Infrastructure And Platforms Technical Expert

Executive Level 1
- Canberra, ACT
- EL1: $120,636 to $133,328

**About the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations**
We enable access to quality skills, training and employment services to support Australians find secure work in fair, productive and safe workplaces - supporting individuals and our nation to prosper.

**The Branch**
The Infrastructure and Platforms Branch is responsible for supporting and maintaining the infrastructure underpinning the Department of Employment and Workplace relations as well as several external agencies. With a wide range of responsibilities across several technologies (Including a significant cloud offering across both Azure and AWS, Windows and Linux servers, and hardware maintenance) we are a diverse group with many specialised skillsets, all working to ensure that our stakeholders have stable and cyber-compliant infrastructure and platforms on which to build services for the Australian public.

**The Roles (Multiple)**

Senior Architect
The Technology Architecture Team designs and manages the technology infrastructure and solutions that allow the Technology Service Division to achieve its operational goals.

The senior architect will help to ensure that the technology solutions and services are secure, high-quality, reliable, and scalable, and that they fit the business needs of the customers.

The senior architect will work with the division's stakeholders to understand their requirements and create technology solutions that meet business needs.

Responsibilities of the EL1 may include:

- Working closely with information technology and development teams within the department to ensure proposed solutions are fit for purpose and meet security requirements.
- Input into and review any design or architectural components including contributing to decision papers.

Senior Cloud Engineer

Reporting to the Hosting Team lead, the Senior Cloud Engineer is responsible for maintaining the majority of the departments virtual servers in both internal and external environments.

Responsibilities of the EL1 may include:

- Maintaining AWS and VMWare based cloud servers.
- Troubleshooting failures
- Identifying opportunities for optimisation

Senior Network Engineer

The Network Team, Technology Operations within the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations are seeking to engage a highly motivated and enthusiastic Network Engineer with demonstrated experience in a broad range of networking technologies such Cisco, F5 and FortiGate.

Responsibilities of the EL1 may include:

- Performing a broad range of activities associated with the management and support of network services across the departments Datacentre, LAN, WAN and Wireless networks.

Windows Server Engineer

The integral role of the Platform Services Team is to support and maintain the windows server platform, by means of adopting guidelines provided by Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) implementing the Information Security Manual (ISM) produces and controls. The systems utilised to achieve this, but not limited to are: Active Directory, DNS, Server Group Policy, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM), F5 and Server Platform Standardisation.

Responsibilities of the EL1 may include:

- Mitigate vulnerabilities and exploits raised via Tenable reports.

Senior Financial Operations Officer

The NPP Projects - Azure Services team, Infrastructure and Platforms Branch of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) is seeking a Cloudability specialist to provide Apptio Cloudability solutions to optimise cloud resources for cost and quality.

Responsibilities of the EL1 may include:

- Providing advice on FinOps and how it can be applied to improve Cloud cost management in Azure and AWS environments.

**How to Apply**
Clearly state which position you wish to be considered for.
- Senior Architect
- Senior Cloud Engineer
- Senior Network Engineer
- Windows Server Engineer
- Senior Financial Operations Officer

Applicants are required to provide up to a one-page summary (no more than 500 words) that outlines skills, knowledge, and experience and why you should be considered for this vacancy. You should take into consideration the position overview (including any detailed position specific requirements) when drafting your response. Where possible include specific relevant examples of your work.

The APS work level standards accommodate the diversity of roles across the APS and are structured to clearly differentiate between the work expected (i.e. responsibilities and duties) at each classification level.

In the eRecruit (the department's online recruitment system) you will also need to:

- upload a Curriculum Vitae
- provide contact details for 2 Referees.

**Eligibility**

**Citizenship** - to be eligible for employment with the Department, you must be an Australian Citizen or, in limited circumstances, in the process of obtaining it.

**Please refer to the Job Information Pack for more