Senior F5 Network Engineer - Government Contract (NV1)

Pinpoint Talent, LLC; Canberra; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinpoint Talent, LLC is seeking a Senior Infrastructure / Network Engineer for a large Australian Government environment in Canberra. The role emphasizes F5 BIG-IP expertise (LTM, DNS/GTM, APM) and starts January 2027 on a 12-month contract with extensions.

You will handle advanced troubleshooting, SSL/TLS and load balancing, participate in upgrades and lifecycle management, and contribute to resilience across routing, switching and security.

Qualifications

• Must have Australian citizenship and active NV1 clearance.
• Senior level infrastructure/network engineering in a large government environment.
• Role is a 12-month contract with extensions; starts January 2027.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced troubleshooting, traffic analysis and protocol inspection for F5 MANAGED services.
• Perform F5 upgrades, lifecycle management and vulnerability remediation.
• Ensure SSL/TLS termination and robust load balancing for high availability.
• Support routing, switching, firewalls and overall network resilience.

Skills

F5 BIG-IP

LTM

APM

SSL/TLS

Load balancing

Network routing

Troubleshooting

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Job description

Pinpoint Talent, LLC is seeking a Senior Infrastructure / Network Engineer for a large Australian Government environment in Canberra. The role emphasizes F5 BIG-IP expertise (LTM, DNS/GTM, APM) and starts January 2027 on a 12-month contract with extensions.

You will handle advanced troubleshooting, SSL/TLS and load balancing, participate in upgrades and lifecycle management, and contribute to resilience across routing, switching and security.