Randstad Sourceright is proud to be partnering with and working alongside a leading FMCG company headquartered in Docklands, Melbourne. This company has multiple manufacturing sites across Australia alongside many well known household brands/products.
Reporting to the Cloud Operations Manager, this hands-on engineering role is responsible for designing and operating secure AWS, VMware, and hybrid infrastructure, driving automation via Terraform and Infrastructure as Code, and delivering resilient enterprise & manufacturing systems, while maintaining high operational standards across the technology lifecycle.
Role: Senior Systems Engineer
Location: Port Melbourne - hybrid (3 days in the office)
Job Type: Contract - 6 Months initially (ongoing)
Start Date: ASAP
Rate: depending on experience
Responsibilities:
AWS & Cloud Engineering: Architect, deploy and administer AWS cloud and hybrid infrastructure, ensuring high availability, performance optimisation and operational resilience across all workloads.
Infrastructure as Code & Automation: Write, test and maintain automated infrastructure code primarily using Terraform, implementing Git-based CI/CD pipelines with robust peer reviews and rollback controls.
Operational Resilience & Security: Oversee system patching, lifecycle management, backup/recovery and security hardening to minimise technical debt across enterprise IT and factory-floor OT environments.
Incident Escalation & Technical Leadership: Provide senior root-cause analysis for complex production incidents, guide technical architecture decisions, mentor peers and participate in on-call escalations.
Experience:
Manufacturing / FMCG Industry Background: Demonstrated experience supporting manufacturing or Operational Technology (OT) production environments - prior experience within FMCG is strongly preferred.
Cloud & Automation (AWS & Terraform): Proven track record delivering enterprise cloud infrastructure, with hands-on proficiency in AWS architecture, administration and provisioning via Terraform.
Scripting & Code Capabilities: Demonstrated ability to code and automate workflows using PowerShell, Bash/shell scripting, or modern scripting languages alongside Git-based version control.
Core Systems Stack: Comprehensive background in VMware virtualisation, Windows and Linux server administration, networking (DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP) and disaster recovery frameworks.
Please apply below and we will be in touch!
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