Job Description

• Exciting opportunity to develop in a leadership role

• Join a team that empowers you to drive and lead technical decisions

• Permanent Opportunity

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Projects Team Lead to join our team. In this role, you will lead a small team of server engineers within the practice stream, with a strong focus on the Essential Eight Maturity Uplift program. You will provide both technical leadership and day-to-day people management, supporting portfolio and project teams to ensure your team’s services and deliverables are completed effectively and on schedule

About the role

• Assist and provide input into the team's strategy and roadmap initiatives to uplift maturity practices

• Develop and create technology standards and patterns documentation to support the teams core technology stack (Cisco UCS, VMware, RHEL and Windows)

• Lead and manage a small team of dedicated engineers responsible for executing security related agent rollouts, server builds and implementations according to certified architectures

• Establish processes to ensure project engineers are delivering tasks on schedule

• Ensure risks and weak signals are raised, managed and addressed in a timely manner

• Ensure collaboration with portfolio teams ensuring blockers and issues are addressed in a timely manner

• Ensure projects are handed over to BAU operational teams within an agreed timeframe and signed off documentation

• Foster a collaborative and innovative team culture that encourages continuous improvement and learning

About you

• The ability to develop and execute detailed roadmaps and timelines for maturity uplift initiatives

• Vendor management, including negotiation skills and the ability to build strong relationships with technology partners and product owners

• The ability to take ownership and drive project issues and blockers to closure.

• Ability to lead, direct and guide the work of others, including setting goals and prioritising the work to achieve practice and operational outcomes

• Excellent communication and negotiation skills

• Previous experience as Senior Systems Administrator, Tech Lead or Projects Team Lead with an excellent understanding of server and compute infrastructure.

Be More

Working for an organisation that truly makes a difference to the people of Australia, we can offer development and career opportunities in a collaborative environment that supports your growth, wellbeing and promotes flexibility. Your individual growth and success drives the RBA forward as an organisation. Be more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.

Why RBA?

The RBA makes an important contribution to the Australian economy through the pursuit of national economic policy objectives and associated activities in financial markets and banking. We also issue Australia's banknotes and operate infrastructure critical to the payments system, all of which contribute to the welfare of the Australian people. Made up of specialists across a wide range of fields, our people, values, and culture play a critical role in achieving our objectives. Striving to be Open & Dynamic, we consider and incorporate different perspectives, work across teams and are transparent with each other, whilst delivering quality together effectively and focusing on outcomes by prioritising, testing, learning, and refining as we go. Our people conduct themselves with a high degree of integrity, while striving for excellence in the work they perform and the outcomes they achieve. We encourage intelligent inquiry and we treat one another with respect while promoting the public interest through our efforts. We know it is the growth and success of our people that drives the RBA forward. Come and make a bigger contribution while you build and develop your own skills too, because being more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion through key initiatives. We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse background, those living with a disability and from the LGBTQ+ community. We are committed to making the recruitment process fair and equitable for all our candidates.

Application Close :

June 03, 2026