Senior Storage Infrastructure Engineer

Job details

A Federal Govt client based in Canberra is seeking multiple Senior Storage Infrastructure Engineer within the ICT Operations Branch provides ICT support and underpinning infrastructure services to the department and the Ministers’ Offices, ensuring all staff in the department and MOs have access to stable and secure technology.

The ICT Networks & Infrastructure Platforms section falls within the ICT Operations Branch.

The Infrastructure Platforms team is responsible for the management of all data centers, server hosts and virtualization, automation, storage, backup and restore capability. The team is also responsible for providing after hours on-call support for our infrastructure.

The client is seeking a Senior Storage Engineer who has experience working in large complex ICT environments. The successful candidate will be responsible for deploying, configuring, managing and tuning the department’s storage systems at physical and virtual layers. The Senior Storage Engineer will also be responsible to deploy, configure and manage Storage Area Network Switches as required. The successful candidate should have knowledge of new and emerging technologies to shape the future direction of the department’s storage and data platforms. The role requires producing design documents, build documents, operations document, handover and sharing of knowledge with other team members and mentoring junior team members.

Estimated start date: Within the first two weeks of August 2026

Initial contract duration: 12 months

Number of extensions: 2

Experience level: Senior - EL1 equivalent

Location of work: ACT

Working arrangements: Onsite

Security clearance: Must be an Australian Citizen and able to obtain Baseline

Requirements

Criteria

The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a one page pitch to address all criteria specified. This is equal to 5000 characters.

Essential criteria

• Demonstrated experience and knowledge in the design, administration, tuning and troubleshooting of one or more of the following storage systems:

• HPE 3PAR, Primera, Alletra Storage Systems
• NetApp E-Series
• Dell Data Domain
• Brocade Fabric Switches
• SANnav
• Scality Artesca
• Ability to produce design, build and operations documents for processes and procedures.
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) and collaboration skills to work with skilled technical people, including making presentations to staff and stakeholders and coaching staff.
• Experience / Knowledge of following technology: Veeam Backup and Replication