Cloud Systems Engineer

Division: Corporate Services

Business Unit: Information & Digital Technology

Title: Cloud Systems Engineer, TRP Contract - Full-time Role, 35 hours per week

Salary Range: Subject to skills and experience

Who we are:

Stretching from Palm Beach to Manly, the Northern Beaches boasts more than half of all the beaches in Sydney and a population of more than 270,000. Northern Beaches Council strives to deliver the highest quality services to our community. 

Join us and you’ll be part of an organisation committed to promoting sustainable growth, leading the community, protecting our environment and creating a great future for the Northern Beaches.

The Information and Digital Technology Unit within the Northern Beaches Council is responsible for the delivery of services that support the operational activities of the Council, enable delivery of services to the community by the various business units and allow direct access to information and services by the community. 

Northern Beaches Council is committed to safeguarding children and young people. Council acknowledges that protecting the safety of children and young people is a whole of community responsibility and is everyone’s business.

Working with us:

Northern Beaches Council provides a comprehensive range of benefits focused on our employees’ lifestyle, health and wellbeing, recognition and career development.  

In this role you’ll enjoy -

•    Genuine work-life balance and flexible working arrangements 
•    Employee wellness program and a range of lifestyle benefits 
•    Values based culture and a teams oriented working environment 
•    High level of technological innovation and systems 

Our opportunity:
The key focus areas of this role include: 
1)    Implement and support Cloud Solutions particularly within the Azure ecosystem. This includes installing, configuring, and maintaining virtual servers and cloud infrastructure.
2)    Managing cloud migrations from on-premises server and fileshare environments
3)    Managing and maintaining on-premises servers, computer infrastructure, virtualization platforms (VMWare), Enterprise storage, backup and data replication solutions (including Veeam and Zerto).

4)    Work collaboratively with other SMEs to provide technical input and manage the migration of applications to the Cloud.

About you:
We’re seeking a hands-on Systems Administrator to join our Infrastructure Operations team. In this role, you’ll bring your experience across on-premises and cloud environments to help us deliver reliable, secure, and scalable infrastructure services. You’ll play a key part in pro-actively maintaining a stable environment and supporting cloud migrations. 

As part of a passionate and supportive team, you’ll work on activities and projects that directly benefit our local community, while continuing to grow your skills in a dynamic and evolving environment.

We use a broad range of tools and technologies to support our Infrastructure environment. We do not expect you to know them all but experience or exposure with some of these (or equivalents) will set you up for success in this team;
•    Experience in Azure Cloud Environments
•    Experience with platforms such as Veeam, Zerto and VMWare
•    Good to have certifications like Azure Fundamentals, Azure Administrator Associate, Microsoft 365 Administrator
•    Be familiar with ITIL Framework
•    Be familiar with how security is important in an infrastructure environment (Essential 8 maturity model)

Additional Information:

• Position Description
• Applications close on: 24 August 2025
• Expected Interview Date: 1 September 2025
• Questions? Please call the Hiring Manager: Allan Donnell on 8495 6102

Northern Beaches Council is a diverse and inclusive employer and encourages applications from differently abled candidates. Reasonable adjustments to the workplace may be made where these are required.

If you would like to contact us to discuss your specific circumstances, please contact the hiring manager for this role. If you do not feel comfortable to do so, please contact HR Services on (02) 8495 5070.