We’re recruiting a hands-on Senior Systems Engineer to join a dedicated infrastructure team of five within a large, well-established organisation. You’ll support several businesses in a predominantly on-premises workplace and work alongside Modern Workplace, Data & AI, and Cyber teams.

This role suits someone with a broad technical set who doesn't like to be siloed, enjoys solving complex infrastructure problems, delivering projects and rolling up their sleeves for day-to-day operations. No two days are quite the same. Priorities shift with the needs of the businesses you support, and the team shares knowledge, pitches in and takes ownership.

What you’ll be doing

- Keeping business-critical VMware, compute, storage, backup and Windows platforms running reliably, and getting into the detail when complex issues arise.
- Delivering infrastructure projects, with upcoming work across storage and backup optimisation, platform upgrades and resilience.
- Working with stakeholders to define what needs to improve, assess options and recommend where to invest. That might mean tuning an existing platform or introducing new technology where it improves performance, resilience or day-to-day operations.
- Staying hands-on from design through to implementation and testing, and using PowerShell or other automation tools to simplify repeatable work.
- Contributing to business continuity and disaster recovery planning,



testing and follow-up improvements.

Must-haves

- Currently based in Perth with full Australian working rights.
- At least 7 years’ experience in enterprise infrastructure engineering or a comparable senior systems role, supporting business-critical on-premises systems.
- Deep hands-on experience with VMware vSphere, vCenter and ESXi, including upgrades and lifecycle management, and an understanding of how enterprise virtualisation is evolving.
- Experience with Cisco UCS or comparable enterprise compute, enterprise storage and multi-tenant environments.
- Strong Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS and Windows Failover Clustering skills.
- Hands-on enterprise backup and recovery experience with at least one of Veeam, Cohesity or Commvault.
- Business continuity planning and disaster recovery experience, including recovery testing.
- A track record of contributing to complex infrastructure projects, with examples of what you owned and what improved as a result.
- Ability to participate in the on-call roster.

Desirable

- Experience contributing to solution architecture and technical design.
- Exposure to SQL Server Always On and infrastructure supporting multiple Microsoft 365 tenants.
- Familiarity with GPU-enabled infrastructure.

Apply now or reach out to us for a confidential conversation.

📌 Senior Systems Engineer (Perth)
🏢 Sense Recruitment
📍 Perth