A career with Viva Energy is more than just a job. It's a chance to join a group of people dedicated to supporting Australia's evolving energy and convenience needs. We're a leading retail, industrial and energy business, and we've been helping Australians reach their destination for more than 120 years.
Our plans for the future support Australia's energy transition to sustainable, lower carbon energy solutions. And our recent acquisitions of Coles Express and OTR, we provide Australians with outstanding convenience.
At the heart of our plans is people power. People who want to grow and evolve with us. People with new perspectives, energy and passion to drive Viva Energy and their careers forward.
About Viva Energy
Join a team that values diversity. Viva Energy is a outstanding place to be yourself. We believe in our people, trust in their positive intentions, and empower everyone to amplify their voice across the business. We value inclusion because that's how we get the best outcomes.
Awarded the WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality for the past five years highlights that we are driven by our people and continuing our focus on making Viva Energy reflect the ever-changing face of Australia.
Job Description
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced
IT Infrastructure leader who combines deep hands-on technical expertise with robust people leadership
to take ownership of a large, complex and business-critical technology environment.
As
Platform Technical Lead – IT Infrastructure
, you will play a key role in shaping, leading and continuously improving Viva Energy Group's server, hosting and infrastructure platforms across our Energy, Commercial and Retail businesses.
This is not a purely strategic or people-management position. We are looking for a leader who has built their career in infrastructure engineering, understands the technology at a deep level, and can confidently provide technical direction while leading and developing a team of experienced engineers.
Reporting to the Head of IT Infrastructure, you will lead a team of
10+ Technical Engineers
and work closely with architects, application teams, developers, security specialists, technology partners and business stakeholders.
This role offers the prospect to influence technology across a significant enterprise environment, including:
Approximately
1,250 sites
across Energy, Commercial and Retail
Around
800 applications
5 datacentres
across Melbourne, Geelong and Adelaide
Approximately
120 Azure and AWS landing zones
Around
2,800 physical and virtual servers
across remote sites and datacentres
Around
15,000 employee identities
across Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID
Responsibilities & Requirements
Technical Leadership & Infrastructure Design:




Lead the design of secure, scalable, resilient and high-performing infrastructure solutions across datacentres, remote sites, edge environments and Azure/AWS cloud platforms.
Server & Hosting Platforms:
Provide technical leadership across Windows and Linux operating systems, VMware virtualisation, enterprise compute, storage and hosting technologies.
Implementation & Deployment:
Lead infrastructure implementations, upgrades and deployments, including configuration, troubleshooting, testing and proof-of-concept environments.
Operations & Reliability:
Oversee the availability, reliability and performance of infrastructure supporting a large-scale, 24/7 operating environment.
Team Leadership:
Lead, mentor and develop a team of
10+ Technical Engineers
, providing technical direction while fostering collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.
Automation & Optimisation:
Identify opportunities to automate repeatable activities, improve operational efficiency, optimise costs and simplify the infrastructure workplace.
Security & Compliance:
Ensure infrastructure platforms meet security, patching, vulnerability remediation, compliance and governance requirements.
Incident Management:
Provide senior technical leadership during complex infrastructure incidents and Level 3 escalations, including root cause analysis and corrective actions.
Technology Strategy:
Contribute to Viva Energy Group's infrastructure roadmap across server and hosting, datacentres, edge compute, cloud, automated deployment, resilience, scalability and cost optimisation.
Risk & Resilience:
Identify and mitigate infrastructure risks and contribute to disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
Vendor & Stakeholder Management:
Build strong relationships with technology vendors, service providers, architects, application teams, security specialists and business stakeholders
Continuous Improvement:
Stay abreast of emerging technologies and identify opportunities to modernise and continuously improve Viva Energy Group's infrastructure environment
Qualifications
15+ years' experience in IT Infrastructure
, supported by a strong hands-on technical background.
5+ years' experience as a Platform Lead, Infrastructure Lead, Infrastructure Manager or similar leadership role within a large enterprise environment.
Significant experience managing complex




server and hosting environments, datacentres and multi-site infrastructure
.
Extensive expertise across
Windows and/or Linux systems administration and engineering
.
Strong experience with
VMware virtualisation technologies
.
Experience with enterprise
compute and storage technologies
, including platforms such as Dell, Lenovo, Cisco, Dell EMC and NetApp.
Strong knowledge of
Active Directory, Group Policy and Microsoft Entra ID
.
Experience across
Azure and/or AWS cloud infrastructure
.
Demonstrated capability in architecting, designing, building and operating both
on-premises and cloud-based enterprise infrastructure
.
Experience across server, storage and networking administration, configuration management, monitoring and alerting, backup and recovery, and patching.
Experience with
Azure Virtual Desktop and remote desktop technologies
.
Knowledge of
Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation and containerisation technologies
.
PowerShell and SQL scripting experience.
Familiarity with
DevOps methodologies and CI/CD technologies
.
Strong understanding of networking concepts, infrastructure security protocols and security best practices.
Experience managing complex infrastructure incidents and providing
Level 3 technical support and escalation
.
Demonstrated experience leading and mentoring technical engineers and managing blended teams of employees, contractors and technology partners.
Strong problem-solving and analytical capability with the ability to navigate complex technical challenges.
Excellent stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills.
Experience contributing to
technology roadmaps, budgets, infrastructure projects and continuous improvement initiatives
.
A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline will be highly regarded.
Additional Information
We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and encourage and support diversity in our traditional and non-traditional roles.
You must hold
full Australian working rights
to be considered for this role. Unfortunately, Viva Energy is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have unrestricted rights to work in Australia.
Please note: This role is being sourced through Viva Energy Australia, therefore we will not be accepting applications via external recruitment agencies.
Applications Close 28th October ****
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