Senior Systems Engineer

Better and fairer care.  Always.

St Vincent's has been a leader in Australia's health and aged care landscape for more than 165 years. Since our founders, the Sisters of Charity, opened our first hospital in 1857, our services and nearly 30,000 people have been behind some of Australia's most important medical breakthroughs. We are a microcosm of Australia's health and aged care system and are uniquely positioned to lead and respond to our rapidly changing environment.

We are looking for a special kind of person - a St Vincent's kind of person. Someone who puts excellence, compassion, connection and caring for other people at the heart of everything they do. 

As the Senior Systems Engineer, you will be at the core of our digital operations, designing, securing, and optimising our vital compute and storage infrastructure for maximum reliability and availability across our healthcare network.

You will be hands-on in the daily administration of our server and storage environment, ensuring smooth operation 24/7. You will also contribute to the design, implementation, and maintenance of our core infrastructure, including server virtualisation and storage solutions. We are seeking a technical specialist to provide guidance across our IT infrastructure and take ownership of technical issues related to our core IT systems. You will manage and maintain Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, Cohesity backups, VMware environments, file services, scripting and automation, system patching, vulnerability remediation, and DR/BCP strategies.

We have two new and exciting opportunities available, one position is a full-time permanent role, while the other is a 12-month contract. You can be based in any of our Group Head Offices in Sydney, Brisbane, or Melbourne, and will be required to participate in an on-call roster outside of business hours.

Key responsibilities of the role:

• Design, build, and maintain Cisco Hyperflex and VMware vSAN virtual infrastructure.
• Manage enterprise storage platforms including PureStorage, Dell Isilon, PowerEdge, and Cisco UCS
• Implement and support storage capacity planning, replication, and disaster recovery solutions across datacentres
• Administer backup, monitoring, and infrastructure management tools across virtual and physical environments
• Perform proactive issue detection, root cause analysis, and long-term remediation of storage-related incidents
• Apply firmware, OS, and application updates to storage and virtual server infrastructure to maintain support compliance
• Lead VMware and storage migration projects including hybrid and cloud integration
• Automate storage and virtualization management tasks using orchestration platforms to reduce operational overhead
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting for infrastructure-related issues
• Participate in the on-call roster to provide priority support and incident management

Things that work for us:

• Demonstrated experience in IT infrastructure roles within a large and complex enterprise organisation and across Windows Server, Linux, VMware, and hybrid cloud environments
• Thorough knowledge and experience supporting Pure Storage, Dell Isilon & Unity, Cisco UCS Hyperflex and VMWare Virtualisation platform across multiple Data Centres
• Experience administering and securing Microsoft Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, Exchange, and file services and strong knowledge of backup and recovery technologies, system monitoring, patching and automation
• Proven experience with current Microsoft technologies (server, desktop and applications), server hardware and peripherals knowledge and skills
• Experience in the usage of systems configuration and change management processes and documentation
• Ability to identify production issues and suggest proactive remediation, take an active role in incident resolution and deliver future-proofing services
• Experience managing routine IT administration tasks to ensure core storage infrastructure runs smoothly at all times

Things that work for you:

• Ability to visibly see your impact on the business and its service
• Competitive salary packaging options
• Discounted private health insurance
• Employee Assistance Program for staff and their families
• Access to the Fitness Passport (FP)

At St Vincent's we value inclusivity and diversity and acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, fair and impartial and invites people from all backgrounds to join us.

Pre-Employment Checks

Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.

Equal Opportunity

We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.

How To Apply

Please submit your application via the Apply button, include your resume and a brief cover letter outlining your experience and suitability.

Respectfully, no recruitment agencies.

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

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