Senior Data Centre Network Engineer - Cisco ACI/Nexus

Data#3; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Data#3 is hiring a Senior Network Engineer for its Sydney data centre team on a 6‑month limited-term contract. You will deploy, configure and support Cisco ACI, Nexus and multi-site environments while collaborating with solution architects and project teams.

You will design and implement NX-OS-based networks, dashboard tooling, and migration plans, while ensuring robust security integration with firewalls and application delivery platforms.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience implementing, supporting and troubleshooting enterprise and data centre network environments.
• Strong knowledge of Cisco ACI, Nexus and NX-OS, including Multi-Site / Multi-Pod architectures.
• Understanding of VXLAN EVPN, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRFs and Layer 2/Layer 3 networking.
• Experience with Cisco Nexus Dashboard/NDO and Cisco UCS data centre compute/network integration.
• Experience integrating data centre networking with security and application delivery technologies (F5, Fortinet, Check Point).
• Strong customer-facing delivery and documentation capabilities.
• Certifications such as CCNP Data Center or CCIE Data Center are highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure and support Cisco ACI and Nexus solutions, including ACI Multi-Site and Multi-Pod environments.
• Configure and support Nexus Dashboard and Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator (NDO), including multi-site fabric environments.
• Implement and troubleshoot VXLAN EVPN, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRFs and Layer 2/Layer 3 networking.
• Support integration across data centre networking, Cisco UCS, compute, security, firewall and load-balancing environments.
• Translate approved designs into implementation activities and produce low-level designs, migration plans, as-built, change and supporting technical documentation.
• Perform testing, migration, cutover and deployment activities, troubleshooting complex issues and acting as a senior technical escalation point.
• Work closely with customers, architects, project teams and vendors, proactively managing technical risks, issues and dependencies to achieve agreed project outcomes.

Skills

Enterprise networking

Cisco networking

Customer-facing delivery

Education

CCNP Data Center

CCIE Data Center (desirable)

Tools

Cisco ACI

Nexus

NDO/Nexus Dashboard

Job description

Data#3 is hiring a Senior Network Engineer for its Sydney data centre team on a 6‑month limited-term contract. You will deploy, configure and support Cisco ACI, Nexus and multi-site environments while collaborating with solution architects and project teams.

You will design and implement NX-OS-based networks, dashboard tooling, and migration plans, while ensuring robust security integration with firewalls and application delivery platforms.