Network Engineer

Network Engineer

Job Details

Location Brisbane Salary AU$150000 – AU$160000 per day Job Type Full Time Ref BBBH99098_1677219870 Contact Samantha Nielson Posted 28 days ago

Talent International is searching for an experienced Network Engineer to join our client, a large government department. This role is based in Brisbane CBD on a permanent basis.

About the role:
Provide thorough technical knowledge to the broader IT team to support the constant demands of cost efficiency, availability, business alignment and security of the Enterprise network.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a trusted advisor to peers across the business and be heavily involved in an advisor capacity with all related network technology roadmap and investment decision processes.
• Contribute to planning best of breed networking solutions that deliver benefits across all dimensions (cost, functionality, security etc)
• Design, build and operate high performance network connectivity to the Cloud and SAAS service providers.
• Keep abreast of and gain expertise in the evolving technologies relevant to client’s aims. Understanding how new technologies could be applied.
• Lead technical design discussions that facilitate decision making within the networking and communications operations.
• Collaborate and drive key network vendors to maximise IT capability and realize business value.
• Independently solves problems in complex, and unique networks with mixed environments.
• Ensure compliance to agreed ITIL principles of change, incident and problem management that drive reduced down time and improved customer experience.
• Ensure the production environment is documented and is in alignment with industry best practice as well as appropriate regulatory controls (eg. Privacy) or other necessary scheme controls (eg. CPS234)
• Document, share knowledge and mentor network engineers, IT Helpdesk and IT partners to more effectively support their environment.
• Assist to provide process, configuration & automation tools that drive productivity to reduced operational overheads and improve user experience.
• Ensure all network devices are kept up to date with firmware and updates, and maintain the following:
  • Cisco Meraki Wired and Wireless networks across ~ 40 locations
  • Cisco Call Manager
  • Cisco Contact Centre
  • Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure
  • DMZ network and ensure appropriate firewall rules are in place
  • OSPF, EiGRP, BGP and MPLS network
  • Cisco ISE environment and ensure relevant security policies are in place
  • Manage the Data centre network and top of rack networking
• Monitor and optimise internet and network traffic.

Requirements:
Experience

• 5+ years’ experience as a network/communications engineer in a medium to large organisation
• Knowledge with Cisco routing and switching technologies including TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, HSRP, Spanning Tree and knowledge of Cisco Call Manager, IP Tel and switching systems
• Knowledge in Cisco Meraki, Cisco ACI SDN, Cisco DNA, Cisco ISE, Palo Alto Next Generation firewalls, Palo Alto CASB, Citrix Netscaler ADC
• Knowledge or experience with WAF’s and DDOS protection
• Experience with APIs, Python, Powershell, Ansible, Rundeck
• Experience and understanding of PCI compliance and highly regulated industries.
• Experience working in a complex mission critical environment
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, strong customer service orientation, excellent troubleshooting/problem solving skills and good time management skills (ability to be on-call after hours as required)

Qualifications

• Degree in information technology or equivalent industry experience
• Vendor networking certification/s – Cisco, Palo Alto
• IT Security certification

How to Apply:
To find out more, please “Apply for this job” or contact Samantha Nielson or Jackson Bruce on (07) 3221 3333 or [email protected] or [email protected]
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