Senior Compute Network Engineer

Webhosting; City of Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Megaport is seeking a Compute Networking Engineer to design, build and evolve data centre network fabrics that underlie our bare metal and accelerated compute platform. You will work on leaf-spine fabrics, GPU and storage networks, and automation to keep them scalable and operable; collaborating with internal teams, vendors, and integration partners to deliver fast, predictable infrastructure.

This is the first Compute Networking role based in Australia, serving as the regional anchor while

Job description

Megaport ·Australia, Remote (Australia)

Job Description

About MegaportWe’re not your typical tech company – and we don’t want to be. Megaport is the global leader in Network as a Service (NaaS), and has transformed the way businesses connect to the cloud, data centers, and each other. We’re publicly listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and partnered with the biggest names in tech like Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Oracle, IBM, and more. Headquartered in Brisbane with a crew of over 600 people spread across Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Americas, our employees enjoy an environment that is collaborative, supportive, and (actually) fun. Our Team CultureWe’re a team of problem solvers, pixel pushers, code slingers, and cloud fanatics. Culture is more than a poster on the wall here – collaboration beats hierarchy, curiosity fuels our growth, and everyone’s voice matters. We take our work seriously, but not ourselves. We work across time zones to execute on our global vision, trust each other to get things done, and never compromise our values for commercial gain. Most importantly, we place our customers at the center of everything we do. We’re committed to increasing representation in the tech industry and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Don’t meet every requirement? That’s okay.

The Role

Reporting to the Head of Compute Networking, this role is responsible for the design, build and ongoing evolution of the data centre network fabrics that underpin Latitude’s bare metal and accelerated compute platform. You’ll work across leaf-spine fabrics, GPU and storage networks, and the automation that keeps them consistent at scale – partnering with internal engineering teams, vendors and integration partners to deliver infrastructure that is fast, predictable and operable.

This is the first Compute Networking role based in Australia. You’ll be the local anchor point for the region and will work day to day with the existing team in Brazil, so comfort operating across time zones, and a degree of self-sufficiency, matters as much as the technical depth.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Evaluation, testing and certification of new network hardware, systems and software
• Design and deploy resilient leaf-spine network fabrics for GPU, AI and high-performance compute infrastructure.
• Design and operate IP fabrics using BGP, EVPN-VXLAN and ECMP.
• Support GPU frontend, backend, storage, management and out-of-band network connectivity.
• Configure and operate switches, routers, and data centre interconnects.
• Implement congestion management capabilities, including QoS, ECN and Priority Flow Control where required.
• Integrate GPU data centres with Megaport transport, internet transit, cloud and external connectivity services.
• Running proof of concept exercises with integration partners
• Development of next generation network and systems architectures
• Develop network architecture standards, low-level designs, implementation plans and operational documentation.
• Maintain technical relationships with vendor engineering teams
• Evolving network automation and monitoring systems (Capacity/Latency/Congestion/Availability)
• Providing technical support to internal and external customers
• Working with internal teams to assist with deployments and operations
• Provide technical summaries to enable executive leadership team to make sound business decisions
• Last level escalation point for network operations, operations engineering and network engineering teams.