Senior Cisco Network Engineer – NV2/ISM Ready

Talent; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent in Canberra is seeking an experienced Senior Network Specialist to join a high-profile Federal Government environment on a 12-month contract with extension options. This hands-on role focuses on Cisco enterprise networking in a secure multi-vendor environment.

The successful candidate will support and maintain LAN/WAN infrastructure, manage BGP/MPLS/IPsec/QoS, and work with HPE, Fortinet, Palo Alto and Peplink equipment while aligning with the Australian Government ISM policies.

Qualifications

• Senior, hands-on network professional with enterprise network experience.
• Strong Cisco networking expertise across WAN/LAN.
• Experience in multi-vendor environments (HPE, Cisco, Fortinet/FortiGate, Palo Alto).
• Experience administering networks compliant with Australian Government ISM.
• Proficient in network monitoring using SNMP, Syslog, TACACS and NTP.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain enterprise network infrastructure across Cisco, HPE, FortiGate, Palo Alto and Peplink environments.
• Administer and troubleshoot complex LAN, MAN and WAN environments.
• Support Cisco technologies including BGP, MPLS, IPsec, QoS and enterprise routing and switching.
• Manage and support network security technologies and services.
• Support virtualised networking environments.
• Manage carrier circuits and troubleshoot physical connectivity issues.
• Implement and administer network management and monitoring solutions including SNMP, Syslog, TACACS and NTP.
• Use automation tools to support the management of network and server infrastructure.
• Work with technical and business stakeholders to translate requirements into practical network capabilities.
• Support secure network environments aligned with the Australian Government ISM.

Skills

Cisco networking

BGP

MPLS

IPsec

QoS

multi-vendor

network security

automation

Tools

SNMP

Syslog

TACACS

NTP

Automation tools

Job description

Talent in Canberra is seeking an experienced Senior Network Specialist to join a high-profile Federal Government environment on a 12-month contract with extension options. This hands-on role focuses on Cisco enterprise networking in a secure multi-vendor environment.

The successful candidate will support and maintain LAN/WAN infrastructure, manage BGP/MPLS/IPsec/QoS, and work with HPE, Fortinet, Palo Alto and Peplink equipment while aligning with the Australian Government ISM policies.