Senior Business Analyst – Data Centres & Infrastructure

Senior Business Analyst – Data Centres & Infrastructure

We are seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst (Data Centres & Infrastructure) to support a strategic infrastructure transformation initiative within a leading education organisation. This role offers a unique opportunity to rethink how a data centre operates, including its operating model, hardware landscape, and virtualisation strategy, as part of a broader modernisation program.

WHAT’S ON OFFER

• $900.00 a Day Inclusive of super.
• Initial 6-Month engagement, with possibility of extension.
• Melbourne CBD.
• Hybrid working model, 2 days in office.
• Exposure to working alongside a well-established Australian Uni.

THE ROLE:

• Work with infrastructure, cloud, and architecture teams to support data centre and
• infrastructure transformation initiatives.
• Elicit, analyse, and document business, functional, and non-functional requirements across infrastructure platforms.
• Conduct current-state and future-state analysis of data centre operations, service models, and processes.
• Map and optimise infrastructure operating models, including support, capacity, resilience, and disaster recovery.
• Define requirements across compute, storage, networking, hardware refresh, and virtualisation platforms.
• Support initiatives relating to VMware, Hyper-V, cloud-adjacent platforms, and hybrid infrastructure models.
• Facilitate workshops with infrastructure engineers, operations teams, vendors, and business stakeholders.
• Translate highly technical infrastructure concepts into clear business impacts, options, and recommendations.
• Support cost modelling, lifecycle planning, and risk/dependency analysis.
• Assist with transition planning, implementation readiness, and operational handover.
• Contribute to change management and stakeholder engagement to support adoption of new ways of working.

THE COMPANY:

A leading multi-sector university with more than 90,000 students and 10,000 staff globally. We offer postgraduate, undergraduate, vocational education and online programs to provide students with a variety of work-relevant pathways.

Our purpose is to offer life-changing experiences for our students, and to help shape the world with research, innovation, teaching and industry engagement.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Proven experience as a Senior Business Analyst working across data centres and enterprise infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of data centre operations, hardware platforms, and infrastructure lifecycles.
• Hands-on experience with virtualisation technologies (VMware, Hyper-V, or equivalent).
• Experience working across on-prem, hybrid, and cloud-adjacent environments.
• Demonstrated ability to define and improve infrastructure operating models and processes.
• Experience working in large, complex, or regulated environments (education, government, enterprise).
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work autonomously and navigate complex technology landscapes.
• Relevant certifications such as CBAP, Agile BA, ITIL, TOGAF, or SAFe highly regarded.

Please note: You must have Full Working Rights in Australia and be based in Melbourne.

To apply, click the link and upload your current resume in Microsoft Word format only (.doc or .docx), or please send through a copy of your latest CV to dmann@welovesalt.com for a confidential discussion.

Please note: Only suitable candidates will get a call back for this vacancy.

Acknowledgement of Country

Salt respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands across Australia as the continuing custodians of country and culture. We recognise the enduring connection that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have to the lands, waters, and skies.

We pay our respects to all First Nations Australians and their Elders past and present.

Salt acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands across Australia as the continuing custodians of country and culture. We pay our respects to all First Nations Australians and their Elders past and present.