Job Description
Senior Solution Infrastructure Engineer
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Paxus is partnering with a large Federal Government setting to engage an experienced Senior Solution Infrastructure Engineer to design and deliver resilient, high-performing infrastructure solutions that support business-critical systems.
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This is a senior (EL1-equivalent) contract role focused on technology refresh, workload consolidation, system resiliency, and strong operational readiness.
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Key details
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Location: Canberra, ACT (Belconnen area)
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Working arrangement: Hybridn
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Onsite full-time for the first 3 months (or until you're across the ICT landscape and project objectives)
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Then minimum 3 days/week onsite (subject to approval and operational needs)
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Hours: Up to 40 hours/week
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Contract term: To 30 June **** with 2x 12 months extensions
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Estimated start: 6 October ****
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Security: NV1 (Negative Vetting Level 1) is must
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Key duties and responsibilities
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Develop and maintain infrastructure roadmaps aligned to business and IT strategy
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Provide advice to leadership on lifecycle management, emerging trends, and investment options
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Identify opportunities to reduce technical debt, optimise cost, and improve value
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Design infrastructure solutions across networking, virtualisation,



and enterprise platforms
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Lead/oversee technical designs, consolidation initiatives, and legacy decommissioning
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Validate DR, failover, and resiliency frameworks
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Produce operational documentation to enable smooth handover into BAU teams
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Translate complex technical concepts into explicit, outcome-focused messaging for stakeholders
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Engage vendors, run proof-of-concepts, and recommend best-fit solutions
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Review infrastructure health/capacity data and recommend hardening and tuning
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Technical skills
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Experience in any of the following would be advantageous:
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Enterprise Server Operating Systems (Windows, Linux/UNIX, AIX)
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Virtualisation Platforms and Infrastructure (VMware, Hyper‐V), Hyper‐Converged Infrastructure
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Gateway & Security Services (Proxy, Load Balancing, NGFW, IPS/IDS)
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Enterprise and Software‐Defined Networking (i.e Cisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto, Arista, Aruba/HPE SDN) Firewall networking technologies (i.e. F5 BIG‐IP)
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Enterprise Database Platforms (SQL Server, Oracle, DB2)
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Paxus values diversity and welcomes applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people living with a disability.

📌 Senior Solution Infrastructure Engineer (Canberra)
🏢 Paxus - Technology + Digital Talent
📍 Canberra