Job Description
We're partnering with a large, established Australian organisation looking to add a Senior Platform Engineer to its enterprise infrastructure team.
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This is a hands-on senior engineering position working across a large, multi-datacentre environment, with a strong focus on VMware vSphere, NSX, storage, backup and disaster recovery.
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The role offers a good balance of keeping critical enterprise platforms running while also being heavily involved in projects, platform optimisation, datacentre consolidation and the organisation's future infrastructure strategy.
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We're partnering with a large, established Australian organisation looking to add a Senior Platform Engineer to its enterprise infrastructure team.
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This is a hands-on senior engineering position working across a large, multi-datacentre environment, with a strong focus on VMware vSphere, NSX, storage, backup and disaster recovery.
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The role offers a valuable balance of keeping critical enterprise platforms running while also being heavily involved in projects, platform optimisation, datacentre consolidation and the organisation's future infrastructure strategy.
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The Role
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Working as part of an experienced Platform team, you'll be responsible for the design, implementation, optimisation and ongoing operation of enterprise infrastructure across multiple datacentres.
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Approximately 70% of the role will be project-focused, with the remaining 30% covering BAU, operational support and continuous improvement.
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Key responsibilities will include:
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Design, build and support enterprise VMware vSphere environments
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Manage and optimise VMware NSX, including micro-segmentation and software-defined networking
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Support enterprise storage platforms including Dell EMC, NetApp and/or Pure Storage
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Manage backup and recovery infrastructure, ideally Veeam
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Contribute to upcoming datacentre consolidation and workload migration projects
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Design, maintain and test Disaster Recovery solutions
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Identify opportunities to improve platform performance, resilience and efficiency
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Support the adoption of
Kubernetes/container
technologies within the VMware ecosystem
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Contribute ideas around cloud migration, automation, Infrastructure as Code and platform modernisation
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Provide technical recommendations and documentation
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Work closely with internal technology teams, vendors and external service providers
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Participate in an on-call rotation approximately one month every 3-4 months
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What We're Looking For
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You'll be an experienced Infrastructure or Platform Engineer who has worked hands-on within a complex enterprise environment.
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Ideally, you'll bring:
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5+ years' hands-on
infrastructure/platform
engineering experience
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Strong VMware vSphere design, implementation and administration experience
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Hands-on VMware NSX experience
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Experience with NSX micro-segmentation and software-defined networking
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A VMware certification
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Strong understanding of enterprise datacentre environments
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Experience with enterprise storage technologies such as Dell EMC, NetApp or Pure Storage
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Experience with Veeam or another enterprise backup platform
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Experience designing or supporting Disaster Recovery environments
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Strong Windows Server administration experience
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Exposure to datacentre or workload migration projects
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Experience with Kubernetes or containerisation in an enterprise environment
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Exposure to Azure and/or AWS
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An understanding of automation and Infrastructure as Code practices
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Experience with SQL Server HA/clustering, ITIL practices, lifecycle management and broader networking technologies would also be advantageous.
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What Will Make You Successful?
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Technical capability is important, but we're also looking for someone who takes genuine ownership and responsibility for their platforms.
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You'll be able to communicate clearly and concisely, work effectively with other technical teams and take a proactive approach to improving the environment rather than simply maintaining the status quo.
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This organisation is looking for someone who can bring new ideas and modern infrastructure thinking to the team – helping determine what should be optimised, automated, containerised or potentially migrated to cloud over time.
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The Chance
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Permanent position
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$125k-$135k + super (ideally)
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Melbourne (preferably) or Sydney
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Enterprise, multi-datacentre environment
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Significant upcoming infrastructure and datacentre projects
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Approximately 70% project work / 30% BAU
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Established platform team
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Opportunity to influence the future direction of the infrastructure environment
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Large, stable Australian organisation
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This is a 5-day onsite position, so please ensure this working arrangement suits you before applying.
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Requires Australian PR or Citizenship, & applicants must be located in Australia. No sponsorship on offer.
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If you're a VMware-focused Senior Infrastructure or Platform Engineer looking for an environment where you can combine deep enterprise infrastructure experience with modernisation and transformation work, we'd be keen to hear from you.
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📌 Senior Platform Engineer (Victoria)
🏢 Morgan Consulting
📍 Victoria