Senior Network Architect – On-Site in Adelaide (12‑Month Contract)

Nixil Pty; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Nixil Pty is seeking a Senior Network Architect for an on-site role in Adelaide to shape the target-state network and guide safe migration of critical services for a SA Government engagement.

You will lead design and migration activities, establish standards for Cisco routing, switching and Palo Alto firewall policy, and provide technical leadership to project teams across sites and data centres.

Qualifications

• Extensive network architecture experience in complex environments.
• Expert-level Cisco knowledge with certification or equivalent depth.
• Strong Palo Alto firewall design experience; PCNSE desirable.
• Successful delivery of data centre migrations, consolidations or exits.
• Experience working in SA Government environments.

Responsibilities

• Assess the existing network across data centre and sites to define target-state architecture.
• Design migration sequencing, cutover and rollback plans to protect service continuity.
• Produce high- and low-level designs, migration plans and as-built documentation to SA Government standards.
• Establish design standards for Cisco routing, switching, and data centre networking; firewall policy and segmentation.
• Provide technical leadership to the Project Manager, stakeholders and engineering teams.
• Review and assure engineering work and resolve complex migration issues.

Skills

Network architecture

Cisco CCIE

Palo Alto firewall design

Data centre migrations

SA Government environments

Stakeholder communication

Education

CCIE certification

PCNSE certification (desirable)

Tools

Cisco routing & switching

Palo Alto Firewall

Job description

Nixil Pty is seeking a Senior Network Architect for an on-site role in Adelaide to shape the target-state network and guide safe migration of critical services for a SA Government engagement.

You will lead design and migration activities, establish standards for Cisco routing, switching and Palo Alto firewall policy, and provide technical leadership to project teams across sites and data centres.