Reference: 1627510

About the Role:

As Senior Systems Engineer, you will drive substantial project and continuous improvement work — modernising Curtin’s endpoint management platforms, supporting the cyber security uplift programme, evolving the application delivery model, and shaping the future direction of Windows endpoint engineering.

This is a high-impact leadership role where you will shape strategy, guide enterprise-wide technical decisions, and ensure desktop and endpoint services are secure, resilient, scalable, and ready to support teaching, learning, research, and corporate priorities. Working at the intersection of strategy and delivery, you will turn vision into trusted, well-governed outcomes that strengthen capability and reduce cyber risk across the University.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Act as Desktop Services Technical Lead — set technical direction across our endpoint management platforms and influence platform architecture decisions.
• Lead project and continuous improvement work across Desktop Services — taking platform initiatives, security uplifts, and infrastructure modernisation from concept through delivery.
• Design and implement new platform capability — from concept through pilot to production rollout.
• Own advanced scripting and automation across the fleet, including PowerShell and Microsoft Graph API.
• Represent Desktop Services in cross-functional technical forums with Cyber Security, Infrastructure, Applications, and Identity teams.
• Translate the Desktop Services multi-year strategy into delivered capability.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation, design records, and operational runbooks.
• Manage technical relationships with key technology vendors and partners.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption or decommissioning.
• Provide senior technical leadership across desktop and endpoint platforms, defining standards and procedures while strengthening cyber security posture and technical risk management.
• Ensure the availability, performance, and reliability of desktop services through effective capacity and lifecycle planning, and by providing leadership during major incidents.
• Provide senior technical oversight and coordination for complex initiatives and refresh programs, ensuring controlled, well-governed delivery.
• Mentor engineers and specialists, provide expert guidance, and strengthen collaboration across ICT teams, stakeholders, and vendors.

Who we are looking for (selection criteria):

• Completion of a relevant degree with extensive relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and education/training, including a strong record of managing enterprise desktop and endpoint environments in a large or complex organisation.
• Advanced modern endpoint engineering expertise with hands-on experience across modern Microsoft endpoint platforms (Intune, Configuration Manager/SCCM, Entra ID and Microsoft 365; cloud and on-premises, including co-management and modern deployment), device compliance and identity-driven conditional access, Defender for Endpoint and security baselines, Windows 10/11 platform engineering, application packaging (MSI/MSIX/Win32), and endpoint security fundamentals (disk encryption, certificate-based authentication, 802.1x), underpinned by advanced PowerShell and Microsoft Graph automation.
• Proven track record of leading technical delivery across a large managed fleet and taking platform improvements end-to-end (scoping, designing, building, piloting, rolling out, and handing into operations), with genuine solution design and architecture experience, not just operational support.
• Experience supporting production desktop services within IT service management frameworks, collaborating across ICT teams to deliver reliable, secure, high-performing and user-focused services; able to set technical direction without direct line authority and to mentor engineers and lift the team's overall technical capability.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to resolve complex technical issues and translate technical detail for technical and non-technical stakeholders, with a balance of strategic thinking and operational delivery and solid quality and documentation discipline.

Desirable

• Experience aligning desktop and endpoint services to recognised cyber security frameworks (for example ACSC Essential Eight, NIST), including vulnerability remediation, automated patching, and application control.
• Exposure to Apple ecosystem capability (Jamf Pro, macOS and iOS via Apple Business Manager and automated device enrolment), and exposure to virtual desktop platforms, Linux environments, or supporting infrastructure technologies.

Role Requirements:
Your new Team: DTS – Desktop Services

Desktop Services sits within Digital and Technology Solutions (DTS) at Curtin University and manages a large mixed-platform endpoint fleet supporting staff and students across Curtin’s campuses. The team includes Systems Engineers, who own desktop platform engineering, automation, and application delivery, and IT Support Specialists, who provide hands-on tier-2 support.

About Curtin University

Curtin University proudly stands among the top one percent of global universities according to the ARWU 2025 rankings. We are an energetic, dedicated team of academics and professionals working together to provide global solutions through quality graduates and innovative research. Curtin is a welcoming space where integrity, respect for one another, courage, excellence, and impact are essential to everyday life. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality and faith are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live. For more information, please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page - https://staff.curtin.edu.au/discover-curtin/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-at-curtin/

What We Offer You:

This Continuous G09 level role attracts a remuneration of $138,681 - $146,497 + 17% superannuation.

Situated on Whadjuk Nyungar Country, our vibrant Bentley campus includes an art gallery, gym, childcare and medical centre, bus station, accessible parking and endless food options including a supermarket. Aside from the vibrant campus life, we offer more than just a job. Curtin offers a wide range of generous benefits, including additional leave, salary packaging, health and wellbeing services and an array of discounts for retail, travel and much more.
For more reasons to work at Curtin, please visit https://staff.curtin.edu.au/discover-curtin/

Join Us!
If this sounds like your next role, please click APPLY NOW ensuring to attach the following documents:

• Up-to-date Resume
• Cover Letter outlining your interest and demonstrating how your background meets the position’s selection criteria (noted above).

If you have any queries in relation to this opportunity or the application process, please contact our careers team on CurtinCareers@curtin.edu.au or 08 9266 9000 (option 3,1), quoting the reference number. Applications will not be accepted via this email address, and late applications will not be accepted.

Applications close: 9pm (AWST), Sunday, 5th July 2026.

Please note we are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies at this time.

Curtin reserves the right at its sole discretion to withdraw from the recruitment process, remove the advert, not to make an appointment, or to appoint by invitation, at any time.