Network Engineering Manager - National Open Networking Lead

*Scape Co.; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid leave

Employee discounts

Annual vaccinations

Skin checks

Employee referral programs

Employee assistance programs

Job summary

Scape Australia is seeking a Network Engineering Manager to lead the Network Engineering function across Scape and Aveo. You will own architecture, reliability and security of the networks supporting resident connectivity, building operations and corporate systems.

This role blends hands-on delivery with team leadership as you transition to open, disaggregated networking while managing vendors and multi-site deployments nationwide.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with switching and wireless infrastructure in large multi-site environments.
• Experience managing network vendors, ISPs and budgets with strong vendor relationships.
• Experience leading or mentoring a small technical team with hands-on delivery.
• Willingness to join on-call roster and travel interstate.

Responsibilities

• Own the network architecture, design, performance and security across Scape and Aveo networks.
• Maintain high-quality wireless environment supporting ~20,000 residents.
• Manage Ruckus and Meraki environments and OpenWiFi/OpenLAN alongside BAU and new rollouts.
• Monitor network performance, troubleshoot RF, switching, firewall and WAN issues; participate in on-call roster.
• Manage vendor, ISP and carrier relationships, SLAs and contract spend.

Skills

Network architecture

Wireless design

Team leadership

Vendor management

Tools

Fortinet

Sophos

Meraki

Job description

Scape Australia is seeking a Network Engineering Manager to lead the Network Engineering function across Scape and Aveo. You will own architecture, reliability and security of the networks supporting resident connectivity, building operations and corporate systems.

This role blends hands-on delivery with team leadership as you transition to open, disaggregated networking while managing vendors and multi-site deployments nationwide.