Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: $100,894 - $114,476
Grade: VPS 4
Occupation: IT and telecommunications
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: 2439
Do you like solving puzzles? Ours just happen to involve technology.
We’re looking for a technically curious problem solver to join our Operations Systems Team, helping keep critical operational systems available, reliable and ready when they’re needed.
This is a hands-on technical role for someone who enjoys investigating problems, monitoring systems, working with data and figuring out why something that worked perfectly yesterday has suddenly decided otherwise.
Our systems support everyday operations as well as emergency management activities, so when things get busy, being able to stay calm, think technically and work methodically matters.
What might land on your desk?
On any given day, you could be:
What are we looking for?
You don’t need to know every system from day one. What matters is having strong technical foundations, curiosity and the ability to work through a problem logically.
We’re particularly interested in your ability to:
Experience in application support, system monitoring, incident and problem management, data analysis or scripting, enterprise technology platforms or operational systems would be highly regarded.
Sound like you?
When something isn’t working, you want to know why, not just how to get it working again.
You see a piece of data that doesn’t look quite right and feel compelled to investigate it.
You naturally ask “what changed?”, “what else does this affect?” and “how do we stop it happening again?”
You enjoy turning recurring problems into permanent improvements and get an unreasonable amount of satisfaction from finally solving a stubborn technical issue.
And while turning it off and on again occasionally has its place, you’d still quite like to know why it fixed it.
If you’re technically curious, enjoy troubleshooting, like getting into the detail and want to put your problem-solving skills to work supporting systems that genuinely matter, we’d like to hear from you.
This is an ongoing position. The work location for this position is 8 Nicholson Street, East Melbourne, flexible within Victoria with hybrid work arrangements available.
To be considered for this position, applicants are encouraged to submit a resume and cover letter (no longer than 2 pages) summarising their skills and relevant experience.
Please refer to the Key Selection Criteria provided in the Position Description, including the mandatory requirements.
How to Apply:
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Applications close 11.59pm on Thursday, 22 October 2026.
All applications must be submitted through the online portal. We are unable to consider email or manual applications at this time.
Other relevant information:
Preferred candidates will be required to undertake pre-employment screening, including a Declaration and Consent form and a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check.
To be eligible for appointment to this role, applicants will possess corresponding work rights for the advertised employment period. Appointment to an ongoing position is only available to an Australian/New Zealand citizen or an Australian Permanent Resident.
An inclusive, culturally safe and flexible workplace
DEECA fosters an inclusive workplace culture and is committed to a fair, accessible, and equitable recruitment process.
We strongly encourage Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander people to apply. We recognise the strengths, knowledge and perspectives First Nations people bring and DEECA is committed to a culturally safe and respectful workplace. If you need support to participate, please contact [email protected].
We support flexible working arrangements, including hybrid work, varied hours, part-time work and job sharing. For more information about our recruitment processes, visit applying for a role with us.