Senior Systems Engineer – Telco Automation & Observability at Macquarie Technology Group – 2 Market Street

Senior Systems Engineer Telco Automation & Observability

About Us
Theres something special about working for a company like Macquarie Telecom. Were not the biggest in the industry, where youre just a number. Were not tiny enough that youve never heard of us. Were in that sweet spot where were strong enough to punch above our weight. And we definitely do! Because of this, you have the opportunity to make a difference.
Ready to take a complex telco environment and make it simpler, smarter, and more observable? Were hiring a Senior Systems Engineer to uplift the way we manage telco infrastructure through monitoring, automation, standardisation, integration, reporting, compliance checking and remediation.
What youll be owning (day to day): Design, build, test and implement automation workflows to monitor network health, report key metrics, manage configs and ensure compliance Integrate and support tooling like Icinga, Grafana, NetBox, PowerDNS, Telegraf/Prometheus, Ansible Build automated workflows for network incident & event management Maintain upgrades, patching and DR/restoration testing Report/manage (and where possible automate) remediation of compliance gaps between infrastructure under management and billing systems Build bespoke apps/databases to support stakeholders Partner with Product/Engineering to launch new network offerings (SDWAN / SDLAN / SD Firewall) Ideate and implement AI into workflows (fault/change/config management) Document, train and champion a DevOps approach across the team

What youll bring:

• ~5+ years across network/system administration, DevOps and/or software engineering
• Strong automation: Bash, Python, REST APIs, Ansible
• Linux sysadmin experience
• DB admin capability: Postgres, MariaDB, Galera Cluster
• ServiceNow workflow automation experience (fault/change/inventory)
• Strong networking fundamentals (switching/routing/firewalls; security/network devices)
• Nice to have: NodeJS / React / Go, AI agent development, VMware / SAN, large vendor NMS exposure

Join a team thats been challenging the status quo in Australian telecom and cloud for decadesbuilding secure, sovereign infrastructure and continuously raising the bar on customer outcomes. At Macquarie Technology Group, our purpose is clear: make a difference where customers are overcharged and overlooked, and we empower our engineers to deliver real impact through automation, observability, and operational excellence. Youll be part of a business recognised for its culture (including #1 in category in Best Workplaces in Australia 2025) while working in a hybrid model that supports focus, flexibility, and collaboration.