Synopsis:

About the National Film and Sound Archive

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) is Australia’s audiovisual archive, telling the national story by collecting, preserving and sharing audiovisual media, the cultural experience platforms of our time. The collection itself dates back to 1935, making it one of the world’s oldest audiovisual collections. It is also one of the country’s most used cultural collections, with around 125 million views of collection content each year. The NFSA is in a period of significant change. Following increased Government investment, the institution is in a process of digital transformation, establishing the NFSA as Australia’s most dynamic and valued cultural organisation. We are rebuilding our curatorial workforce and developing the NFSA’s capacity to digitise our collection at scale – to preserve it for the future, to make sure it can be discovered, and to share it with all Australians.

We continue to work on developing a stable, secure and future-proof workforce across our four physical sites based in Canberra and Mitchell in the ACT as well as in Sydney and Melbourne.

We are also undergoing a program of business improvement for many of our corporate systems to improve efficiency and reduce manual handling.

We are an ambitious organisation, and we aim to be an employer of choice within the Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) sector, providing exciting and challenging work, as well as favourable employment conditions and unique development opportunities for our staff.

Cultural Values

We are an equal chance employer, embracing a diverse range of applicants such as veterans, and people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, LGBTQIA community members, individuals with disabilities and/or health conditions, as well as those from varied faith and cultural backgrounds. At the NFSA we prioritise the development of a safe, inclusive, and high-performance culture through shared actions and behaviours that align with our strategy and direction. This empowers our employees to effectively contribute to our goals.

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia is committed to ensuring a child-safe and child-friendly environment. All employees are expected to demonstrate a commitment to, and support for these principles in theory and practice.

About the Team

The ICT Infrastructure team is part of the Digital + Data Branch and is responsible for the design, delivery and ongoing management of NFSA's core ICT infrastructure. The team ensures the organisation's network, storage, virtual infrastructure and supporting platforms remain secure, reliable and available to support business operations.

The team manages enterprise network services, storage, backup and recovery, virtual infrastructure, infrastructure monitoring and supporting technology platforms.



This includes maintaining core and edge network services, monitoring infrastructure performance, managing infrastructure certificates, planning technology upgrades, and implementing improvements to maintain the reliability, security and capacity of ICT infrastructure.

Working closely with ICT Operations, Cyber Security and other teams across NFSA, the ICT Infrastructure team provides the technical foundation that supports the organisation's ICT services. The team delivers infrastructure solutions that are reliable, secure and fit for purpose, while continually improving infrastructure services to meet current and future business needs.

The Opportunity

The Network Engineer, Core Services is responsible for the administration, maintenance and continual improvement of NFSA's core network and data centre infrastructure. Reporting to the ICT Manager, the role manages enterprise networking, virtual infrastructure and supporting platforms to ensure secure, reliable and high-performing ICT services. The role is suited to a technically skilled infrastructure professional with experience in enterprise networking, virtualisation and data centre technologies.

Key Responsibilities/Duties

Under limited direction, this position is responsible for delivering the following functions:

- Configure, administer and maintain enterprise routing, switching, LAN, WAN and data centre network infrastructure.
- Administer and maintain virtualisation infrastructure, clusters, virtual networking, hosts and associated platform services.
- Implement network configuration changes, upgrades and technology refresh activities in accordance with approved standards and change processes to sustain a high-performance enterprise networking infrastructure
- Perform operating system, firmware and network device patching to maintain security, stability and vendor support.
- Monitor network and virtual infrastructure performance, capacity and availability, investigating and resolving complex technical issues.
- Configure and maintain network services, including VLANs, routing protocols, network segmentation and high availability technologies.
- Maintain network device configurations, documentation and asset records to support operational continuity.
- Support the installation, configuration and commissioning of network and data centre infrastructure, including racks, switches and supporting hardware.
- Investigate, troubleshoot and resolve complex network, connectivity and virtual infrastructure incidents, working with vendors where required.




- Develop and maintain technical documentation, standard operating procedures and implementation plans for core network and data centre infrastructure.

Selection Criteria

The successful candidate will demonstrate their capacity against the following:

- Demonstrated experience administering enterprise routing, switching, LAN/WAN, layer 2/layer 3 networking, and data centre network infrastructure.

- Demonstrated experience administering enterprise virtual infrastructure platforms such as VMware infrastructure, including hosts, clusters and virtual networking.

- Demonstrated experience performing infrastructure patching, firmware upgrades and lifecycle management of enterprise network platforms.

- Demonstrated ability to diagnose and implement changes to resolve complex network and virtual infrastructure issues.

- Well-developed communication skills, including ability to develop technical documentation and work collaboratively with external and internal stakeholders

How to Apply

When applying via our online e-recruitment system, please address the details in the ‘Key Responsibilities’ and ‘Selection Criteria’ by outlining in 1000 words or less, how your skills and relevant experience demonstrate that you would be our ideal candidate. Your current resume is also to be included in your application.

In addition to an application and your resume, the assessment process for this position may also include an interview and referee reports.

We welcome and encourage applications from people with disability, the LGBTIQ communities, from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Eligibility

To be eligible for this position you must:

- Be an Australian Citizen.
- Satisfactorily complete an Australian Federal Police National Police Check.
- Obtain and maintain an Australian Government Baseline Security Clearance.

What we offer you

We provide a diverse, inclusive, and supportive work environment with access to:

- Great training and development opportunities.
- Generous leave and flexible working arrangements.
- Our Employee Assistance Program (EAP – a free counselling service for you and your family).
- A competitive salary, plus 15.4% superannuation.
- Rewards and recognition initiatives.

RecuitAbility

RecruitAbility applies to this vacancy. Under the RecruitAbility scheme you will be invited to participate in further assessment activity for the vacancy if you choose to apply under the scheme; declare you have a disability; and meet the minimum requirements for the job. For more information see: RecruitAbility | Australian Public Service Commission (https://apsc.gov.au)

Contact Officer

Michelle Crampton | Manager ICT Operations

E: [email protected]

Ph: 02 6248 2123

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