Systems Administrator - Safety & Asset

You see the big picture, you’ve always worked on a grand scale, and now you’re ready to re-focus on grand impact.

Your innovative mindset is key to creating solutions to complex problems. Our systems drive our organisational success and underpin every journey our customers take. This is your opportunity to be part of an expert team who build and refine seamless technology experiences.

In this role, you will

Be responsible for the ongoing support, maintenance, monitoring and enhancement of application and infrastructure environments supporting both existing and new business systems. Working across BAU operations and project initiatives, you will manage incidents, service requests, problem resolution, deployments and upgrades, while ensuring the reliability and performance of development, test and production environments. You will act as a key operational contact for business stakeholders, collaborate with project teams, vendors and support partners to deliver technical solutions, and provide expertise across the supported technology stack.

The role also participates in a 24/7 on call roster and contributes to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance system performance, resilience, and support processes.

This role sits within Regulatory Applications (Safety & Asset Domain).

For more information on this position and business unit, view the role description and information pack

About You

• For you to be successful within this role you should meet all the following criteria:
• 5+ years experience in a similar role, as described above, and 10+ years working within technology
• Integration & Messaging Middleware technologies, e.g., Apache, Nginx, Tomcat, WebLogic, IBM WebSphere, IBM Integration Bus (IIB)
• Experience working in AWS/Azure hybrid cloud environments, deploying & supporting applications
• Experience utilising a range of enterprise platforms and tools, including Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, Objective, and SharePoint, to support project delivery, collaboration, documentation and service management
• Experience utilising Windows, Linux, Unix, VMWare, Kubernetes, EKS, PowerShell, Python, UNIX shell programming, Jenkins, Git, Bitbucket, Splunk, Dynatrace, and Ansible
• Proven experience supporting and maintaining multiple application environments across the software development lifecycle, including parallel development, testing and production environments
• Highly developed communication, consultation and stakeholder management skills, with a strong customer focus and the ability to build effective relationships, manage competing priorities, and deliver outcomes within tight deadlines and service level commitment

Nice to Haves

Proven track record in comparable roles across banking and financial services environments

Experience working with enterprise CDN and network security technologies, including Akamai and Palo Alto, to support application delivery, performance, availability and cybersecurity requirements

Degree qualification in a relevant STEM discipline

This is a permanent opportunity. This role is based in a hybrid environment; you will typically work five days per month from our Parramatta office and a further five days from another TfNSW office location. To support team collaboration though, you will ideally be based in the Parramatta office every Monday and Wednesday, and every other Friday.

This is a Grade 8 role, paying between $141,678.00 - $158,677.00 + super. The grade level will be assessed based on your relevant skills, experiences, capabilities, and qualifications etc.

Who we are

Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day.

Join us

Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve. If you’d like further information on our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visit Transport careers.

Flexible work options may be available. Learn more via Flexible work options and policy

Apply today

Applications close 11:59 PM, Monday 2nd November 2026

For more information about this role, please contact [email protected].

Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply. Visit Supporting Aboriginal People or Supporting People with Disability for more information or speak to your talent team member to arrange any adjustments to how you interact with us.

Learn more about how to apply via Our recruitment process | Transport for NSW

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