Infrastructure Engineer – Windows, VMware, Active Directory, Storage, Backup
Listed
By Evolut
29 July 2026
- Parramatta, Hybrid working – 1 day in office
- $800 to $834 per day
- 6 Months Initially with strong view to renewal
- Immediate start
Join a large and complex organisation as a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, supporting and modernising a substantial hybrid technology environment.
This is a highly technical, hands-on infrastructure role with a strong focus on on-premises Microsoft technologies. You will support an environment of approximately 400 Windows servers while contributing to major server lifecycle, virtualisation, patching, vulnerability remediation and disaster-recovery initiatives.
The organisation is progressively retiring Windows Server 2016 and upgrading Windows Server 2016 and 2019 workloads to Windows Server 2022 and 2025. It is also preparing for a future transition away from its existing VMware platform.
This opportunity will suit a self-sufficient senior infrastructure engineer who enjoys taking ownership of complex technical problems and can operate effectively across infrastructure operations, projects and Level 3 support.
Essential experience
- Senior Windows Server engineering, administration and support (ideally across windows 2016 and 2019)
- Windows Server upgrades, migrations, decommissioning and lifecycle management
- VMware and enterprise virtualisation
- Active Directory Domain Services
- Multiple domain-controller environments
- DNS, DHCP and Group Policy
- On-premises Microsoft Exchange Server
- Enterprise storage, backup and recovery
- Server patching, vulnerability remediation and security compliance
- Complex Level 3 troubleshooting and root-cause analysis
- Infrastructure incident and ticket ownership
- Working collaboratively with cyber security teams and technical vendors
Highly regarded but not essential experience
- Lenovo and Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure
- Veeam Backup & Replication
- Commvault backup and disaster recovery
- Rapid7 InsightVM or similar vulnerability-management platforms
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft 365 and Exchange Online
- Microsoft Entra ID
- ServiceNow
- Windows Server 2025
- Disaster-recovery planning, testing, replication and failover
- Operational technology or other distributed infrastructure environments
- DevOps or infrastructure-as-code practices
- ITIL Foundation certification
What you will be doing
- Engineer, administer and support enterprise Windows Server environments
- Upgrade, migrate, decommission and remediate Windows Server workloads
- Support Windows Server 2016, 2019 and 2022, with exposure to Windows Server 2025
- Manage and troubleshoot VMware virtualisation environments
- Support Active Directory Domain Services across multiple domain controllers
- Administer and troubleshoot DNS, DHCP and Group Policy
- Support on-premises Microsoft Exchange Server
- Assist with Microsoft 365 and Exchange Online
- Manage enterprise storage, backup, recovery and disaster-recovery services
- Perform Windows Server patching and security remediation
- Work closely with the cyber security team to address identified vulnerabilities
- Investigate and resolve complex Level 2 and Level 3 infrastructure incidents
- Take ownership of ServiceNow infrastructure tickets through to resolution
- Monitor infrastructure health, availability, capacity and security
- Participate in disaster-recovery exercises, recovery testing and failover activities
- Liaise with technology vendors and specialist engineering teams
Working arrangements
The team generally attends the Parramatta office one day per week, usually Thursday, with the remainder worked remotely subject to operational requirements.
Occasional travel to data-centre locations in Silverwater and Wollongong may be required (i.e. once every few months). The role also includes participation in a rotating on-call roster, potentially approximately one week in every three.
Best method to apply is using the application button on this advert. We can be contacted on (02) 9687 1025 for a confidential discussion but please ensure the resume has been sent.
