Senior Systems Administrator

Contact: Please contact us at admin@keane.com.au for further information.ID: LH-ASD-04824Role: Senior Systems AdministratorSkill Level: EL1 Equivalent Client: Australian Signals Directorate (ASD)Location: ACT/VIC/QLDStart date: 12 March 2026Contract Expiry: 12 months + 2x12 month extensionsClearance: Minimum NV1​Applications Close: Please email your response to us by 8:00am Monday 1 December 2025. The role officially closes with the client 5:00pm Tuesday 2 November - please keep us informed of your intent and submission progress. Please note, some RFQ’s restrict the number of candidates venders can submit requiring Keane to shortlist candidates. Where possible, please provide applications before the date listed in bold above to allow time for this. Job Description and Context:ASD requires a Systems Administrator to deliver, administer, troubleshoot, and maintain scalable, repeatable, secure, and functional system solutions including commercial and private cloud solutions to support ASD’s goals and objectives for PROTECTED and OFFICIAL capabilities while also considering dependency and dependent systems and services. Additionally, the candidate must work with ASD customers to deliver, administer, troubleshoot, and maintain design and deliver cost effective, secure and resilient cloud based PROTECTED and OFFICIAL supporting solutions on and off prem. Furthermore, they must identify opportunities to consolidate, simplify, streamline, and continually improve cloud based or cloud utilising internal and customer capability.Key Duties and Responsibilities:ASD requires an EL1 equivalent Systems Administrator to undertake the tasks as described below:Monitors, measures, optimises, and reports on infrastructure load, performance and security events.Investigates, implements, and manages tools, techniques, and processes (including automation) for the management of systems, applications, and services.Oversees and/or delivers the planning, installation, maintenance and acceptance of new and updated infrastructure components, infrastructure-based services, and value add applications.Ensures that operational procedures and documentation are fit for purpose and kept up to date. Ensures that operational issues are identified, recorded, monitored and resolved. Provides appropriate status and other reports to specialists, users and managers.Provides technical expertise to enable the correct application of operational procedures.Carries out agreed operational procedures, including backup/restore, using supplied infrastructure tools and scripts.Carries out agreed system software maintenance tasks. Automates routine system administration tasks to specifications using standard tools and scripting.Contributes to the planning and implementation of infrastructure maintenance and updates. Implements agreed infrastructure changes and maintenance routines.Configures tools and/or creates scripts to automate the provisioning, testing and deployment of new and changed infrastructure.Technical skills - Essential At least 5-10 years’ experience developing and delivering solutions for complex projects.Strong technical skills across a number of ICT disciplines, including cloud and on-premise environments.Excellent organisational and communication skills.Technical skills - DesirableBachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering.Experience managing complex project.