Network Operations Manager

The HR Ally; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The HR Ally in Brisbane seeks a Network Operations Manager to design, deploy and support enterprise LAN/WAN networks, including routing protocols, switching, resiliency, redundancy and upgrades.

Design and manage Palo Alto firewalls, deploy Prisma Global Protect and VPNs, and implement Cisco Meraki SD-WAN and Cisco ACI fabric in a hybrid data center/cloud environment. Ten-plus years of experience preferred; permanent role onsite.

Qualifications

• Proficient in enterprise routing and switching for LAN/WAN with BGP/OSPF/EIGRP and VLANs.
• Extensive Palo Alto firewall administration including policies, NAT, App-ID and IPS/IDS.
• Experience deploying Prisma Global Protect and IPsec VPNs for remote access and site-to-site.
• Design and manage Cisco Meraki SD-WAN with auto VPN and traffic shaping.
• Experience with Cisco ACI data center networking (VRFs, EPGs, L3Out).
• Experience with URL filtering and SSL decryption on Palo Alto firewalls.
• MFA integration with remote access policies.
• Knowledge of monitoring tools like Statseeker, SolarWinds, PRTG.
• Network capacity planning, performance optimization, resiliency and upgrades.
• Root cause analysis and ITIL-compliant documentation.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and troubleshoot enterprise LAN/WAN networks with resiliency and capacity planning.
• Design and manage Palo Alto firewalls, optimize rules, audits and incident response.
• Deploy and maintain Prisma Global Protect and VPNs with secure access policies and MFA integration.
• Design, implement and optimize Cisco Meraki SD-WAN for cloud and data center networks.
• Deploy, manage and troubleshoot Cisco ACI fabric; maintain diagrams and ITIL-compliant docs.

Skills

Enterprise routing & switching

Palo Alto firewall

Prisma Global Protect & VPN

Cisco Meraki SD-WAN

Cisco ACI

Tools

Palo Alto firewall management

Prisma Global Protect

Cisco Meraki SD-WAN

Cisco ACI fabric

Job description

Role: Network Operations Manager
Location: Brisbane, QLDExperience 10-15 yrsJob Type: Permanent

Must Have Skills

• Enterprise routing and switching, including LAN/WAN, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, VLANs, STP/RSTP, HSRP/VRRP and QoS.
• Palo Alto firewall administration covering policies, NAT, zones, App-ID, User-ID, Content-ID, IPS/IDS and threat prevention.
• Prisma Global Protect and VPN solutions, including remote access and site-to-site IPsec VPN.
• Cisco Meraki SD-WAN design and operations, including Auto VPN, traffic shaping, WAN failover and application-aware routing.
• Cisco ACI data center networking, including tenants, VRFs, bridge domains, EPGs, contracts, policies and L3Out.

Good to have:

• Experience with URL filtering, WildFire and SSL decryption on Palo Alto firewalls.
• Experience integrating MFA with secure remote-access policies.
• Knowledge of Statseeker, SolarWinds, PRTG or similar network monitoring tools.
• Network capacity planning, performance optimization, resiliency, redundancy and upgrades.
• Root cause analysis, network documentation and adherence to ITIL processes.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, support and troubleshoot enterprise LAN/WAN networks, including routing protocols, switching, resiliency, redundancy, capacity planning and network upgrades.
• Design and manage Palo Alto firewalls, optimize rules, perform audits and upgrades, and respond to security incidents and vulnerabilities.
• Deploy and maintain Prisma Global Protect, remote-access VPN and site-to-site IPsec VPN, including secure access policies and MFA integration.
• Design, implement, monitor and optimize Cisco Meraki SD-WAN solutions, and integrate SD-WAN with cloud and data center networks.
• Deploy, manage and troubleshoot Cisco ACI fabric; monitor network services, maintain documentation and diagrams, perform root cause analysis, and follow ITIL processes.