Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Bridge IT Engineering

Canberra

On-site

AUD 100,000 - 120,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

A leading IT recruitment firm is looking for a Senior Infrastructure / Gateway Engineer in Canberra. This role involves managing internet gateways, data centre networking, and providing technical advice. Candidates should have over five years of experience and knowledge of cloud services, firewalls, and security policies. A contract position with an initial term of 12 months is offered.

Qualifications

5+ years in internet gateway and data centre networking.
Experience with Cisco ACI, routers, and switching.
Proficient with email and DNS Solutions like Infoblox.

Responsibilities

Design and implement infrastructure for future demands.
Provide expert support for project deployment.
Manage backup and disaster recovery solutions.

Skills

Design/management of internet gateway

Cisco Data centre technologies

VPN technologies

Palo Alto firewalls

F5/Blue Coat systems

Azure cloud services

Job description

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12 months initial contract up to 24 months potential extension

Location: ACT

Australian Citizenship is required with NV1 clearance preferred

Bridge IT Engineering is seeking a Senior Infrastructure / Gateway Engineer for a federal government department with offices in the ACT. The Senior Infrastructure / Gateway Engineer uses their in-depth knowledge of specific ICT Platforms to provide expert advice on the management and maintenance of those platforms. They work closely with key third party suppliers to ensure the provision of a robust gateway infrastructure capability for the business, and liaise with architecture and shared services areas to ensure the security of the day-to-day technical operations.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Design/evaluate/implement infrastructure requirements to meet future infrastructure demand.
Provide expert technical support for project build, test and solution deployment activities.
Prepare, review and maintain documentation which may include design documentation, implementation plans, test plans, and support procedures.
Assist in the development and implementation of strategies, operational policy and procedures and change initiatives.
Participate in change management process and communicate the end-to-end implications of configuration changes.
Provide detailed, specialist technical advice, including strategic advice to the senior executive.
Proactively share knowledge and expertise as the subject matter expert, and aid and mentorship to less experienced colleagues.
Undertake research on emerging technologies and provide recommendations on product suitability for the agency.
Engage and partner with other agencies and service providers to build service delivery capability.
Attend interagency meetings and forums to influence business outcomes and share information.
Encourage innovation, continuous improvement and manage and support change and influence and contribute to ICT strategy resolving conflicts as needed.
Manage the operation of backup, high availability and disaster recovery solutions for IT systems.
Manage the regular maintenance of patches and support packages for all technical layers.
Manage the administration and operation of the Gateway network kit.

Criteria

At least five (5) years demonstrated experience in the design, management and maintenance of internet gateway and/or large scale data centre networking environment.
Demonstrated experience and technical proficiency in the design of services utilising F5/Blue Coat Layer 4-7 switching/load balancing and proxy systems.
Demonstrated experience in the design and deployment of network infrastructure including Cisco Data centre technologies like Cisco ACI, Cisco Routers, nexus switches, routing protocols like BGP, OSPF, EIGRP.
Demonstrated experience with and/or detailed understanding of Palo Alto firewalls and IPS Solutions.
Demonstrated experience in the design and implementation of VPN technologies, email and DNS (Infoblox) Solutions.
Demonstrated experience in the design and integration of hybrid and public cloud services.
Demonstrated experience in the development and maintenance of system architecture and design documentation.
Demonstrated experience with or knowledge of Australian Government information security policies, the ASD Information Security Manual and Essential Eight.

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