Lead Enterprise Network Engineer — Hybrid Canberra

DFP Recruitment; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

DFP Recruitment is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join a government ICT team in Canberra. The role blends hands-on engineering with team leadership, stakeholder engagement, and strategic infrastructure improvements.

You will lead a team delivering enterprise network infrastructure, oversee projects, and coordinate resources while remaining hands-on with Cisco, Check Point and F5 technologies. Hybrid working and a 12-month contract frame this opportunity.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering and supporting enterprise network infrastructure using ITIL.
• Strong leadership and mentoring abilities for technical teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to a team supporting enterprise network infra.
• Coordinate resources, mentor staff, and manage day-to-day activities.
• Lead network projects, upgrades and technology improvements.
• Support operations: monitoring, troubleshooting, incident resolution.
• Design, implement changes, migrations, and upgrades.
• Maintain accurate network designs and procedures documentation.
• Foster relationships with internal stakeholders and vendors.
• Provide training and mentoring across networking technologies.
• Balance competing priorities to achieve business outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

ITIL

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Cisco

Check Point

F5

Job description

DFP Recruitment is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join a government ICT team in Canberra. The role blends hands-on engineering with team leadership, stakeholder engagement, and strategic infrastructure improvements.

You will lead a team delivering enterprise network infrastructure, oversee projects, and coordinate resources while remaining hands-on with Cisco, Check Point and F5 technologies. Hybrid working and a 12-month contract frame this opportunity.