive reporting, risk management and continual service improvement.
• Lead large Data Centre migration programs from planning to post-migration stabilization.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, security teams and technology partners.
• Coordinate migration activities across applications, infrastructure, security, vendors and business teams.
• Provide executive-level status updates on delivery and transformation outcomes.

Skills

Windows Server

VMware

Storage Platforms

Enterprise Backup Solutions

Network Infrastructure

Load Balancers

Citrix

Compute Platforms

Hybrid Cloud

Infrastructure Automation

Monitoring & Observability Platforms

AIOps Platforms

ITIL Service Management

ServiceNow

Incident, Change & Problem Management

CMDB & Asset Management

Infrastructure Security

Vulnerability Management

Security Operations

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuit

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline

ITIL Foundation

ITIL Expert

VMware Certifications

PMP / PRINCE2 Certification

TOGAF or Infrastructure Architecture Certifications

Tools

Windows Server

VMware

Storage Platforms

Enterprise Backup Solutions

Network Infrastructure

Load Balancers

Citrix

Compute Platforms

Hybrid Cloud

Infrastructure Automation

Monitoring & Observability Platforms

AIOps Platforms

ITIL Service Management

ServiceNow

Incident, Change & Problem Management

CMDB & Asset Management

Infrastructure Security

Vulnerability Management

Security Operations

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

Job description

Job description: Infrastructure Delivery Lead

The Technical Infrastructure Delivery Lead is responsible for the end-to-end delivery, governance, operational management, and transformation of enterprise infrastructure services.

The successful candidate will lead large-scale infrastructure programs, including Data Centre (DC) migrations, infrastructure modernization, cloud and hybrid platform initiatives, disaster recovery, cyber security, operational support, and service transformation programs. The role acts as the primary liaison between customer stakeholders, infrastructure teams, vendors, and executive leadership to ensure successful delivery and operational excellence.

This position is ideally suited to an experienced Infrastructure Delivery Manager or Datacentre Technology Lead with proven experience delivering infrastructure services within large enterprise environments.

Mandatory Experience

• Minimum 12+ years of Infrastructure Services and Technology Delivery experience.
• Minimum 5+ years leading enterprise infrastructure delivery teams.
• Proven experience managing complex infrastructure transformation initiatives.
• Experience supporting mission-critical enterprise platforms.
• Strong experience across Infrastructure Operations and Managed Services environments.
• Experience working within Utilities, Government, Banking, Healthcare, Telecommunications, or other highly regulated industries.
• Strong customer-facing and executive stakeholder management experience.
• Australian Citizenship (Mandatory ).
• Sydney-based or willing to relocate to Sydney (Mandatory ).

Highly Desirable

• Government or Critical Infrastructure sector experience.
• Hybrid Cloud and Cloud Transformation experience.
• Experience transitioning services between providers or datacentres.
• Service Delivery leadership within large Managed Services engagements.

Technical Skills

Infrastructure

• Windows Server
• VMware
• Storage Platforms
• Enterprise Backup Solutions
• Network Infrastructure
• Load Balancers
• Citrix
• Compute Platforms
• Hybrid Cloud
• Infrastructure Automation
• Monitoring & Observability Platforms
• AIOps Platforms

Service Management

• ITIL Service Management
• ServiceNow
• Incident, Change & Problem Management
• CMDB & Asset Management

Security

• Infrastructure Security
• Vulnerability Management
• Security Operations
• Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

Qualifications

Mandatory

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline.

Preferred

• ITIL Foundation / ITIL Expert
• VMware Certifications
• PMP / PRINCE2 Certification
• TOGAF or Infrastructure Architecture Certifications

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure Delivery Leadership

• Lead end-to-end delivery of enterprise infrastructure services.
• Manage infrastructure operations covering compute, storage, backup, virtualization, network, security, monitoring, and workplace services.
• Drive service excellence aligned to contracted SLAs, KPIs, availability, and performance targets.
• Establish delivery governance, executive reporting, risk management, and continual service improvement frameworks.
• Manage onshore and offshore delivery teams and ensure alignment with customer business objectives.
• Lead large-scale Data Centre migration programs from planning through post-migration stabilization.
• Develop migration strategies covering physical, virtual, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Manage infrastructure migration assessments, architecture reviews, planning workshops, migration runbooks, cutover execution, and hypercare activities.
• Coordinate application, infrastructure, security, vendor, and business teams during migration initiatives.
• Manage infrastructure transformation programs involving datacentre consolidation, modernization, and cloud adoption.
• Lead RAID management, dependency tracking, business continuity planning, and migration risk mitigation.
• Drive successful migration outcomes with minimal business disruption.
• Review and approve infrastructure architecture and design artefacts.
• Ensure solutions meet security, performance, resilience, scalability, and compliance requirements.
• Support infrastructure roadmaps and technology modernization initiatives.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, security teams, and technology partners.

Service Management & Operations

• Lead Incident, Problem, Change, Capacity, Availability, Configuration, and Service Request Management processes.
• Ensure operational readiness for project and transformation initiatives.
• Drive observability, monitoring, automation, and AIOps adoption.
• Lead Disaster Recovery planning, testing, and recovery exercises.
• Ensure operational stability of critical business systems.

Security & Compliance

• Ensure infrastructure services comply with organizational security standards and customer requirements.
• Partner with cyber security teams to manage vulnerabilities, patching, remediation, and compliance activities.
• Support security audits and regulatory obligations.
• Promote Security by Design principles across all infrastructure projects.
• Build trusted relationships with customer executives and technology stakeholders.
• Lead infrastructure governance and steering committee discussions.
• Manage third-party suppliers, cloud providers, datacentre providers, and managed service partners.
• Provide executive-level communication on delivery status, risks, and transformation outcomes.
• Lead a multidisciplinary infrastructure team comprising:
  • Windows Server SMEs
  • Linux SMEs
  • VMware Specialists
  • Network Engineers
  • Security Specialists
  • Storage & Backup SMEs
  • Service Management Professionals
  • Cloud & Automation Engineers
• Mentor and develop technical leadership capability.
• Drive workforce planning, succession planning, and capability uplift initiatives.