Senior Network Engineer

Talent; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Annual performance bonus

Discounted banking products

Job summary

Talent is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to support a large, high-performance network in a leading financial services environment. You will diagnose issues, manage incidents, monitor performance, and provide design reviews for network changes.

The role emphasizes BAU/operations with opportunities to influence smaller projects and participate in an on-call roster. Hybrid work is offered with two days in the office and an attractive salary package including benefits.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications and/or vendor certifications, CCNP or CCIE preferred.
• Experience in large, complex networks; ISP background advantageous.
• Strong Cisco routing and switching expertise including BGP/OSPF, STP, NX-OS.

Responsibilities

• Lead diagnosis and resolution of complex network issues.
• Support major incidents and monitor performance/alarms.
• Provide design reviews of network changes and work with cross-functional teams.

Skills

CCNP

CCIE

Cisco routing & switching

BGP/OSPF

VXLAN/EVPN

NDFC/DCNM

Cloudflare/Akamai

Troubleshooting

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Tertiary qualifications

Vendor certifications

Tools

NDFC

DCNM

NX-OS

VXLAN

EVPN

Job description

A leading Financial Services provider is seeking a Senior Network Engineer with strong data centre, routing and switching, and network operations experience to join their team on a permanent basis.

Joining a highly experienced network operations team, you will provide senior-level support across a large, complex and high-performance network environment. You will lead the diagnosis and resolution of technical issues, support major incidents, monitor network performance and alarms, and provide detailed design and technical review of network changes.

The role is primarily focused on BAU and operations, with responsibility for smaller project initiatives, technical consultations and the implementation of strategic network changes. You will work closely with architecture, engineering, security and customer-facing teams and participate in a periodic on-call roster.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Tertiary qualifications and/or relevant vendor certifications, ideally CCNP or CCIE
• Proven network engineering and operations experience gained within large, complex environments (previous experience working for an ISP would be highly regarded)
• Advanced Cisco routing and switching knowledge, including BGP, OSPF, STP, NX-OS and Nexus 9000 switches
• Hands-on experience with VXLAN, EVPN or related overlay technologies and orchestration platforms such as NDFC or DCNM
• Experience working with Cloudflare or Akamai would be highly regarded
• Superior troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong teamwork skills with the ability to work independently as required

This organisation offers hybrid working arrangements with two days per week in the office. As well as an n attractive salary package, this organisation offers employee benefits such as an annual performance bonus and discounted banking products.