IT Infrastructure Specialist

Are you an IT infrastructure specialist with a knack for vendor management and relationship building? QTC is looking for someone just like you to lead our outsourced infrastructure and networking services. As Senior Associate you will join the Service Management & Infrastructure team part of the Technology and Data Division in Brisbane on a permanent basis. If you're ready to make a significant impact and help lead QTC's IT infrastructure to new heights, we want to hear from you.

**What You'll Do**:

- ** Vendor Engagement**: Use your expertise to manage vendors and collaborate with the technology design team.
- ** Maintenance & Support**: Ensure our virtual IT infrastructure and networking (LAN, WAN, and internet connectivity) are well-maintained and reliable.

Why this role could be just for you:

- ** Ownership**: Take charge of QTC’s outsourced cloud IT services and local and wide area networking. Ensure these services are perfectly aligned with our needs and managed within support agreements, hitting all availability targets and maintenance schedules.
- ** Off the Tools**: Focus on leveraging your extensive technical knowledge without being hands-on.

**About the role**:

- Ensure QTC’s outsourced virtual IT infrastructure and networking (LAN, WAN, and internet connectivity) are impeccably maintained and supported.
- In collaboration with the Procurement team, maintain governance frameworks for all relevant support vendors covering both support and maintenance requirements for infrastructure and networking services.
- Working closely with stakeholders such as the Finance and Procurement teams, manage the relevant vendors to the agreements developed and governance frameworks, escalating matters where services are at risk or performance does not align to agreed terms. Where necessary, lead the process of implementing any necessary Service Improvement Plans.
- Through effective internal and external relationships, drive successful performance from outsourced support vendors and their infrastructure teams to best align with technology and business drivers.
- Work with the technology design and delivery functions to implement a roadmap for the provision, enhancement and ongoing maintenance of in-scope IT infrastructure and networking equipment, ensuring that QTC’s business change governance process is adhered to and aligned with during the implementation phase.

**About You**:
You will bring knowledge of current IT infrastructure and networking trends, along with industry best practices. You will excel in creating effective relationships, leveraging your experience in managing outsourced support providers in complex, multi-vendor environments.

You will also:

- Manage change initiatives and projects in the IT infrastructure domain, coordinating resources from multiple suppliers and managing tasks to schedule, risks and communication to stakeholders.
- Bring understanding of contemporary technology project management methodologies.
- Have budget and financial management capability
- Embrace a proactive approach that prioritizes safety while delivering positive results and continuous improvement.

**Desirable (but not essential)**
- Microsoft Azure certification (e.g. AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals)
- ITIL® Foundation certification (version 3 or above)
- Project delivery certification (Agile or similar)

**Build the future with QTC**:
Join an organisation that has been recognised as ‘one of Australia’s best places to work’, winning multiple Employer of Choice awards in recent years for professional development, employee benefits and culture.

QTC is the central financing authority for the Queensland Government and provides financial resources and services for the State. We manage the State’s funding program in the global capital markets to deliver sustainable and cost-effective borrowings for the Queensland Government, local governments, and other related entities (our clients).

With a statutory role to advance the financial interests and development of the State, we help to deliver innovative, long-term solutions that contribute to the growth of Queensland’s economy. We protect Queensland’s financial interests and deliver better financial outcomes by centralising the management of our clients’ borrowings, cash investments, and foreign exchange.

We do work that improves Queensland for generations. We are a leader in finance, creating meaningful solutions with profound outcomes. We set the standard in financial solutions. We address the challenges of today, with results for tomorrow.

**Benefits**

Benefit from a best-in-class professional development program, flexible work, leadership programs, study support, paid-parental leave, salary packaging and a corporate wellbeing program (including discounts for you and your family to a range of fitness facilities close to home or work).