Web Hosting System Administrator
Acknowledgement of Country
CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation
Child safety
CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy.
The opportunity
- Join CSIRO - Australia's National Science & Innovation Agency
- Manage web application provisioning, security, and ongoing support
- Flexible working environment with 15.4% Super
CSIRO is seeking a Web Hosting System Administrator to provide secure, reliable hosting for research and enterprise systems. You’ll manage web platform operations, ensuring security and smooth functionality.
Your key responsibilities include provisioning and supporting web applications, maintaining platform security, and offering technical advice on hosting solutions.
You’ll apply your expertise to enhance service delivery and drive continuous improvements, and have proven experience in delivering technical solutions, integrating business needs, ensuring high-quality service in complex technical environments.
Your duties will include:
- Contribute positively to stimulate and promote a team approach and develop sound working and knowledge sharing relationships with peers, hosting clients and business owners.
- Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain web servers and sites (lifecycle management), with a forecast estimation of:
- 75% Windows/IIS focus, and
- 25% Linux/Apache/Tomcat focus
- Configure the management web platforms and frameworks according to the established standards and built-in security.
- Serve hosting requests with sound technical analysis and manage ongoing operation of web applications and provide technical advice to client enquiries in web hosting.
- Lead hosting system and platform updates, patches, and configuration changes to proactively manage hosting security.
- Manage the provisioning and administration of SSL Certificates for external CSIRO websites.
- Monitor applications and the platform services, investigate and resolve warnings and alerts.
Location: Open to be based in Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney
Salary: AU$114K- AU$123K plus up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure: Indefinite
Reference: 99191
To be considered you will need:
- Relevant Tertiary qualifications in IT or equivalent relevant work experience.
- Extensive understanding and experience as System Administrator with Windows Server and IIS, with exposure to Linux-based Apache HTTP Server and NGINX, and solid understanding of web security.
- Sound programming skills, and proficient in one or more languages (i.e. PowerShell, Bash, Perl, PHP, Python, Java, JavaScript, etc.)
- Well-developed experience in working collaboratively across teams, coordinating tasks, and driving for service delivery.
- Demonstrated willingness and ability to contribute novel ideas and approaches with insightful analysis, and to develop innovative solutions leading to improved service delivery.
- Demonstrated ability to assess, analyse and resolve complex issues.
- Effective written and oral communication skills developed through client engagement, networking, and product development.
Desirable:
- Experience with DevOps practice in service delivery for automation and integration, agile methodologies, and source code revision control like Git, SVN.
- Containerisation experience (Docker, Kubernetes)
For full details about this role please review the Position Description
Eligibility
Applications for this position are open to Australian Citizens; the successful candidate may be required to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the NV1 level. Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.
Flexible working arrangements
We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work.
Diversity and inclusion
We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish.
About CSIRO
At CSIRO Australia's national science agency, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We put the safety and wellbeing of our people above all else and earn trust everywhere because we only deal in facts. We collaborate widely and generously and deliver solutions with real impact.
CSIRO is committed to values-based leadership to inspire performance and unlock the potential of our people.
Join us and start creating tomorrow today!
How to apply
Please apply on-line and provide a cover letter and CV that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role.
Applications close
16 March 2025, 11:00pm AEDT
Applications are being reviewed, and interviews will commence before the closing date, as we are eager to fill this position quickly. Don’t miss out – apply today!
Acknowledgement of Country
CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation
Child safety
CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy.
The opportunity
- Join CSIRO - Australia's National Science & Innovation Agency
- Manage web application provisioning, security, and ongoing support
- Flexible working environment with 15.4% Super
CSIRO is seeking a Web Hosting System Administrator to provide secure, reliable hosting for research and enterprise systems. You’ll manage web platform operations, ensuring security and smooth functionality.
Your key responsibilities include provisioning and supporting web applications, maintaining platform security, and offering technical advice on hosting solutions.
You’ll apply your expertise to enhance service delivery and drive continuous improvements, and have proven experience in delivering technical solutions, integrating business needs, ensuring high-quality service in complex technical environments.
Your duties will include:
- Contribute positively to stimulate and promote a team approach and develop sound working and knowledge sharing relationships with peers, hosting clients and business owners.
- Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain web servers and sites (lifecycle management), with a forecast estimation of:
- 75% Windows/IIS focus, and
- 25% Linux/Apache/Tomcat focus
- Configure the management web platforms and frameworks according to the established standards and built-in security.
- Serve hosting requests with sound technical analysis and manage ongoing operation of web applications and provide technical advice to client enquiries in web hosting.
- Lead hosting system and platform updates, patches, and configuration changes to proactively manage hosting security.
- Manage the provisioning and administration of SSL Certificates for external CSIRO websites.
- Monitor applications and the platform services, investigate and resolve warnings and alerts.
Location: Open to be based in Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney
Salary: AU$114K- AU$123K plus up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure: Indefinite
Reference: 99191
To be considered you will need:
- Relevant Tertiary qualifications in IT or equivalent relevant work experience.
- Extensive understanding and experience as System Administrator with Windows Server and IIS, with exposure to Linux-based Apache HTTP Server and NGINX, and solid understanding of web security.
- Sound programming skills, and proficient in one or more languages (i.e. PowerShell, Bash, Perl, PHP, Python, Java, JavaScript, etc.)
- Well-developed experience in working collaboratively across teams, coordinating tasks, and driving for service delivery.
- Demonstrated willingness and ability to contribute novel ideas and approaches with insightful analysis, and to develop innovative solutions leading to improved service delivery.
- Demonstrated ability to assess, analyse and resolve complex issues.
- Effective written and oral communication skills developed through client engagement, networking, and product development.
Desirable:
- Experience with DevOps practice in service delivery for automation and integration, agile methodologies, and source code revision control like Git, SVN.
- Containerisation experience (Docker, Kubernetes)
For full details about this role please review the Position Description
Eligibility
Applications for this position are open to Australian Citizens; the successful candidate may be required to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the NV1 level. Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.
Flexible working arrangements
We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work.
Diversity and inclusion
We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish.
About CSIRO
At CSIRO Australia's national science agency, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We put the safety and wellbeing of our people above all else and earn trust everywhere because we only deal in facts. We collaborate widely and generously and deliver solutions with real impact.
CSIRO is committed to values-based leadership to inspire performance and unlock the potential of our people.
Join us and start creating tomorrow today!
How to apply
Please apply on-line and provide a cover letter and CV that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role.
Applications close
16 March 2025, 11:00pm AEDT
Applications are being reviewed, and interviews will commence before the closing date, as we are eager to fill this position quickly. Don’t miss out – apply today!
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