Senior Network Architect - ANZ Multi-Site & Cloud

Jenny Barbour IT & Project Recruitment; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jenny Barbour IT & Project Recruitment in Melbourne is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to lead architecture and security for a large enterprise network across ANZ. You will own network design, cloud connectivity to Azure and AWS, and ongoing modernisation in a multi-site distribution and e-commerce environment.

The role provides technical leadership, vendor management, and hands-on incident resolution, with a focus on high availability, security controls, and scalable networking.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of enterprise network engineering experience.
• Proven experience in large, multi-site environments.
• Strong routing, switching, and firewall expertise.
• Hands-on cloud networking experience (Azure and/or AWS).
• Experience working within structured change management frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain enterprise LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, wireless, VPN, and internet edge environments.
• Define routing, redundancy, and high-availability strategies (BGP, OSPF, HSRP, IPSEC, QoS).
• Lead network refresh, modernisation, and segmentation initiatives.
• Develop and maintain design documentation and network standards.
• Manage multi-site WAN connectivity across ANZ and hybrid cloud connectivity to Azure/AWS.
• Own firewall architecture, IDS/IPS, access control, and network segmentation frameworks.
• Provide technical mentoring and oversee major network incidents and changes.
• Implement proactive monitoring, capacity planning, and performance reporting.
• Develop automation using Python or PowerShell to reduce manual processes.

Skills

Enterprise networking

Cloud networking

Leadership

Vendor management

Mentoring

Tools

Python

PowerShell

Network monitoring tools

Job description

Jenny Barbour IT & Project Recruitment in Melbourne is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to lead architecture and security for a large enterprise network across ANZ. You will own network design, cloud connectivity to Azure and AWS, and ongoing modernisation in a multi-site distribution and e-commerce environment.

The role provides technical leadership, vendor management, and hands-on incident resolution, with a focus on high availability, security controls, and scalable networking.