Trainee Engineer (Storage & Backup)

Trainee Engineer – Storage & Backup

• Permanent Full-Time Opportunity (Programmer Award)
• Hybrid flexibility for work-life balance | Chatswood or St Leonards
• Attractive salary, from $79,135 + 12% Super + 17.5% annual leave loading
• Up to 12 extra days off per year + 4 weeks annual leave

Applications Close: 11:59pm, Wednesday 29th April 2026

About Us – eHealth NSW
At eHealth NSW, we’re leading the digital transformation of Australia’s largest health system. As NSW Health’s digital centre of excellence, we design, build and support world-class ICT solutions that improve patient care across the state.

Guided by a Cloud First Strategy, we’re harnessing digital technology to better patient care and deliver scalable, quality, patient-centred, digital healthcare. With your skills and experience, you can help enrich the lives of millions while developing your career within Australia’s largest health organisation—alongside passionate tech professionals, health partners and industry leaders building solutions that truly make a difference.

About the Opportunity
As a Trainee Engineer (Storage & Backup) within Enterprise Services, you will develop foundational skills in enterprise storage, backup and recovery technologies that underpin critical clinical and corporate systems across NSW Health. This is an excellent entry point for graduates or early‑career technologists looking to build a long‑term career in enterprise infrastructure.

In this role, you will:

• Assist with the support and maintenance of enterprise storage and backup platforms in a large, complex environment
• Learn to monitor system performance, capacity and availability to ensure highly reliable services
• Support incident, problem and change activities under guidance from senior engineers
• Contribute to documentation, standard operating procedures and service improvement initiatives
• Build hands‑on experience working with modern infrastructure technologies in a healthcare setting

• Develop DevOps skills Develop and maintain operational automation using tools such as DevOps, Artificial Intelligence and scripting languages (PowerShell, Python, Bash) 

   

About You
We are looking for someone who:

• Has a qualification in IT, engineering, computer science or a related discipline (or is nearing completion)
• Demonstrates strong interest in infrastructure, storage and backup enterprise systems
• Shows willingness to learn, follow processes and work as part of a collaborative team
• Has good communication skills and the ability to manage tasks in a structured environment
• Understands the importance of reliability and security in healthcare technology
• Willing to participate in an on-call roster and occasionally work after-hours under the guidance of a senior engineer.

Need more information?

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• Find out how we hire at eHealth NSW 
• Check out our diversity and inclusion commitment 

• Learn more about us at eHealth NSW

  
   

Working at eHealth
Our people are at the heart of who we are. We support our people with great benefits so they can enrich health in millions of ways every day:

• Flexible work options
• Professional growth and career development
• Allocated day off per month
• Salary packaging 
• Various health and wellbeing programs to support our team

How to apply
Share with us your cover letter and most up to date resume (up to 5 pages), highlighting your relevant skills and experience.  

We recognise that AI tools are increasingly being used to assist with resumes and applications. While we accept their use, we’re eager to see your personality and get to know the person behind the application!

For further discussions around the role or recruitment process, including adjustments, please contact our Talent Advisor or Hiring Manager, Mike Kinner at Michael.Kinner@health.nsw.gov.au and quote REQ656861.

Additional information
 

• This recruitment may be used to create a Talent Pool for similar future roles (ongoing or temporary) that may arise over the next 18 months. 
• To be eligible for this role you must have current Australian work rights (Australian citizen, permanent resident, New Zealand citizen with a current passport, or hold a valid visa with permission to work in Australia).
• 'Exempt' is defined as a fixed term contract with a length greater than 13 weeks.
• If you currently reside outside NSW, please confirm in your application your willingness to relocate if successful.