Systems and Cloud Engineer

Job summary

The Cloud and Systems Engineer maintains and secures critical platforms while supporting the retirement of legacy infrastructure and the transition to a cloud-first environment. The role covers Windows and database administration, backups and disaster recovery, vulnerability remediation, and VMware vSphere and Citrix operations. It also supports cloud migration and validation, legacy system decommissioning, and PowerShell automation.

Qualifications

• Current National Police Check or NDIS Worker Screening Clearance.
• Relevant IT qualification or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• Demonstrated systems administration experience in a Windows or Microsoft environment.
• Scripting, automation, and cloud administration capability, or commitment to develop these skills.
• Understanding of security operations, vulnerability management, patch management, and security remediation in enterprise infrastructure.
• Effective communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to support operational resilience through documentation, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
• SQL Server administration experience (desirable).
• VMware or Citrix administration experience (desirable).
• Experience with Rapid7 MDR, Rapid7 Vulnerability Management, or equivalent security monitoring and vulnerability management platforms (desirable).
• Experience in aged care, health, or community services (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Administer Windows servers, Active Directory and Entra ID, file and print services, and end-user computing platforms.
• Perform database operations, including backups, recovery, performance monitoring, patching, and access control.
• Execute backup, restore, and recovery processes and participate in disaster recovery testing.
• Apply patches, vulnerability remediations, and identity and access controls.
• Identify, assess, remediate, and manage vulnerabilities across server, cloud, and end-user computing environments.
• Administer VMware vSphere and Citrix environments during the data centre transition.
• Automate repetitive administration tasks using scripting, including PowerShell.
• Maintain system documentation, CMDB records, and operational runbooks.
• Monitor system performance and capacity, identify improvements, and support continual improvement.
• Support cloud migration through discovery, dependency mapping, migration activities, and post-migration validation.
• Plan and execute decommissioning of legacy servers, systems, and on-premises infrastructure.
• Contribute to knowledge sharing and cross-skilling.

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