Associate Engineer Networks and Facilities

State Government of Victoria, Australia; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 101,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexibility

Employee discounts

Automatic salary increases

CBD location

Parental and carers leave

Job summary

Cenitex is seeking an Associate Network Engineer in Melbourne (CBD and Inner Metro) to support networking infrastructure for Cenitex customers. You will resolve issues at client sites and participate in project and change requests to ensure high standards.

This role calls for after-hours on-call rotation and weekend availability. Responsibilities include installing and maintaining routing, switching, wireless and security devices, plus SD-WAN deployment (Meraki) and monitoring with SolarWinds.

Qualifications

• Experience with networking technologies such as routing and switching, wireless, firewalls and SD-WAN (Meraki).
• Ability to communicate clearly with customers, network engineers and third-party vendors.
• Willingness to participate in after-hours on-call roster and weekend work for migrations.

Responsibilities

• Identify and resolve logical network infrastructure issues at customer sites.
• Install, commission and decommission networking infrastructure equipment.
• Carry out scheduled maintenance on networking infrastructure.
• Create and implement network changes for projects and operations.
• Communicate with customers, network engineers and third-party support vendors.

Skills

Routing & Switching

Wireless

Firewalls

SD-WAN Meraki

Network Monitoring SolarWinds

Communication with stakeholders

On-call support

Tools

SolarWinds

Meraki

Job description

Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

Reference: EG44B

Why work for Cenitex

Cenitex supportsa modern,agileand productive public sector, and is driven by the Government’s commitment to a digital Victoria and better outcomes for the community. Cenitex’s purpose is to be the Victorian Government’s trusted IT Partner. We know uniting the best technology and the brightest individuals is the key to our success and we know it is our people who bring our values to life and contribute to the success of our customers, organisation and their colleagues.

Our People promise is that we treat our employees as people, not workers. We provide an exceptional life experience, and we focus on the feelings, not just the features that match employee needs. We do this by providing deeper connections, having a shared purpose, an inclusive environment, providing interesting work and allowing flexibility.

Culture and Benefits

• Flexibility - spans where, when and how we work best
• Employee discounts - up to 10% across 500 retailers
• Automatic salary increases
• Centrally located - state-of-the-art offices and end of trip facilities in the heart of CBD
• Inclusive parental and carers leave entitlements.

This is a 12 month full-time, fixed term role with a salary range of VPS 4.1 $100,894 - $114,476 + 12% super.

The Associate Network Engineer role will require you to support networking infrastructure for Cenitex customers. You will resolve networking issues at customer sites and be involved in project and change requests to ensure that networking devices are configured to the highest standards.

What you'll be involved in:

• Identifying and resolving logical network infrastructure issues at customer sites
• Installing, commissioningand decommissioningnetwork infrastructureequipment
• Carrying out scheduled maintenance on networking infrastructure
• Creating and implementingnetwork changesforprojectsandnormal operations
• Communicating with customers, network engineers, andthird-partysupportvendors

You’ll need to have:

• Experience working with networkingtechnologiessuch as
• Routing and switching
• Wireless
• Firewalls
• Software DefinedWAN (e.g. Meraki)
• Network monitoringtools such asSolarWinds
• Abilitytoclearlycommunicate at all levelsof the businessandwiththird-partysupport vendors
• Be apositive and contributingmember ofaprofessional facilities networking team
• Willing to be part of an after-hours on call roster
• Available to work AH including weekends to support customer network migrations

Our Commitment to Diversity

Cenitex is proud of its diverse group of employeeswith a unique mix of skills and talent. We believediversity andinclusion enhances our workforce capability andcultureindeliveringoutstandingtechnologyservicesand solutions for our customers. We embrace differences in gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, religion, and sexual orientation.

Cenitex is an equal opportunity employer. We highly encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, abilities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

We’re committed to being inclusive when we hire people and understand that adjustments are sometimes needed. If you require adjustments to complete your application, assessment task or interview it is important you let us know so we can support you. You will not be disadvantaged if you request adjustments. We want all applicants to perform at their best and compete with other applicants equally.

Applications close Friday 25 September 2026 at 11.59pm