
Operations Engineering Lead - VIC
- Melbourne, VIC
- Permanent
- Full-time
Enhance operational maturity ensuring that services are delivered seamlessly, without disruptions and in alignment with ITIL best practiceJob DescriptionDevelops, designs, evaluates, and/or modifies systems consistent with customer and regulatory requirements. Develops system architecture, and ensures the integrity of the architecture/design. Systems Engineers handle the software configuration to make sure everything works given the various customer configurations.
- Provide technical leadership across of a broad range of technologies including; LAN/WAN switching and routing, APCO P25 radio systems, mobile data systems as well as Windows and Linux based operating systems administration.
- Oversee the operational health, security and maintenance of mission critical public safety systems that fall under the scope of the Operations Engineering team.
- Manage the day-to-day operational priorities and activities of the operations engineering team.
- Act as a technical escalation point for Network Operations Control Centre (NOCC) staff, Field and Operations Engineers requiring technical assistance.
- Proactively identify any systemic issues that may have operational or customer impact and drive resolution in accordance with the ITIL framework.
- Maintain and enhance the accuracy and completeness of technical, procedural, and as-built documentation.
- Promote and ensure compliance with ITIL service management processes and procedures.
- Foster a culture of continual improvement by implementing and encouraging the use of best practices, identifying areas for improvement, and providing opportunities for professional development and training for team members.
- Collaborate with other teams to ensure alignment and effective service delivery, while driving high-quality operations engineering services to achieve both contractual compliance and customer satisfaction.
- Participate in service review meetings as the technical representative to provide technical insights and recommendations on the performance and quality of services provided.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to produce regular reports on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
- Participate in an on-call rotation schedule to address urgent system incidents escalated after-hours.
- Provide technical support and resourcing assistance to Systems Integrations for projects falling under the scope of the operations engineering team.
- Tertiary Qualifications in Electronics / Computer Systems Engineering or similar (Extensive industry experience will be considered as an alternative).
- ITIL v4 Certification
- Telecommunications, Land Mobile Radio (LMR)
- Microwave Transmission Network Experience
- CISCO / Juniper networking certifications
- Microsoft / Linux certifications
- Knowledge in Crystal and SQL reporting
- Motorola P25 System Experience
- Network Security skills including intrusion detection devices firewalls and anti-virus
- PABX/VoIP experience
- Administration configuration, fault finding and maintenance of networks, LAN,WAN, routers, switches, servers, workstations and applications
- VMWARE administration