Randstad Sourceright is proud to be partnering with and working alongside a leading FMCG company headquartered in Docklands, Melbourne. This company has multiple manufacturing sites across Australia alongside many well known household brands/products.

Reporting to the Cloud Operations Manager, this hands-on engineering role is responsible for designing and operating secure AWS, VMware, and hybrid infrastructure, driving automation via Terraform and Infrastructure as Code, and delivering resilient enterprise & manufacturing systems, while maintaining high operational standards across the technology lifecycle.

Location:

Port Melbourne - hybrid (3 days in the office)

Job Type:

Contract - 6 Months initially (ongoing)

Start Date:

ASAP

Rate:

depending on experience

Responsibilities:

- AWS & Cloud Engineering: Architect, deploy and administer AWS cloud and hybrid infrastructure, ensuring high availability, performance optimisation and operational resilience across all workloads.
- Infrastructure as Code & Automation: Write, test and maintain automated infrastructure code primarily using Terraform, implementing Git-based CI/CD pipelines with robust peer reviews and rollback controls.
- Operational Resilience & Security: Oversee system patching, lifecycle management,



backup/recovery and security hardening to minimise technical debt across enterprise IT and factory-floor OT environments.
- Incident Escalation & Technical Leadership: Provide senior root-cause analysis for complex production incidents, guide technical architecture decisions, mentor peers and participate in on-call escalations.

Experience:

- Manufacturing / FMCG Industry Background: Demonstrated experience supporting manufacturing or Operational Technology (OT) production environments - prior experience within FMCG is strongly preferred.
- Cloud & Automation (AWS & Terraform): Proven track record delivering enterprise cloud infrastructure, with hands-on proficiency in AWS architecture, administration and provisioning via Terraform.
- Scripting & Code Capabilities: Demonstrated ability to code and automate workflows using PowerShell, Bash/shell scripting, or contemporary scripting languages alongside Git-based version control.
- Core Systems Stack: Comprehensive background in VMware virtualisation, Windows and Linux server administration, networking (DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP) and disaster recovery frameworks.

At Randstad Sourceright we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.

📌 Senior Systems Engineer (Melbourne)
🏢 randstad sourceright
📍 Melbourne