Infrastructure & Networking Engineer — Windows, Cloud & Firewalls

Inlight IT; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Inlight IT is seeking an engineer with a solid Microsoft infrastructure background and hands-on networking experience to join on-site in Macquarie Park, Sydney. You will work on Windows Server, Active Directory, M365, Azure, FortiGate firewalls, switches and VPNs across multiple client environments.

You will troubleshoot incidents, implement infrastructure projects and document configurations, while collaborating with senior engineers and vendors.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in IT infrastructure or systems engineering.
• Experience with Windows Server and Active Directory.
• Ability to troubleshoot infrastructure issues independently.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Resolve incidents across Windows Server, AD, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, M365, Entra ID, Exchange Online and Intune.
• Support Hyper-V, VMware and Azure-hosted VMs, networking and infra services.
• Configure and troubleshoot FortiGate firewalls, including policies, NAT, routing and site-to-site VPNs.
• Configure switches with VLAN tagging, trunk ports, access ports and network segmentation; support SD-WAN and multi-site connectivity.
• Diagnose LAN/WAN/internet issues using firewall logs, captures, routing tables and diagnostics.
• Perform maintenance, patching, backup checks and proactive monitoring; support endpoint security.
• Assist senior engineers with design/implementation of infra, cloud and network projects (deployments, upgrades, migrations).
• Investigate root causes, elevate when needed and maintain docs, configs and network diagrams.
• Communicate clearly with clients and coordinate with providers and other teams.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Communication

Documentation

Project delivery

Tools

Windows Server

Active Directory

DNS

DHCP

Group Policy

Microsoft 365

Entra ID

Exchange Online

Intune

Hyper-V

VMware

Azure

FortiGate

Firewalls

VLAN

SD-WAN

IPsec VPNs

Job description

Inlight IT is seeking an engineer with a solid Microsoft infrastructure background and hands-on networking experience to join on-site in Macquarie Park, Sydney. You will work on Windows Server, Active Directory, M365, Azure, FortiGate firewalls, switches and VPNs across multiple client environments.

You will troubleshoot incidents, implement infrastructure projects and document configurations, while collaborating with senior engineers and vendors.