Networks Team Lead — Drive Automation & Strategy

Reserve Bank of Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Reserve Bank of Australia in Sydney seeks a Team Lead - Network Services to steer a high‑caliber team of Network Services engineers, delivering critical infrastructure services, projects and strategic initiatives that support the Bank's technology landscape.

This role is heavily focused on people leadership—team development, mentoring, succession planning and stakeholder engagement—while maintaining strong technical credibility and readiness to assist on complex challenges when required.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading Network Engineering, Infrastructure, Platform, or DevOps teams in complex enterprise environments.
• Deep knowledge of enterprise networking, including Cisco technologies, firewalls, and modern network infrastructure solutions.
• Strong hands-on experience with Network Automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and DevOps practices.
• Proven experience providing technical leadership across network design, architecture, implementation, security hardening, automation, and operational support.
• Demonstrated success in coaching, mentoring, and developing high-performing technical teams, including senior engineers and principal engineers.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience managing operational services, project delivery, vendors, contracts, recruitment, and workforce planning.
• A solid understanding of ITIL disciplines, including Incident, Problem, Change, and Capacity Management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop standards, procedures, technical documentation, business cases, and strategic recommendations.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications and industry certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, DevNet, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing team of Network Services professionals.
• Foster a collaborative, customer-focused culture that delivers reliable, secure, and operationally ready infrastructure services.
• Partner with Principal Engineers and technical leaders to shape network strategy, engineering standards, roadmaps, and technology direction.
• Build and grow team capability through mentoring, succession planning, workforce planning, and professional development.
• Drive modern engineering practices, network automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), DevOps, and continuous improvement initiatives across the team.
• Balance operational support, project delivery, and strategic initiatives to ensure successful business outcomes.
• Participate in and sponsor proof-of-concepts and emerging technology initiatives, including SD-WAN, ACI, NSX, SDA, network automation, IaC, cloud networking, and DevOps practices.
• Lead major incidents, technical escalations, and complex problem-solving activities when required.
• Manage people, recruitment, vendor relationships, contracts, workforce planning, and commercial responsibilities.
• Work closely with stakeholders across Technology and the business to align priorities and deliver enterprise outcomes.
• Support the evolution of agile delivery models, including Scrum, CI/CD, DevOps, and platform-based operating models.
• Be prepared to roll up your sleeves and contribute to architecture, design reviews, troubleshooting, automation, and technical delivery activities when needed.

Skills

Team Leadership

Network Engineering

Cisco ACI

SD-WAN

SDA

NSX

Infrastructure as Code

DevOps

CI/CD

Cloud Networking

Vendor Management

Stakeholder Management

ITIL

Scrum

Agile Methodologies

Mentoring & Coaching

Tools

Ansible

Python

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Reserve Bank of Australia in Sydney seeks a Team Lead - Network Services to steer a high‑caliber team of Network Services engineers, delivering critical infrastructure services, projects and strategic initiatives that support the Bank's technology landscape.

This role is heavily focused on people leadership—team development, mentoring, succession planning and stakeholder engagement—while maintaining strong technical credibility and readiness to assist on complex challenges when required.