At State Library Victoria, we believe that access to information and stories builds knowledge, strengthens community and inspires our future. Our recent redevelopment transformed our services and spaces, enhancing our role as a driver of Victoria’s education, innovation, tourism and creative industries.
- Windows and Linux administration experience?
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Proven problem-solver who can build operational resilience?
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Full-time ongoing VPS 5.2 role $128,635 - $140,849 + superannuation
About the Opportunity
The Systems Administrator at State Library Victoria is responsible for the management and continuous improvement of the organisation's core technology infrastructure, including server, cloud, storage, identity, and end-user computing environments. The role contributes to a cross-functional engineering team whose objective is to modernise and secure infrastructure platforms, while supporting a digital-first posture.
The Systems Administrator implements, secures and maintains infrastructure platforms that meet business and user requirements, ensuring high operational availability. The position is proactive but also responds to major incidents in addition to providing Tier 2/3 support as needed.
About You
We value your strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure and operational resilience. Your technical skillset is underpinned by your experience in system backup, recovery and security as well as maintaining system availability. While you collaborate with your colleagues through to solution, you are capable of doing a deep dive and analysing issues on your own when needed. Importantly, you will be adept with enterprise monitoring systems (e.g. Zabbix), and reviewing how systems are running to avoid outages.
In addition, you will come to us with:
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Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline (e.g. ICT, computer science or similar) or equivalent relevant experience.
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Demonstrated experience deploying, maintaining, and upgrading on-premises and cloud-based Windows and Linux servers, virtualization clusters, and network devices.
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Significant experience of monitoring system health, performance, capacity, and availability using enterprise monitoring tools.
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Demonstrated experience investigating, diagnosing, and resolving infrastructure, server, databases, storage, and application issues.
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Knowledge and experience with VMware and Hyper-V, Storage layer – SAN and NAS.
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Extensive experience in technology roles in a service management or operations environment.
About the Library
State Library Victoria is Australia's oldest public library, and one of the first free public libraries in the world.
We believe in the power of knowledge to change lives. Free to access and open to all, the Library enriches the cultural, educational, social and economic lives of all Victorians.
State Library Victoria preserves and shares the stories of Victoria and the world, and is a major destination for stimulating cultural experiences, contemporary debates, and community-driven collecting. We encourage learning, exploration, imagination, and creativity, opening up possibilities for all Victorians.
State Library Victoria is a child-safe organisation. A valid Working with Children Check will be required before commencing.
State Library Victoria promotes a workplace that actively seeks to welcome and value the unique contributions of all people. We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, people from cultural and linguistical diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQ+, D/deaf, disabled, neurodiverse people and people of all ages and abilities to apply.
How to apply
Please click the Apply button to submit your application via Careers.Vic.
The following documents should be attached to your application:
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Resume
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Cover letter (maximum 3 pages) detailing your technical / specialist expertise and summarising how you meet the keyselection criteria in the Position Description (see the About You section of the advertisement).
The successful candidate for this role must be willing to obtain an Australian Government Security Clearance.
For more information on format and content of your application, please see how to apply for a job on the Careers Vic site.
Enquiries
To arrange a confidential discussion about the opportunity, please contact Edwina Bryant,
Senior Manager, IT Systems and Infrastructure at
[email protected]
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Reasonable Adjustments
We want all applicants to have an equal opportunity to demonstrate that they are the best person for the job. If you require an adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, or the provision of a particular access service, please contact our People team on
[email protected]
Advertising closes on Monday 17 August, 2026 at 11.59pm Australian Eastern Standard Time.
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