Senior Ip Network Design Engineer

Femedge Solutions; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Femedge Solutions in Sydney, NSW, AU seeks a Senior IP Network Design Engineer with 6+ years hands-on experience in IP/MPLS, BGP, OSPF/IS-IS, and multi-vendor environments. You will own end-to-end lab validation and production rollout, analyze architectures, and identify design gaps across Cisco and Juniper platforms.

You will produce Golden MOPs and documentation, explain technical decisions to non-engineering stakeholders, and drive telecom modernization initiatives with ownership and minimal

Qualifications

• In-depth experience with BGP, OSPF/IS-IS and MPLS VPNs across multi-vendor environments.
• Experience taking a solution from design through lab validation into production.
• CCNP/CCIE/JNCIS/JNCIP certifications or equivalent.
• Degree in Telecommunications, Networking or Engineering.
• Strong ability to own outcomes without supervision.

Responsibilities

• Analyse network architectures and identify design gaps before production.
• Conduct end-to-end lab testing across Cisco and Juniper platforms.
• Produce documentation and Golden MOPs for rollout teams.
• Explain complex technical decisions clearly to non-engineers.
• Engage with stakeholders to ensure alignment and ownership.
• Contribute to telecom modernization, IP integration and migration projects.

Skills

BGP

OSPF/IS-IS

MPLS L2/L3 VPNs

IP/MPLS networks

multi-vendor environments

stakeholder communication

lab validation

documentation

Education

CCNP/CCIE/JNCIS/JNCIP certifications

Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications/Networking/Engineering

Tools

IXIA

Spirent

Wireshark

TCPdump

Python (exposure)

Ansible

NETCONF/YANG

Cisco ACI/NSO

Job description

This role has been on the market for a while. Not because the opportunity is not good, but because the right person is genuinely hard to find.

The client builds and validates complex IP network solutions across multi-vendor environments. They need someone with a minimum of 6 years of hands‑on experience who has been deep inside IP/MPLS networks, knows BGP inside out, and has personally taken a solution from design through lab validation and into production. Not someone who has watched it happen. Someone who has done it and can do it again without being walked through every step.

Day to day you will be analysing network architectures, running end‑to‑end lab testing across Cisco and Juniper platforms, identifying design gaps before they become production problems, and producing documentation and Golden MOPs that rollout teams can actually rely on. You will engage directly with stakeholders, which means being able to explain complex technical decisions clearly to people who are not always engineers.

On the tools side you will be working with IXIA, Spirent, Wireshark and TCPdump. Exposure to automation through Python, Ansible, NETCONF/YANG, Cisco ACI or NSO will strengthen your application considerably. If you have worked across EVPN/VXLAN environments that is worth mentioning too.

The technical bar is high. You need strong hands‑on experience with BGP, OSPF/IS-IS and MPLS L2/L3 VPNs, proven work across multi‑vendor environments, and the ability to own your outcomes without supervision. CCNP, CCIE, JNCIS or JNCIP certification is preferred. So is a degree in Telecommunications, Networking or Engineering.

What the client is really looking for, beyond the technical checklist, is someone with genuine ownership. Someone who cares whether the solution works, not just whether their part of the job is done. You will be working on telecom modernisation programs, IP integration and migration projects, and multi‑vendor lab validation environments where the stakes are real and the margin for error is small.

Sydney based. Minimum 6 years of experience required.

Senior IP Network Design Engineer • Sydney, NSW, AU