Network Engineering Lead — Open Networking & RF Expert

The Living Company; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid leave days

Retail and leisure discounts

Annual vaccination

Skin checks

Employee referral program

Employee assistance program

Job summary

The Living Company in Sydney is seeking a Network Engineering Lead to head the network engineering function across Scape and Aveo. You will own architecture, design, performance and security of the network including switching, wireless, firewalls, resident gateways, SD‑WAN, and connectivity, ensuring reliability for resident connectivity and building operations.

You will manage vendor relationships, budgets, and multi-site deployments, mentor a small technical team, and travel interstate as

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with switching and wireless infrastructure in large multi-site environments.
• Strong RF design/troubleshooting skills for high-density residential networks.
• Experience managing vendors, ISPs, SLAs and budgets for national deployments.
• Experience leading or mentoring a small technical team and balancing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture, design, performance and security of the network across Scape and Aveo.
• Maintain and upgrade portfolio elements like Ruckus, Meraki, and OpenWiFi/OpenLAN environments.
• Monitor network performance and resolve complex RF, switching, firewall and WAN issues.
• Lead network rollouts for new buildings and upgrades; support BAU operations.
• Manage vendor and carrier relationships, SLAs and contract spend.

Skills

Network switching

Wireless design

RF troubleshooting

Fortinet

Sophos

Meraki

OpenWiFi/OpenLAN

Vendor management

Team leadership

Tools

Ruckus

Meraki

OpenWiFi/OpenLAN

SD-WAN

Firewalls

Job description

The Living Company in Sydney is seeking a Network Engineering Lead to head the network engineering function across Scape and Aveo. You will own architecture, design, performance and security of the network including switching, wireless, firewalls, resident gateways, SD‑WAN, and connectivity, ensuring reliability for resident connectivity and building operations.

You will manage vendor relationships, budgets, and multi-site deployments, mentor a small technical team, and travel interstate as