Infrastructure Manager in Sydney

What is an Infrastructure Manager?

Infrastructure Managers are responsible for the planning, installation, maintenance, and upgrade of IT systems and personnel. These systems are typically the ones that enable customer-facing IT departments to do their jobs.

Infrastructure Manager job description

Infrastructure Managers must ensure the organisation's systems are online and fully operational. When issues occur, it is their job to ensure these problems are minimised.

They are also responsible for:

Plan operating systems

Maintain activity logs

Build infrastructure strategy in collaboration with business departments

Manage staff and network/server equipment

Vendor management

What skills and qualifications should an Infrastructure Manager have?

While a tertiary education in computer science or software development is recommended, it is not necessary. Instead, Infrastructure Managers should be able to demonstrate:

Management experience

Budgeting and recruitment experience

In-depth knowledge of servers and networks, data organisation, and both hard- and software

Experience in business analytics or administration

Client relations

Previous experience within IT infrastructure

Soft skills list:

Problem solving/troubleshooting

Analytical thinking

Communication

Teamwork

Relationship management

The ability to translate complex ideas for non-tech staff/customers

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Salary for Infrastructure Manager in Sydney

144985 - 184575

25th Percentile

144985

The candidate has little or no prior experience in the position and is still developing relevant skills.

50th Percentile

164245

The candidate has an average level of experience and has most of the necessary skills.

75th Percentile

184575

The candidate has above-average experience, has most or all the necessary skills and may have specialised qualifications.

Salary range based on three percentiles The starting salaries represent gross yearly salaries. They do not include bonuses, benefits or superannuation.

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25th Percentile

50th Percentile

75th Percentile

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