System Administrator – JusticeLink
Location - Parramatta
Employment type – Temporary full-time role up to 24 months
Salary - $113,574.00 pa - $125,720.00 pa, plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
Your role
This role sits within Information and Digital services (IDS) and supports the ongoing reliability and performance of key case management and digital services used across the NSW justice system.
The role focuses on hands-on system administration / Site Reliability Engineering and cloud operations work, including application deployments, automation, and improving how services are run and supported on AWS and related enterprise platforms. It is a strong opportunity for someone who wants to work on large, business-critical systems, build practical SRE and DevOps experience, and contribute directly to public service outcomes in a collaborative, hybrid working environment.
What You'll Do
In this role, you will be responsible for the day-to-day support, deployment, and reliability of applications and platforms hosted on AWS and integrated enterprise systems. This includes managing and deploying applications on Kubernetes and JBoss, supporting middleware such as IBM MQ, monitoring system performance, responding to incidents, and implementing automation to improve stability and efficiency. You will work closely with business stakeholders and technical teams to plan and deliver changes, maintain operational documentation, and ensure services continue to meet agreed service and reliability expectations.
The Web Services and Digital Applications team within Frontline Divisional Services (IDS) supports and maintains a case management system and a jury system across both cloud and on‑premises environments. We ensure these critical frontline justice applications remain stable, secure and high‑performing while driving continuous improvement across the digital justice ecosystem.
What We're Looking For
The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience supporting and deploying enterprise applications on AWS, with strong skills in Kubernetes (EKS), DevOps or SRE practices, and a good understanding of application platforms such as JBoss, IBM MQ, and relational databases including RDS or Oracle. They will bring clear communication skills, a strong service delivery mindset, and the ability to work effectively with technical teams and business stakeholders in a collaborative, hybrid working environment.
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What We Offer
We offer a variety of benefits, including:
A challenging and rewarding career
Flexible, autonomous work environment
Competitive pay and conditions
Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.
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Requirements
Click apply, attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) addressing the 2 targeted questions below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:
Targeted Question 1
Responsibilities
Describe a high-priority production incident you were responsible for resolving in a cloud environment (for example AWS, EKS, ECS, JBoss, RDS or middleware). In your response, address the following:
What failed and how the issue was detected and why it was business-critical
How you diagnosed the problem across application, platform, and infrastructure layers.
The actions you took to safely restore service and reduce risk following security, operational, and change requirements
Targeted Question 2
Describe a production-grade application platform you designed, deployed, or owned on AWS. In your response, address the following:
The overall architecture (for example EKS or ECS, networking, load balancing, RDS, messaging, monitoring)
How infrastructure was provisioned using Infrastructure as Code (for example Terraform or CloudFormation)
How applications were built and deployed using CI/CD pipelines
How security, reliability, and availability were designed into the platform
How you managed upgrades, changes, or improvements through formal release and change processes
Applications close Friday, 27 March 2026 at 11:59 pm AEST.
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