At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and evolve a large enterprise network across Australia and New Zealand.
- Company: Dynamic company focused on innovative network solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible work options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Join a collaborative team with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on network architecture and security in a hands-on role.
- Qualifications: 7-10 years of enterprise network engineering experience and cloud networking skills.
The predicted salary is between 108000 - 132000 $ per year.
Own and evolve a large, multi-site enterprise network across ANZ. Lead senior-level design, security, and cloud connectivity (Azure/AWS). Hands-on role with real influence over architecture and standards.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Network Engineer to lead the design, security, and strategic evolution of a large enterprise network operating across Australia and New Zealand. This senior, hands-on role sits within a complex multi-site distribution, warehousing, supply chain, and e-commerce environment, offering real ownership of network architecture, security, and long-term modernisation.
About the Role
The Senior Network Engineer is responsible for ensuring highly available, secure, and scalable network services across a large enterprise footprint. You will provide technical leadership, architectural oversight, vendor management, and expert support during complex incidents and major network initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Network Architecture and Design
- Design and maintain enterprise LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, wireless, VPN, and internet edge environments.
- Define routing, redundancy, and high-availability strategies (BGP, OSPF, HSRP, IPSEC, QoS).
- Lead network refresh, modernisation, and segmentation initiatives.
- Develop and maintain high-level and low-level design documentation and network standards.
- Multi-Site and Cloud Connectivity
- Manage and optimise multi-site WAN connectivity across ANZ.
- Design and support hybrid connectivity to Azure and AWS environments.
- Support network integration for cloud workloads and SaaS platforms.
- Security and Compliance
- Own firewall architecture, IDS/IPS, access control, and network segmentation frameworks.
- Implement network-level security controls aligned to organisational policies.
- Support audit, compliance, and risk mitigation activities.
- Operational Leadership
- Lead resolution of complex network incidents.
- Manage structured change and release processes.
- Oversee carrier, MSP, and vendor performance.
- Provide technical mentoring and guidance to junior engineers.
- Performance and Continuous Improvement
- Implement proactive network monitoring and alerting.
- Conduct capacity planning and resilience testing.
- Produce performance and availability reporting.
- Develop automation using Python or PowerShell to reduce manual processes.
Skills and Experience
Required Experience
- 7–10+ years of enterprise network engineering experience.
- Proven experience in large, multi-site environments.
- Strong routing, switching, and firewall expertise.
- Hands-on cloud networking experience (Azure and/or AWS).
- Experience working within structured change management frameworks.
Technical Skills
- TCP/IP, subnetting, VLANs, QoS.
- BGP, OSPF, HSRP, IPSEC.
- Enterprise firewalls (Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco, or similar).
- Enterprise wireless (802.11ac / ax).
- Network monitoring tools.
- Automation and scripting (Python, PowerShell).
- Strong understanding of OSI and TCP/IP models.
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