Infrastructure & Cloud Systems Engineer

Hamilton City Council; New Zealand; On-site; NZD 86,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working policy

Professional development

Wellbeing days

Health insurance

Health checks and vaccination

Additional annual leave

Eye care reimbursement

Local discounts

Job summary

Hamilton City Council is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to manage, review, and automate backup systems, patching, and related processes across on-premises and cloud environments. The role involves ensuring SLAs, monitoring infrastructure, and maintaining security and high availability.

You will support a Windows-based server environment with 150+ servers, leveraging ESX virtualization and SCCM, with opportunities to learn new skills and technologies in a collaborative team setting.

Qualifications

• Tertiary IT qualification or equivalent experience.
• Microsoft Azure Certified: Azure Administrator or equivalent certification.
• Good understanding of server architectures, backup frameworks, and patch management solutions.
• At least 3 years of experience in managing and administrating servers, networks, backup operations, and system patching.
• Proven experience in automated patch management and backup/recovery strategies.
• Experience with Active Directory administration.
• Experience with SCCM for automated patch deployment and ESX virtualization.
• Knowledge of networking, firewalls, DNS, and network configuration and support is preferred.
• Basic scripting knowledge (PowerShell) for automating routine tasks is a plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to convey technical information clearly.
• Experience in local government is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage, review, and automate backup systems and patch management.
• Monitor IT infrastructure, networks, and processes to meet SLAs.
• Oversee daily activities for a Windows-based server environment (>150 servers) including on-prem, private, and public cloud setups.
• Work with ESX virtualization and SCCM; basic scripting (PowerShell) for automation is a plus.

Skills

Communication skills

Server administration

Backup & patch management

Networking concepts

Windows troubleshooting

Automation scripting (PowerShell)

Azure Cloud familiarity

Education

Tertiary IT qualification or equivalent experience

Azure Administrator certification

Tools

SCCM

ESX virtualization

PowerShell

Active Directory administration

Job description

Hamilton City Council is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to manage, review, and automate backup systems, patching, and related processes across on-premises and cloud environments. The role involves ensuring SLAs, monitoring infrastructure, and maintaining security and high availability.

You will support a Windows-based server environment with 150+ servers, leveraging ESX virtualization and SCCM, with opportunities to learn new skills and technologies in a collaborative team setting.