Network Engineer

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

Network Engineer

12-Month Contract

Canberra, ACT

Hybrid Working Arrangement

DFP Recruitment is seeking an experienced Senior Network Engineer to join a high-performing government ICT team responsible for supporting and managing a large-scale enterprise network environment. This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong networking professional who enjoys combining hands-on engineering expertise with team leadership, stakeholder engagement, and strategic infrastructure improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to a team supporting critical enterprise network infrastructure.
• Assist with resource coordination, mentoring, and day-to-day team management activities.
• Lead the delivery of network infrastructure projects, upgrades, and technology improvements.
• Support operational network services, including monitoring, troubleshooting, incident resolution, and ongoing optimisation.
• Analyse, design, and implement infrastructure changes, upgrades, and migrations.
• Maintain accurate technical documentation, including detailed network designs and operational procedures.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and technology vendors.
• Provide technical training and mentoring across a broad range of networking technologies.
• Manage competing project and operational priorities to achieve successful business outcomes.

About You

You will bring extensive experience working in complex enterprise ICT environments and be comfortable leading technical teams while remaining hands-on with network technologies.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Extensive experience delivering, supporting, and maintaining enterprise network infrastructure using ITIL principles.
• Strong technical expertise across networking technologies, including:
  • Cisco
  • Check Point
  • F5
• Advanced troubleshooting, fault diagnosis, and problem resolution skills.
• Experience leading infrastructure projects and implementing network solutions.
• Strong understanding of contemporary networking trends, technologies, and best practices.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and vendor management capabilities.
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills.

DFP welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability. In addition, DFP will provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability throughout the recruitment process. If you identify as a person with disability and require adjustments to the application, recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, please advise [e-mail]1300 337 000 and indicate your preferred method of communication (email, phone, text) so we can keep in touch and meet your accessibility needs.