ASD6 Systems Administrator

About the Team
ASD is entering an exciting phase of growth, innovation and transformation. Our agency has committed to delivering REDSPICE, which is the most significant single investment in the Australian Signals Directorate’s 75 years.

About the Role
You will play a pivotal role in ensuring the critical capabilities used by our workforce are fit-for-purpose, responsive to sensitive and time-critical mission requirements, and built on technology stacks in line with industry advances. You will design, build, monitor and manage systems and platforms with a strong focus on agility, security, and resilience. We will provide you with an environment where you can develop and push the limits of your technical abilities to keep pace in an evolving technological environment.

Further information can be found at Information and Communications Technology | Australian Signals Directorate (asd.gov.au)
    
ASD6 Systems Administrator:

• Manage systems administration projects of a technical and specialised nature
• Manage stakeholder relationships and escalated enquiries/cases and issues
• Have experience in producing highly technical Systems Administrator outcomes 
• Have experience in managing day-to-day workflow and BAU operations
• Be able to exercise considerable degree of independence and perform a leadership role 
• Produce concise technical systems documentation and knowledge artefacts supporting operational continuity
• Work independently with the opportunity for reasonable autonomy and accountability for the achievement of outcomes of their work 
• Perform critical and complex engineering activities and provide advice in the field of systems engineering under limited direction 
• Apply engineering knowledge and experience to identify risks and uncertainties and consider these in planning, decision-making and priority setting 
• Assess technical and design packages including scoping, planning, reviewing, provide recommendations and contribute to the implementation of actions

The key duties of the position include:

An ideal candidate can demonstrate an ability to work collaboratively to achieve results, have a demonstrated aptitude and willingness to learn, and adapt to different technologies and platforms. 

We are currently seeking candidates to work under general direction to:

• Build and maintain ICT infrastructure, including operating system and application configuration and hardening, local security configuration (e.g. firewalls, application and security policies), and network configuration (e.g. interfaces, routing tables)
• Develop and enhance monitoring and alerting
• Manage cloud hosting platforms, support services, configuration, automation and monitoring
• Build, configure, and maintain network solutions including security groups, VPNs, firewalls, virtual appliances, as well as cloud-native routing and switching technologies
• Install and manage physical hardware including servers, storage platforms, and network devices

ASD is seeking applicants to fill current and anticipated vacancies and to create a merit pool for future vacancies.
Eligibility

Citizenship – To be eligible for employment with ASD, applicants must be an Australian citizen. 
 
Health Assessment – The preferred applicant may be required to undergo a medical examination conducted by the Agency’s preferred medical provider. 

Organisational Suitability Assessment – To be eligible for employment within ASD, the preferred applicant will be required to undergo an Organisational Suitability Assessment (see Organisational Assessment section).

Security Clearance – The preferred applicant will be required to successfully undergo the security clearance vetting process at a specified clearance level. The preferred applicant MUST be willing to disclose all relevant and required information. 

It is a condition of employment that applicants are willing and able to obtain and maintain the requisite security clearance for the duration of their employment with ASD.

Notes

Desirable Qualifications, Experience or Training
Experience, formal qualifications or training across a breadth of ICT skills, disciplines and platforms is desirable. These could include but are not limited to: 

• Operating systems such as Microsoft Windows or Linux
• Virtualisation solutions 
• Networking technologies 
• Databases 
• Desktop environments 
• Web services 
• ICT Storage System 
• Cloud Systems with experience in on-premise platform migrations
• Application packaging and deployment
• Microsoft Configuration Manager
• Scripting technologies
• DevOps practices including automation with application of Infrastructure as Code
• Broad experience across multiple fields with a few in-depth specialisations 

Staff are required to have knowledge of and compliance to relevant legislative frameworks, government decision-making and Australian Signals Directorate’s mission and policy requirements