Senior Infrastructure Engineer | Capacity Management & Optimisation

Lead infrastructure capacity management and CPU right-sizing initiatives across a major Australian Government ICT environment. This senior role focuses on infrastructure utilisation, performance monitoring, demand forecasting and cost optimisation across enterprise platforms including VMware, Open Stack, Open Shift and Solaris.

Location: Canberra, ACT (preferred). Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane may also be considered.
Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Essential Tasks

- Lead infrastructure capacity assessments, establishing baseline utilisation profiles across CPU, memory, storage, network and transaction metrics.
- Identify and prioritise CPU right-sizing opportunities across VMware, Open Stack, Power Server, Solaris, Open Shift and other enterprise platforms.
- Develop capacity optimisation recommendations, implementation plans and monitoring processes to improve performance, resilience and cost efficiency.
- Coordinate with technical teams and senior stakeholders to implement capacity changes,



manage risks and establish ongoing reporting and governance.

Key Criteria

- Demonstrated experience in enterprise ICT capacity management, infrastructure performance monitoring, utilisation analysis and demand forecasting.
- Robust understanding of right-sizing methodologies, including workload trends, utilisation thresholds, 95th percentile reporting and capacity modelling.
- Experience with infrastructure platforms and monitoring tools such as VMware, Open Stack, Open Shift, Linux, Windows Server, Dynatrace, Elastic, Grafana or equivalent technologies.
- Strong technical leadership and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to develop recommendations, coordinate infrastructure changes and maintain clear governance documentation.

YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE TREATED WITH THE STRICTEST CONFIDENCE

Due to the nature of this environment, candidates must hold a current NV1 clearance.

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📌 Senior Infrastructure Capacity Manager (Canberra)
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