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EL1 Storage Senior Infrastructure Engineer

SoftLabs


Job Location:

Canberra - Australia

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 11 November 2026 (7 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 8 February 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

  • Initial Contract Duration: 12 months
  • Extension term details: 12 months
  • Location: ACT
  • Security Requirements: Must have Negative Vetting Level 1
  • Working Arrangements: Onsite
    The role requirements are predominantly in and around the ACT including requiring attendance at ACT based off-site data centres. Flexible work arrangements are generally available (ie work from home) however due to the physical requirements of the role applicants must be available to regularly attend in person to sites in the ACT.

  • Maximum hours: 40 hours per week



Job details

The Digital Enabling Services Branch provides ICT support and underpinning infrastructure services to the department and the Ministers Offices ensuring all staff in the department and MOs have access to stable and secure technology.

The ICT Networks & Infrastructure Platforms section falls within the Digital Enabling Services Branch.

The Infrastructure Platforms team is responsible for the management of all data centers server hosts and virtualization automation storage backup and restore capability. The team is also responsible for providing after hours on-call support for our infrastructure.




Key duties and responsibilities

We are seeking a Senior Storage Engineer who has experience working in large complex ICT environments. The successful candidate will be responsible for deploying configuring managing and tuning the departments storage systems at physical and virtual layers. The Senior Storage Engineer will also be responsible to deploy configure and manage Storage Area Network Switches as required. The successful candidate should have knowledge of new and emerging technologies to shape the future direction of the departments storage and data platforms. The role requires producing design documents build documents operations document handover and sharing of knowledge with other team members and mentoring junior team members.




Essential Criteria

  1. Demonstrated experience and knowledge in the design administration tuning and troubleshooting of one or more of the following storage systems: HPE 3PAR Primera Alletra Storage Systems NetApp E-Series Dell Data Domain Brocade Fabric Switches SANnav Scality Artesca
  2. Ability to produce design build and operations documents for processes and procedures.
  3. Excellent communication (verbal and written) and collaboration skills to work with skilled technical people including making presentations to staff and stakeholders and coaching staff.
  4. Experience / Knowledge of following technology: Veeam Backup and Replication





Application Deadline: Wednesday 18 November 2026

Expected Start Date: Saturday 02 January 2027

Job Type: Contract





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