Senior Systems Engineer

Hiring!! Senior Systems Engineer

• 12- months contract with possibility of extension
• Offering: $800-900 including super per day
• Opportunity to work with Global streaming giant
• Location: Moore Park, Hybrid work arrangements

Our client is well-established and renowned world’s leading entertainment service provider.

In this role you will be supporting a systems engineering team that builds and operates the infrastructure behind content creation. The primary focus is hands-on delivery on datacenter migration projects, along with providing coverage for the existing engineering team across day-to-day operations and on-call. You will work alongside internal engineers, technical creatives, production teams, and external vendors.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan and execute datacenter migration work: inventory and dependency mapping, server and storage moves, network reconfiguration, cutover planning, and validation.
• Provide operational coverage for the engineering team, including troubleshooting, incident response, and an on-call rotation.
• Maintain and extend internal tooling and automation, including configuration management and service-based infrastructure management.
• Support system and infrastructure updates and migrations across hybrid (on-premise and cloud) environments.
• Document runbooks, migration plans, and system configurations so the full-time team can operate and maintain the work after the contract ends.

Experience Required:

• Minimum of 6 years of hands-on experience administering and deploying complex production systems.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced global environment.
• Strong systems fundamentals across Linux (Mandatory), Windows, and macOS, including networking, storage, and infrastructure troubleshooting from hardware level through software.
• Hands-on experience with datacenter operations or migrations (physical moves, cutovers, capacity planning, or hardware lifecycle work).
• Deep experience with configuration management and infrastructure automation across multiple platforms and methodologies.
• Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language for automation (Python/Poweshell)

Nice to Haves or Preferred Skills:

· Experience in VFX, animation, or a similar creative services industry.

· Experience working in hybrid on-premises and cloud environments.

· Familiarity with on-call and incident response practices in a production environment.

Applicants must have full Australian working rights.

To apply, click the link and upload your current resume in Microsoft Word format only (.doc or .docx), or can share your resume with Ranjana Sharma at rsharma@welovesalt.com for a confidential discussion

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