Senior Systems Engineer - Projects

Job Description

Join Centorrino Technologies: Innovate, Grow, and Thrive with Us!

At Centorrino Technologies (CT), we’re more than just tech—we’re a community that goes beyond expectations. We’ve been recognised as a Great Place to Work in 2025 and Top 5 Inspiring Workplaces for 2026, with an outstanding eNPS score of 68. And we’re not stopping there. We're on a mission to redefine the customer experience, and we need a passionate Senior Systems Engineer - Projects to join our projects team in Australia.

The Systems Engineer is a senior technical resource within the Project Delivery - Cloud and Compute team, responsible for the engineering, operation and continuous improvement of the hosting platforms that CT customers run their workloads on. They are hands-on across the compute, virtualisation, storage and operating system layers of the environment.  

Requirements

What you'll do:

• Design, build and maintain CT hosting platforms, ensuring compute, virtualisation, storage and operating system layers are secure, reliable and high performing.
• Engineer, configure and support enterprise Linux server environments, including patching, hardening, configuration management and Hypercare activities.
• Administer enterprise virtualisation platforms, including hypervisor, cluster and virtual machine lifecycle management.
• Build and maintain platform storage solutions that meet performance, resilience, capacity and data protection requirements.
• Deliver technical project work through CT change management processes with appropriate risk assessment and rollback planning.
• Provide technical expertise and act as an escalation point for complex platform issues and major incidents.
• Partner with Presales and Solution Architects to validate solution designs, provide technical guidance and support effort estimation.
• Maintain expert knowledge of hosting platforms, vendor technologies, integrations and product roadmaps.
• Mentor and support engineers through coaching, knowledge sharing, documentation and technical guidance.
• Develop reusable technical documentation, templates, runbooks and standard deployment patterns to improve team capability.
• Identify technical skill gaps and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the team.
• Ensure project deliverables are completed on time, meet quality standards and are successfully transitioned to operational support teams.

What you'll bring:

• Demonstrated experience as a Systems Engineer or similar within enterprise or managed services environments.
• Strong Linux administration and engineering experience across enterprise distributions such as SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Ubuntu.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise virtualisation platforms, particularly VMware vSphere.
• Experience with enterprise compute, storage, networking and backup technologies.
• Understanding of networking concepts supporting containerised and virtualised environments.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively across technical teams.
• Experience with scripting and automation using tools such as Bash, Python or Ansible (highly regarded).
• Experience with Kubernetes-based virtualisation platforms such as SUSE Harvester, Rancher or KubeVirt (highly regarded).
• Experience managing Kubernetes and containerised workloads in production (highly regarded).
• Experience with software-defined storage technologies such as Longhorn or Portworx (highly regarded).
• Relevant Linux, Kubernetes or virtualisation certifications, such as SUSE, Linux Foundation or VMware certifications (highly regarded).

Benefits

Why You'll Love Working Here:

Our company is more than just a workplace, it's a hub of inspiration and creativity where employees love to work! Here's why:

• Hybrid working (for majority of our roles) with team anchor days to support collaboration.
• Extensive training and development opportunities that enable continual growth as part of your career planning.
• Extensive discounts and benefits to maximise your money.
• A choice of your IT equipment to maximise your success and access to cost-price tech for your personal needs.
• Fun team events to celebrate achievements and connect with colleagues outside work as part of our engaging culture.

CT celebrates diversity and enables every voice to be heard as we drive to create the world we want. Apply today and be part of a team that values innovation, inclusivity, variety and diverse backgrounds.

Note: A valid Vulnerable People / Working with Children Check (WWCC) and Police Check are required.