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 great 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 strong 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 opportunity 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 environment. 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 solid relationships with technology vendors, service providers, architects, application teams, security specialists and business stakeholders Continuous Improvement:

Stay abreast of emerging technologies and identify o

📌 Platform Lead (Melbourne)
🏢 Viva Energy Australia
📍 Melbourne