Principal Network and Cloud Engineer

Peoplebank; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Peoplebank is seeking a Principal Network DevOps Engineer-Cisco/VMware to join the Network Services team at a leading Australian financial institution. The role focuses on enterprise network infrastructure, DevOps engineering and a major vulnerability management and hardening uplift.

You will split your time roughly 60% on Network Engineering and 40% on DevOps, collaborating with Network Engineering, Cyber Security, Architecture and Operations to deliver resilient, secure systems.

Qualifications

• Extensive enterprise network engineering and architecture experience.
• Hands-on Cisco networking and VMware infrastructure experience.
• Solid DevOps experience in enterprise environments.
• Experience with Terraform and IaC management.
• Understanding of vulnerability management and security hardening.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across enterprise network infrastructure.
• Support vulnerability management, patching and hardening initiatives.
• Review and improve infrastructure tools and techniques.
• Assess Terraform implementations and support IaC practices.
• Work with Cisco and VMware technologies across enterprise environments.
• Improve network reliability, standardisation and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with engineering teams and mentor colleagues.

Skills

Network Engineering

Network Architecture

Cisco Networking

VMware Infra

DevOps

Terraform IaC

Vulnerability Mgmt

Security Hardening

Leadership

Stakeholder Eng

Tools

Terraform

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Principal Network DevOps Engineer-Cisco/VMware to join the Network Services team at a leading Australian financial institution. This is a senior technical role focused on supporting enterprise network infrastructure, DevOps engineering and a significant vulnerability management and infrastructure hardening uplift. The role will involve approximately 60% Network Engineering and 40% DevOps, working closely with Network Engineering, Cyber Security, Architecture and Operations teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and direction across enterprise network infrastructure.
• Support network vulnerability management, patching and security hardening initiatives.
• Review existing infrastructure tools and technologies, identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Assess existing Terraform implementations and support infrastructure engineering practices.
• Work with Cisco and VMware technologies across enterprise environments.
• Improve network reliability, standardisation and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with engineering teams and provide technical guidance and mentoring.

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in enterprise Network Engineering and Network Architecture.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Cisco networking technologies.
• Strong VMware infrastructure experience.
• Solid DevOps engineering experience within enterprise environments.
• Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code and managing exisiting Terraform configurations.
• Understanding of network patching, vulnerability management and security hardening.
• Experience reviewing and improving existing infrastructure tools and processes.
• Strong technical leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.

This is an excellent opportunity for a hands on Principal Engineer to contribute to a significant enterprise infrastructure and security uplift, while providing technical leadership and helping improve existing network and DevOps capabilities.

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