Principal Systems Engineer (Sydney, AU, Australia, NSW)
About this opportunity
The Position
Do you thrive on driving IT infrastructure topics, managing projects, and partnering with stakeholders across departments in ANZ?
We are looking for an experienced Principal Systems Engineer to join our IT team and play a critical role in ensuring the successful delivery and ongoing performance of Local Infrastructure Management in Australia and New Zealand. This role offers the opportunity to combine operational excellence, project delivery, stakeholder engagement, and technology expertise within a collaborative and purpose-driven environment.
Task and Responsibilities
End-to-end accountability for all IT Infrastructure (INF) activities of Australia and New Zealand with effective stakeholder management.
Lead the local implementation of global IT Infrastructure initiatives, including network, video conferencing, end-user device replacement; technology rollouts, and digital upskilling programs.
Lead and support IT infrastructure setup for local business projects as required, including office renovation or relocation project.
Drive operational and audit excellence across Australia and New Zealand, ensuring reliable service delivery, effective execution of IT infrastructure initiatives, and strong compliance.
Deliver IT on-site support in Australia and oversee on-site support services in New Zealand, ensuring service performance and effectiveness through stakeholder feedback, supervisory evaluation, and IT incident management KPI reporting.
About Our Future Employee
Degree/Diploma in Computer Science or IT related areas.
Minimum 5 years of IT infrastructure operational support & service delivery.
Minimum 3 years of IT Project Management Experience.
Strong knowledge in desktop support (laptop & ipad), Windows OS and Apple IOS.
Strong knowledge in IT Service Management and ITIL.
Excellent communication skill in English.
Excellent user engagement with strong user-oriented mindset.
Proactive and positive working attitude, with strong self-motivation, accountability, and commitment.
Fast learner, with a strong willingness to develop new skills and embrace new technologies.
Highly adaptable to change, including organizational, functional, and environmental changes.
Comfortable working effectively in a matrix organization.
Willingness to travel for business as required, typically 1-3 times per year.
Flexibility to attend occasional after-hours calls, typically 2-3 times per month.
Strong project management, planning, coordination and presentation skills.
Job details
How this role compares
Computed from every other active Information Technology role in our database, not just this employer's listings.
We currently track 569 comparable Principal Information Technology roles across 55 biopharma companies.
Salary context
72 of 569 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)
Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.
Where these roles are based
Top locations among the 569 comparable roles
+ 25 more countries
Seniority mix
569 of 569 peers have a known seniority level
Therapeutic area mix
5 of 569 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden
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Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.
0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.