Classification: Senior Information Technology Officer Grade B
Salary: $149,172 - $167,151 plus superannuation
Position No: 17397
Directorate: Digital Canberra
Advertised (Gazettal date): 11 June 2026
Contact Officer: Raymond Mills on [email protected] or (02) 6207 0228
Details: Join Digital Canberra as a Senior Virtual Platform Specialist and help keep critical ACT Government digital services secure, stable and available. This role provides senior technical support for the virtual server and hosting platforms that underpin government applications and services used across the Territory.
You will work across enterprise virtualisation and hosting environments, supporting platform performance, resilience, upgrades, maintenance and service improvement. The role also contributes to technical design, automation, documentation and advice on future capability. You will work closely with specialist teams across cloud, identity, networks, end-user computing, Unix and databases to support a modern, reliable and secure technology environment.
This role will suit an experienced infrastructure specialist with strong virtual platform expertise who enjoys solving complex technical problems, improving services and contributing to systems that support essential public services.
We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.
Eligibility/Other requirements: The successful applicant must be an Australian citizen.
The successful applicant must possess, or be able to obtain and maintain, an Australian Government Security Vetting Agency Negative Vetting 1 (NV1) clearance.
Notes: A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months. Selection may be based on application and referee reports only. Opportunities for flexible working options could include hybrid working, being a combination of working from home, designated office based and FlexiSpace working locations across the ACT, part-time hours, job-sharing, flexible start, and finish times.
How to Apply: Please submit a written response of no more than two pages outlining your suitability for the position. Your response should address the Professional/Technical Skills and Knowledge and Behavioural Capabilities in the attached Position Description.
Please also provide a current curriculum vitae and the names and contact details of two referees. Applicants should confirm in their application that they are an Australian citizen, can obtain and maintain an NV1 security clearance, and hold a current C Class driver’s licence. Evidence of qualifications, certifications, licence details and other supporting documents may be requested later in the process.
Applications should be submitted .
Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.
Digital Canberra
Digital Canberra was established on the 1 July 2025, amalgamating positions which previously were advertised under Chief Ministers and Economic Development Directorate and ACT Health Directorate.
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