Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Summary
Two-year fixed-term role keeping AustLII's free Australian legal-information platform reliable and secure. Day to day: hands-on Linux and hybrid on-prem/cloud infrastructure operations, DevOps automation (CI/CD, IaC, containers), plus security, monitoring and disaster-recovery work in a small mission-driven team.
Salary: From $120,000 per year plus superannuation
About the role
As a member of the Infrastructure team, you will help keep AustLII's critical platforms reliable, secure and efficient to support the next generation of legal information, search and AI-enabled services. Working closely with our Data & Content and Software Engineering teams, you will support reliable on-premise, hybrid and selected cloud environments, strengthen DevOps practices and contribute to collaborative, agile ways of working across the organisation.
About us
AustLII is Australia's most-used free-access online resource for Australian legal information, serving more than 500 million page access requests last year — over 1 million per day — from more than 13 million distinct hosts. Since 1995, AustLII has built the most comprehensive curated collection of Australian primary and secondary legal information and made it freely and anonymously available to the community online. In doing so, AustLII has created a service that plays a fundamental role in the Australian legal system, safeguards the integrity of Australian law and supports national data sovereignty. Sitting at the intersection of technology and the law, AustLII pioneered free online access to legal information in Australia and helped shape similar services around the world.
What we offer
We offer meaningful work and an opportunity to help build technology with impact:
Be part of a mission-driven organisation creating technology with real-world impact
Work alongside a small, dedicated and collaborative team
Work from centrally located offices in a vibrant campus environment
Receive a competitive salary package with generous superannuation
Role and responsibilities
This two-year fixed term role, within a newly established team, offers the opportunity to contribute directly to AustLII’s next generation of AI-enabled services.
Key responsibilities include:
Infrastructure operations and support: Provide hands-on technical support and service delivery to implement and support resilient hybrid infrastructure environments, including Linux servers, virtualisation, storage, networking, backup, monitoring, access control and operational tooling.
Automation and DevOps practices: Develop and maintain CI/CD workflows, deployment scripts, infrastructure as code, configuration management, automated provisioning and standardised development, testing, staging and production environments.
Security, performance and resilience: Implement secure infrastructure practices, monitor system health and capacity, address operational risks and contribute to incident response, root cause analysis, disaster recovery planning and business continuity processes.
Further information related to the position is available in the Senior Infrastructure Engineer Position Description available at https://www.austlii.edu.au/austlii/recruitment/2026/senior_infrastructure_engineer.pdf.
Selection criteria
1. A degree in systems engineering, computer science, information technology or a related discipline, together with relevant practical experience; or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
2. Demonstrated hands-on experience administering and supporting Linux server environments and associated on-premises infrastructure, including virtualisation, networking, storage, databases, monitoring, backup and recovery systems.
3. Demonstrated experience implementing, operating and maintaining secure and reliable hybrid infrastructure environments that combine on-premises platforms with selected cloud services and exposure to infrastructure requirements for AI-enabled systems.
4. Demonstrated experience applying DevOps practices, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, configuration management, automated provisioning, version control, containerisation and repeatable deployment workflows.
5. Strong knowledge of infrastructure security and production operations, including access management, patching, vulnerability remediation, system hardening, logging, network controls, monitoring, capacity management and disaster recovery.
6. Demonstrated ability to maintain the availability, performance and reliability of production systems through proactive monitoring, risk identification, incident response, root cause analysis and continuous improvement practices.
7. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated ability to diagnose complex infrastructure issues, evaluate practical options, exercise sound technical judgement and develop sustainable solutions with limited supervision.
8. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across infrastructure, software engineering and data teams, translate application and operational requirements into effective technical solutions, and communicate complex information clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
9. Demonstrated ability to prepare and maintain clear technical documentation, including operational procedures, architecture notes, runbooks and knowledge-sharing materials.
10. Demonstrated ability to manage competing operational and project priorities, provide practical technical support to end users, and contribute flexibly to shared organisational goals.
Highly regarded - Knowledge and Experience
Knowledge of Australian law and the legal system or previous experience working with legal information or legal knowledge systems
Previous experience working in an agile software engineering environment
Experience working in teams within small to medium-sized organisations, research institutions, digital information services or mission-driven organisations.
A genuine interest in AustLII’s mission to expand free access to legal information or digital public infrastructure or technologies that support access to information
How to apply
We would welcome applications from candidates who are inspired by the opportunity to build technology that supports free access to legal information and helps shape the future of AI-enabled legal research.
To apply, please submit the following documents:
A cover letter of no more than two pages outlining your interest in and addressing suitability for the role; and
Your CV (including relevant academic results, experiences and references).
To be considered eligible for this role, you must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this employment. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.
Applications close 24 November 2026.
AustLII reserves the right to commence shortlisting and interviewing prior to the advertised closing date and, where appropriate, to close the recruitment process early. Applicants are therefore encouraged to submit their application as soon as possible.
Interview process
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to an initial in-person interview. We aim to keep candidates informed in a timely manner and will advise outcomes as soon as possible.
If you progress after interview, we will undertake reference checks and you will need to complete other relevant pre-employment background checks and clearances, including qualification verification.
If you have queries regarding the role, please contact Leah Angrisano, Organisational Design and Development Manager, AustLII, at ••••@austlii.edu.au or via LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/leah-angrisano-8bb67825.