We're partnering with a large, established Australian organisation looking to add a

Senior Platform Engineer

to its enterprise infrastructure team.

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 .

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 .

The Role 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.

Approximately

70% of the role will be project-focused , with the remaining 30% covering BAU, operational support and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities will include:

Design, build and support enterprise

VMware vSphere

environments

Manage and optimise

VMware NSX , including micro-segmentation and software-defined networking

Support enterprise storage platforms including

Dell EMC, NetApp and/or Pure Storage

Manage backup and recovery infrastructure, ideally

Veeam

Contribute to upcoming

datacentre consolidation and workload migration projects

Design, maintain and test

Disaster Recovery

solutions

Identify opportunities to improve platform performance, resilience and efficiency

Support the adoption of

Kubernetes/container technologies

within the VMware ecosystem

Contribute ideas around

cloud migration,



automation, Infrastructure as Code and platform modernisation

Provide technical recommendations and documentation

Work closely with internal technology teams, vendors and external service providers

Participate in an on-call rotation approximately

one month every 3-4 months

What We’re Looking For You'll be an experienced Infrastructure or Platform Engineer who has worked hands-on within a

complex enterprise workplace .

Ideally, you'll bring:

5+ years' hands-on infrastructure/platform engineering experience

Strong

VMware vSphere

design, implementation and administration experience

Hands‑on

VMware NSX

experience

Experience with

NSX micro‑segmentation

and software‑defined networking

A

VMware certification

Strong understanding of enterprise datacentre environments

Experience with enterprise storage technologies such as

Dell EMC, NetApp or Pure Storage

Experience with

Veeam or another enterprise backup platform

Exposure to

datacentre or workload migration projects

Experience with

Kubernetes or containerisation

in an enterprise environment

Exposure to

Azure and/or AWS

An understanding of automation and

Infrastructure as Code

practices





Experience with SQL Server HA/clustering, ITIL practices, lifecycle management and broader networking technologies would also be advantageous.

What Will Make You Successful? Technical capability is important, but we're also looking for someone who takes genuine

ownership and responsibility

for their platforms.

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.

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.

The Opportunity

$125k-$135k + super (ideally)

Melbourne (preferably) or Sydney

Significant upcoming infrastructure and datacentre projects

Approximately

70% project work / 30% BAU

Opportunity to influence the future direction of the infrastructure environment

Large, reliable Australian organisation

This is a

5-day onsite position , so please ensure this working arrangement suits you before applying.

Requires Australian PR or Citizenship, & applicants must be located in Australia. No sponsorship on offer.

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 (Port Phillip City)
🏢 Morgan Consulting
📍 Port Phillip City