Group Manager - Network, Storage and Data Centres

Job No.: 694185

Location: Clayton campus

Employment Type: Full-time 

Duration: 3-year fixed-term appointment

Remuneration: $191,131 pa, HEW level 10A (plus 17% superannuation)

• Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
• Join our inclusive, collaborative community
• Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them
• Lead the Future of Infrastructure at Monash University

Monash University's technology infrastructure underpins research that changes lives and teaching that reaches students across the globe. Leading the team that keeps that infrastructure running is a role with genuine consequence.

What You'll Lead

As Group Manager – Network, Storage and Data Centres, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across the university's enterprise network, storage platforms, and data centre environments within the Infrastructure Platforms team at Clayton. Your accountability spans a skilled technical team, vendor relationships, and the reliability of services that support hundreds of thousands of users.

• Set the strategic direction for network, storage, and data centre platforms, aligning investment and roadmaps with university priorities
• Lead, mentor, and develop a multidisciplinary team of infrastructure engineers and specialists
• Govern platform performance, availability, and risk, ensuring services meet agreed standards across the Monash campus network
• Drive modernisation programs, including hybrid cloud integration and data centre optimisation initiatives

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated leadership of enterprise-scale network, storage, or data centre operations in a complex organisation
• Proven experience managing technical teams through significant infrastructure transformation programs
• Strong understanding of modern networking principles, storage architectures, and data centre operations
• Experience managing vendor contracts, budgets, and service delivery within a governance framework
• Ability to translate technical strategy for senior stakeholders outside the IT function
• Familiarity with large, distributed campus or multi-site environments, consistent with the scale of a Group of Eight university

About Monash University

At Monash, work feels different. There’s a sense of belonging, from contributing to something groundbreaking – a place where great things happen.

We value difference and diversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. That’s why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.

Learn more about Monash. 

Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.

To Apply

For instructions on how to apply, please refer to 'How to apply for Monash Jobs'. Your application does not need to address the Key Selection Criteria.

Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at **************@monash.edu in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.

Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.

Enquiries: Poonam Jhamvar, Director, Infrastructure Services, 0411 014 *** 

Position Description: 

Applications Close: Tuesday 25 August 2026 at 11:55PM AEST

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