Senior Network Engineer

E2E Project Excellence; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

E2E Project Excellence, Melbourne, seeks a Senior Network Engineer to design, deliver and support enterprise and OT networks across corporate and remote operations. You will drive performance, security and automation while guiding upgrades and lifecycle activities.

The role emphasizes Azure networking, VPNs, SD-WAN and cross-functional collaboration with cyber security initiatives. A hands-on leader with multi-site experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Strong enterprise networking experience across switching, routing, wireless, firewalls, VPNs and network security.
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, BGP, OSPF and network segmentation.
• Experience supporting multi-site enterprise environments and wide area networks.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure and networking issues.
• Experience with network security technologies and secure remote access solutions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and support enterprise networking environments, including LAN, WAN, wireless, SD-WAN, firewalls and cloud connectivity.
• Monitor network performance, availability and capacity, resolving complex technical issues through effective troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Support and enhance Microsoft Azure networking environments.
• Deliver infrastructure projects, technology upgrades and lifecycle activities.
• Maintain network standards, documentation and operational procedures.
• Support cyber security initiatives, vulnerability remediation and network segmentation across IT and OT environments.
• Work with telecommunications providers, vendors and managed service partners.
• Identify opportunities to improve network performance, reliability, security and automation.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring within the technology team.
• Participate in major incident response and occasional after-hours support when required.

Skills

Enterprise networking

TCP/IP routing

Multi-site WAN

Network security

Troubleshooting

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or Networking

Tools

Cisco

Aruba

Meraki

Fortinet

Palo Alto

Azure networking

Job description

Join a well-established Australian organisation that operates critical infrastructure across multiple sites nationally. This is an opportunity for a hands-on Senior Network Engineer to play a key role in the design, delivery and support of enterprise and operational technology (OT) networks while contributing to infrastructure modernisation and cyber security initiatives.

About the Role

Reporting to the Enterprise Infrastructure Manager, you will be responsible for designing, implementing and supporting enterprise network services across corporate, manufacturing and remote operations. You will work across a broad range of technologies, ensuring network performance, availability, security and scalability while driving continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement and support enterprise networking environments, including LAN, WAN, wireless, SD-WAN, firewalls and cloud connectivity.
• Monitor network performance, availability and capacity, resolving complex technical issues through effective troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Support and enhance Microsoft Azure networking environments.
• Deliver infrastructure projects, technology upgrades and lifecycle activities.
• Maintain network standards, documentation and operational procedures.
• Support cyber security initiatives, vulnerability remediation and network segmentation across IT and OT environments.
• Work with telecommunications providers, vendors and managed service partners.
• Identify opportunities to improve network performance, reliability, security and automation.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring within the technology team.
• Participate in major incident response and occasional after-hours support when required.
• Strong enterprise networking experience across switching, routing, wireless, firewalls, VPNs and network security.
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, BGP, OSPF and network segmentation.
• Experience supporting multi-site enterprise environments and wide area networks.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure and networking issues.
• Experience with network security technologies and secure remote access solutions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work across multiple priorities in a dynamic operational environment.

Join a well-established Australian organisation that operates critical infrastructure across multiple sites nationally. This is an opportunity for a hands-on Senior Network Engineer to play a key role in the design, delivery and support of enterprise and operational technology (OT) networks while contributing to infrastructure modernisation and cyber security initiatives.

About the Role

Reporting to the Enterprise Infrastructure Manager, you will be responsible for designing, implementing and supporting enterprise network services across corporate, manufacturing and remote operations. You will work across a broad range of technologies, ensuring network performance, availability, security and scalability while driving continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement and support enterprise networking environments, including LAN, WAN, wireless, SD-WAN, firewalls and cloud connectivity.
• Monitor network performance, availability and capacity, resolving complex technical issues through effective troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Support and enhance Microsoft Azure networking environments.
• Deliver infrastructure projects, technology upgrades and lifecycle activities.
• Maintain network standards, documentation and operational procedures.
• Support cyber security initiatives, vulnerability remediation and network segmentation across IT and OT environments.
• Work with telecommunications providers, vendors and managed service partners.
• Identify opportunities to improve network performance, reliability, security and automation.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring within the technology team.
• Participate in major incident response and occasional after-hours support when required.

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Strong enterprise networking experience across switching, routing, wireless, firewalls, VPNs and network security.
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, BGP, OSPF and network segmentation.
• Experience supporting multi-site enterprise environments and wide area networks.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure and networking issues.
• Experience with network security technologies and secure remote access solutions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work across multiple priorities in a dynamic operational environment.

Highly Regarded

• Experience with Cisco, Aruba, Meraki, Fortinet, Palo Alto or similar technologies.
• Exposure to SD-WAN solutions and cloud networking.
• Microsoft Azure networking experience.
• Industrial networking or OT environment experience.
• Knowledge of cyber security frameworks and secure infrastructure architecture.
• Automation and scripting experience using PowerShell, Python or similar.
• Experience within manufacturing, critical infrastructure or industrial environments.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Information Technology, Network Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
• Industry certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, Fortinet, Palo Alto, Aruba, Meraki or Microsoft Azure certifications will be highly regarded.

If you are a technically strong Network Engineer looking for your next challenge in a complex and diverse enterprise environment, we'd love to hear from you.