Network Engineer - Hpe, Cisco, Fortigate, Palo Alto

Hitech Group; Australian Capital Territory; Hybrid; AUD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12-month contract

Hybrid environment

Rewarding hourly rate

Job summary

Hitech Group is seeking a Network Engineer for a high-profile Federal Government department. The role focuses on expert support and management of multi-vendor network infrastructure, ensuring reliable service delivery and alignment with business requirements in a hybrid environment in Australia.

You will work with vendors such as HPE, Cisco, FortiGate, Palo Alto and Peplink, administer LAN/WAN, enhance security, and implement network monitoring and automation.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing multi-vendor network environments.
• Experience with network security compliant with government standards.
• Familiarity with network monitoring and automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Supporting and maintaining network equipment from vendors including HPE, CISCO, FortiGate, Palo Alto and Peplink.
• Managing and supporting Network Security technologies and services.
• Supporting Virtualised networking products and environments.
• Administering and troubleshooting LAN, MAN and WAN environments.

Skills

Network engineering

Network security

Virtualised networking

LAN/WAN administration

Automation tools

Tools

HPE networking hardware

Cisco equipment

FortiGate

Palo Alto equipment

Peplink devices

Job description

• Initial 12 month contract + 2 year extension
• Rewarding hourly rates $$/ Hybrid environment

A high profile Federal Government department is looking to engage a skilled Network Engineer to provide expert technical support and management of the departments network infrastructure and vendor network equipment, ensuring reliable service delivery, alignment with current and future business requirements and the ongoing currency and maintainability of the network environment. The successful Network Engineer will secure an initial 12 month contract with the view to be extended for two years and receive a rewarding hourly rate.

The successful Network Engineer will be responsible for, but not limited to:

• Supporting and maintaining network equipment from vendors including HPE, CISCO, FortiGate, Palo Alto and Peplink.
• Managing and supporting Network Security technologies and services.
• Supporting Virtualised networking products and environments.
• Administering and troubleshooting LAN, MAN and WAN environments.

The successful Network Engineer will have experience in the following:

• Contemporary broad network domain knowledge and technical skills including experience working in a multi-vendor environment including but not limited to HPE, Cisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto, and Peplink.
• Experience administering secure networks compliant with the Australian Government Information Security Manual.
• Experience using automation tools for the management of network and server infrastructure.
• Experience implementing network management and monitoring solutions ie. DCIM, SNMP, SYSLOG, Authentication, NTP.

This is an amazing opportunity with a highly regarded Federal Government organisation to join a technical and collaborative team. The successful Network Engineer will be offered an initial 12 month contract with the view to be extended for a further 2 years and receiving a rewarding hourly rate.

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