Network Engineer - Level 2

Launch Recruitment; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Launch Recruitment Pty Ltd is seeking an experienced Network & Systems Engineer to join a leading telecommunications environment, supporting National Emergency Warning System (NEWS) and Cell Broadcast Centre (CBC) platforms. This role provides Level 2 technical support, troubleshooting complex infrastructure issues and ensuring reliability and performance of critical telecom systems.

Key responsibilities include L2 support across NEWS/CBC, incident management, and collaboration with

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in network engineering or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Provide L2 support across NEWS/CBC platforms.
• Troubleshoot Linux, networking, server and infrastructure issues.
• Manage incidents, escalations and fault resolution within SLAs.
• Support Cisco switches, Check Point firewalls and F5 load balancers.
• Perform system upgrades, maintenance and performance optimisation.
• Develop automation scripts and improve operational processes.
• Collaborate with customers, vendors and engineering teams.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call support roster.

Skills

Network Engineering

Systems Administration

Infrastructure Support

Bash

Python

Perl

Linux Troubleshooting

Incident Management

IP Networking

Tools

Red Hat Linux (RHEL)

Cisco

Check Point Firewalls

F5 Load Balancers

HPE Servers

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Network & Systems Engineer to join a leading telecommunications environment, supporting National Emergency Warning System (NEWS) and Cell Broadcast Centre (CBC) platforms.

This role involves providing Level 2 technical support, troubleshooting complex infrastructure issues and ensuring the reliability and performance of critical telecommunications systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide L2 support across NEWS/CBC platforms.
• Troubleshoot Linux, networking, server and infrastructure issues.
• Manage incidents, escalations and fault resolution within SLAs.
• Support Cisco switches, Check Point firewalls and F5 load balancers.
• Perform system upgrades, maintenance and performance optimisation.
• Develop automation scripts and improve operational processes.
• Collaborate with customers, vendors and engineering teams.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call support roster.

We are seeking an experienced Network & Systems Engineer to join a leading telecommunications environment, supporting National Emergency Warning System (NEWS) and Cell Broadcast Centre (CBC) platforms.

This role involves providing Level 2 technical support, troubleshooting complex infrastructure issues and ensuring the reliability and performance of critical telecommunications systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide L2 support across NEWS/CBC platforms.
• Troubleshoot Linux, networking, server and infrastructure issues.
• Manage incidents, escalations and fault resolution within SLAs.
• Support Cisco switches, Check Point firewalls and F5 load balancers.
• Perform system upgrades, maintenance and performance optimisation.
• Develop automation scripts and improve operational processes.
• Collaborate with customers, vendors and engineering teams.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call support roster.

Skills & Experience

• 5+ years' experience in Network Engineering, Systems Administration or Infrastructure Support.
• Strong experience with Red Hat Linux (RHEL).
• Hands-on knowledge of Cisco, Check Point firewalls and F5.
• Experience with physical/virtual servers, ideally HPE.
• Knowledge of MySQL, PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch.
• Scripting experience with Bash, Python or Perl.
• Strong IP networking, troubleshooting and incident management skills.
• Telecommunications or managed services experience highly regarded.
• Ability to complete a Police Clearance Check.