Senior IT Systems Engineer (AU)

Location: Sydney, Australia

Department: IT & Security

About the role

The IT team is responsible for providing excellent end user experiences and services for our staff. They deliver prompt technical support, troubleshoot issues, and ensure the smooth operation of hardware, software, and network systems to minimise disruptions. The team also manages system maintenance, internal applications and drive overall organisational productivity.

The IT team must work closely with Engineering and Security teams to delight our Engineers while keeping a high level of security.

This role will be a key position within the DroneShield Information Technology team. Primary responsibilities including owning and improving our existing technology and processes to scale efficiencies with the high growth of the company. To do so the candidate will be able to easily create programmatic automations. The role will also require the candidate to be versed in several disciplines ranging from Linux administration, virtualisation platforms, automation tooling, internal application hosting and cloud infrastructure.

This role requires experience with either programming or advanced scripting. The ideal candidate will also have experience or ideas on how to leverage LLM to make the team more effective.

Responsibilities, Duties and Expectations 

• Contribute to the planning, design, and delivery of core infrastructure initiatives, including on-premises and hybrid cloud environments, ensuring systems are reliable, secure, and scalable
• Lead engineering and operational support for Linux based systems, storage, and core infrastructure services.
• Develop automation and tooling using Bash, Python, PowerShell, or configuration management platforms (e.g., Ansible).
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code workflows (e.g., Ansible, Terraform) to support consistent, automated, and scalable infrastructure deployments.
• Manage and support AWS services including compute, storage, networking, and security components to ensure reliable hybrid integration and alignment with broader infrastructure operations.
• Improve and maintain monitoring, alerting, logging, and operational insights across systems and applications.
• Experience managing hybrid environments spanning on-premises and private clouds.
• Involvement with Networking architecture and operations.
• Provide technical guidance and act as a subject matter expert across various IT domains.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align IT solutions with business needs.
• Mentor team members.
• Work on architecting Global Solutions for the growing company and set standards for IT across the DroneShield Group in Australia and internationally.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years' experience in a similar role.
• Demonstrated ability to drive continuous improvement within IT environments.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly.
• Strong Linux administration skills (Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL, or similar).
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• High proficiency in scripting languages for automation and system management.
• Solid understanding of networking concepts including firewalls, VPNs, routers/switches, DNS, DHCP and Spanning Tree.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS.
• Proficient with endpoint management tools such as Intune, SCCM and JAMF, and identity platforms like Azure Entra ID.
• Experience administering the Atlassian suite, including JIRA and Confluence.
• Familiarity with system monitoring tools and user support processes, with a focus on customer success.

Note for recruitment agencies: We do not accept unsolicited candidates from external recruiters unless specifically instructed.

About the Company

Work with cutting edge AI technology, making the world a safer and more secure place. DroneShield (ASX:DRO) offers an opportunity to solve some of world’s most challenging technical problems in the rapidly growing counter-drone sector.  

Our customers operate in some of the most challenging and high-stakes environments in the world, including military organisations, government agencies, airports, critical infrastructure operators, and law enforcement. Protecting airspace in these settings requires technology that performs under pressure and teams that understand what’s at stake. At DroneShield, employees work at the leading edge of counter-drone innovation, helping to address real-world security challenges as drone threats continue to evolve globally. 

With one of the largest listed defence company market capitalisations in Australia, now part of the ASX200 index, DroneShield is experiencing a period of hypergrowth. Revenue has surged from A$57 million in 2024 to over A$190 million in 2025, representing growth of more than 400% year-on-year, with record profitability and cashflow. The total addressable global market for counter-drone is assessed at approximately $100 billion, and is currently at the nascent stage with much of the growth still to come, with DroneShield well positioned as a global market leader, and the only public listed pure-play business in this sector.   

The company has grown from 11 employees in 2017 to over 450 staff globally today, and is on track to reach around 550 by the end of 2026. This expansion includes investment of over A$50 million annually in R&D, a global pipeline exceeding A$2.5 billion, and continuous scaling of production capacity to meet accelerating demand.  

The role is based at DroneShield’s central Sydney headquarters. Overseas on-the-ground presence includes Virginia (USA), Netherlands, Denmark, Mexico and Dubai, as well as distributors in over 70 countries worldwide.