SCHN - Senior Systems Engineer
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Computer Mgr Gde 2
Remuneration: 133637 - 150872 full time equivalent base salary range (+12% super + 17.5% leave loading and salary packaging)
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ653693
Location: Westmead
Applications Close: Midnight on 16 April 2026
For role related queries or questions contact Fariba Booyachi on Fariba.Booyachi@health.nsw.gov.au
At the Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, every role helps children and young people live their healthiest lives.
As the largest paediatric health service in Australia, we care for thousands of children each year, in hospital and at home. Our people are united by compassion, collaboration and excellence in care.
What you'll be doing
The Digital Health group within the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network (SCHN) works collaboratively and proactively with stakeholders to provide flexible, responsive and innovative Information, Communication and Technology (ICT).
The Senior Systems Engineer is primarily responsible for supporting and managing the SCHN on-premises and cloud services infrastructure systems and servers. This includes planning, designing, supporting, installing and maintaining the delivery infrastructure to ensure high quality IT services for a wide range of SCHN Services.
The role may require working across various locations and departments within the network, with sufficient notice provided in such cases.
As part of the Digital Health team, this role supports systems operating 24/7 and requires participation in an on-call support roster to ensure system availability. While not a frontline clinical role, the position requires out-of-hours support to maintain continuity of essential services.
Additional Benefits (for eligible employees): Flexible work opportunities, Salary packaging and meal entertainment benefits, accrued days off (ADOs), fitness passport, employee assistance program (EAP)
How to Apply:
Click ‘Apply Online’ and submit your application including:
- A resume (maximum 5 pages) outlining your experience
- Responses to the questions below:
- A qualification in a relevant field, or equivalent industry work experience in a large complex organisation or a combination of study and work experience.
- Extensive administration/migration experience in a Windows Server and cloud environment, including server patching, File & Print, Cluster services to the ongoing management of Operating System life cycle, etc.
- Extensive experience in large organisation with administration and supporting Citrix and virtualised (VMware and etc) environments. Extensive experience with latest Citrix XenApp/Xen Desktop, WEM, App Layering and Citrix Provisioning Server will be highly regarded.
- Experience administering LDAP directory systems protocols such as Microsoft Active Directory and other integrated products such as DNS, group policy, etc.
- Demonstrated experience with cyber security requirement and solutions such as anti-virus, multi-factor authentications, web content security, access privileges and control, patch management, data security, application hardening and remote access.
- Demonstrated experience with Cloud and Microsoft Infrastructure products such as System Centre Configuration Manager, System Centre Operations Manager, SQL Server, IIS, Azure, and AWS.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills with the ability to work without constant supervision - includes the ability to plan and achieve a variety of tasks; able to prioritise client requests and deal with a number of issues concurrently; good problem solving skills - the ability to identify problems and their cause and develop solutions to meet client needs.
- Good verbal and written communication skills - excellent fact-finding skills to gather client requirements, and the ability to write user friendly documentation; the ability to technically translate IT concepts and issues for clients.
Child Safe Standards:
SCHN is committed to maintaining a child-safe environment that respects and upholds the rights of children and young people, in line with NSW Health’s commitment to the Child Safe Standards. We aim to ensure that children and young people feel safe, supported, and included in their care. All current and prospective staff are expected to prioritise the safety, welfare, and well-being of children and young people, actively working to protect them from harm and abuse.
Additional Information:
SCHN is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity, recognising that a diverse workforce strengthens our culture and enhances the care we provide to children, young people and their families.
Permanent NSW Health roles require Australian citizenship or permanent residency. Temporary visa holders may be considered where no suitable Australian citizen or permanent resident is identified.
Where required, overseas qualifications must be formally assessed by the Department of Education or relevant authority for recognition in Australia.
An Eligibility List may be created for future permanent and temporary full or part time vacancies.
Need more information?
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply. We recognise the value of Aboriginal staff providing health care to Aboriginal children and families. For application support, visit the NSW Health Aboriginal Recruitment tool, Stepping Up to assist in preparing your application, or contact the SCHN’s Aboriginal Workforce Consultant at SCHN-EA-AboriginalHealthDirectorate@health.nsw.gov.au
For technical support please contact 1300 679 367
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