Systems Engineer – Bluestaq Australia  

Systems Engineer – Bluestaq Australia   
Location - Canberra | On-site, with occasional remote flexibility subject to project requirements 
Role Type - Full-Time or Contract 

Our purpose is to deliver mission critical technology solutions tailored for the Australian defence, government and national security sectors. We specialise in high security data systems, designed to meet Australia's evolving strategic and operational demands. If you are ready to turn your expertise into real world results, welcome to Bluestaq Australia. This is your opportunity to join a young but fast growing company in its formative years in Australia, building on our successful foundations in the United States.  

About the Role  
As a Systems Engineer, you will play a vital role in maintaining, monitoring, and optimising Bluestaq’s enterprise systems—both cloud-hosted and on-premises. You will ensure secure, reliable and continuous operations across critical software, infrastructure, and networking components, enabling Bluestaq’s teams and clients to perform mission-essential work without interruption.  

You will apply deep systems administration expertise, proactive troubleshooting, and a customer-service mindset to strengthen uptime, enhance automation, and mitigate cybersecurity risks across Defence-aligned environments.  

Reporting to the Bluestaq Australia leadership team, you will:  

• Maintain and support the integrity of Bluestaq’s systems and networks through technical support and configuration management.  
• Perform daily monitoring, maintenance, and troubleshooting of applications, networks and systems in both cloud and on-premise environments.  
• Ensure high availability and reliability of enterprise systems supporting 24/7 operations.  
• Provide timely, solutions-focused support to users and stakeholders, fostering a culture of responsiveness and collaboration.  
• Manage system installations, upgrades, patching, and automation initiatives to improve performance and security posture.  
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering and cybersecurity teams to strengthen system resilience and streamline processes.  
• Support and enhance cloud identity and access management tools, ensuring compliance with security and Defence standards.  
• Develop and maintain operational documentation, procedures, and knowledge bases for system continuity.  
• Identify and mitigate potential risks through proactive monitoring, testing, and response planning.  
• Maintain production Kubernetes (K8s) clusters across multiple on-premises environments, encompassing tasks such as deployment, scaling, monitoring (using tools like Prometheus/Grafana), and troubleshooting for containerised applications.  

About You  

You must be willing to embrace our core values of Ownership, Curiosity, Talent and Trust and, in addition, have:  

• 5–7+ years of systems administration or information technology experience supporting mission-critical environments.  
• Relevant tertiary qualification in information technology or equivalent experience.  
• Demonstrated proficiency in Linux systems administration and foundational networking principles.  
• Strong understanding of cloud environments and identity management tools (AWS experience highly regarded).  
• Working knowledge of system vulnerabilities, security issues and remediation best practices.  
• Experience managing and troubleshooting complex enterprise systems in both on-premises and cloud contexts.  
• Familiarity with Atlassian tools such as Confluence and Jira.  
• Experience with help desk systems, escalation workflows, and service delivery frameworks.  
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a collaborative, customer-centric approach.  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly.  
• Willingness to travel within Australia to customer and partner locations, including secure government or defence sites, and occasional travel to Bluestaq offices in the United States for collaboration or project work.  
• You must also be an Australian citizen, currently holding and able to maintain Australian Government NV2 security clearance.  

Your Benefits  

• $135,000 – $165,000 per annum + superannuation + annual performance bonus 
• Private health cover allowance  
• Health/wellness allowance  
• Professional subscription  
• Salary sacrifice and salary packaging options  
• Additional 1 week of annual leave per year = 5 weeks per year  
• Other leave in accordance with the National Employment Standards and state long service leave legislation  

Join the Mission
If you're ready to engineer secure, sovereign capable technology, Bluestaq Australia offers you the chance to lead and innovate at the forefront of national defence and critical infrastructure. Together, we’ll tackle high stakes challenges, protect Australia's most vital data and build what’s next, securely, on-premises and at scale. 

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQIA+ and culturally diverse candidates.