Datacentre Lead

Location: Symonston (Onsite).

RFQ Details

- Citizenship: Australian citizenship is required.
- RFQ ID: SG-305848120790 (Portal Reference: 17526)
- Agency: Dept of Defence
- Closing Date: 16:30 9 Nov 2026 (Australia/Sydney)
- Estimated Start Date: 30 November 2026
- Initial Contract Duration: 7 months
- Extension Term: 12 months
- Number of Extensions: 1
- Experience Level: Level 3 - Advanced Practitioner
- Security Clearance: Must have an active Negative Vetting Level 2 (or higher) security clearance
- Location of Work: ACT
- Working Arrangements: Onsite at Land Network Integration Centre, Symonston, ACT
- Maximum Hours: 40 hours per week (8 hours per day)

Job Details

The Land Network Integration Centre (LNIC) mission is to advise and direct Army on its digital network integration efforts to maximise interoperability across Land, Joint and Coalition interface boundaries and to meet critical information exchange requirements via approved interfaces and standards. The Commonwealth requires the services of a Datacentre Lead to supplement the contractor workforce within the Land Network Integration Centre (LNIC). This proposal seeks to engage an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Advanced Practitioner (level 3) to assist the LNIC with the design, development, build and support of LNIC deployable systems, LNIC Datacentre and integration of configurations and software into LNIC information domains. The position is primarily a leadership role managing and directing the small team maintaining LNIC’s Datacentre environments, and overseeing the technical direction of the Datacentre including Capacity Planning, Patch Management, Security Management and contributing on the future direction of the datacentre workplace.





Key Duties and Responsibilities

- Datacentre environment management. Lead the installation, configuration, administration, maintenance and operation of datacentre infrastructure supporting Army Mission Command systems across Test and Development and Production environments.
- Server and application administration. Install, configure, integrate and administer Windows and Linux servers, military software applications and associated services.
- Virtualisation and storage management. Install, configure, administer and maintain virtualised infrastructure, shared storage and associated datacentre platforms.
- Network and security integration. Contribute to the design, implementation and management of datacentre and Local Area Network architectures, including physical and software-defined networking, network segmentation and security controls.
- Technical design and integration. Review, develop and provide advice on system and application integration solutions for Land Network and Land Combat System environments, including interfaces with tactical, operational and strategic networks.
- Technical documentation and configuration control. Develop and maintain system designs, implementation documentation, Standard Operating Procedures, training materials and configuration records for supported environments.
- Technical support.



Provide Level 2 and Level 3 technical support for role-specific technologies and systems, including support to Army exercises and capability-development activities.
- Training and mentoring. Develop and deliver technical training, knowledge transfer and on-the-job mentoring to Army, Navy and Air Force technical personnel and other relevant staff.
- Technical assurance and advice. Provide technical advice regarding system readiness, integration risks, security requirements, capability options and proposed changes to relevant LNIC, CASG, Joint Capability Group and CIOG stakeholders.
- Innovation and emerging technology. Identify, propose and support activities that assess or demonstrate the integration of emerging technologies into current and future military command-and-control systems.
- Land integration support. Provide technical advice and guidance to capabilities integrating through the Land Integration Framework – Digital to support a digitally integrated Land Combat System within Joint and Coalition environments.
- Team leadership. Manage and direct the LNIC Environments team, including work prioritisation, task allocation, technical guidance, workforce coordination and progress reporting.
- Management support. Support relevant LNIC managers with workforce planning, task coordination, reporting and engagement with LNIC Business Management and executive stakeholders.
- Additional services. Provide other services reasonably related to the Datacentre Lead role, as directed by the LNIC Military Executive.

Technical Skills

- Microsoft Windows Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux administration
- VMware virtualisation and en

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