Senior Network Engineer – Cisco ACI & Fortinet (Hybrid, Melbourne)

IT Alliance Australia; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IT Alliance Australia is seeking a Senior Network Engineer for a Melbourne-based hybrid role. The candidate will work on Cisco ACI fabric deployments and Fortinet FortiGate firewalls within enterprise/data centre environments.

The role requires expertise in BGP/OSPF, VRFs, and Layer 2/3 networking, with strong change-management and stakeholder communication skills. The position is a 6-month engagement in Melbourne with hybrid onsite requirements (1 day on site per week).

Qualifications

• Fortinet Firewall and SASE products experience required.
• BGP and OSPF routing experience required.
• Strong TCP/IP, L2/L3 networking, VLANs, VRFs, and segmentation knowledge.

Skills

Cisco ACI

Fortinet FortiGate

BGP

OSPF

TCP/IP

VLANs

VRFs

L2/L3 networking

Troubleshooting

Stakeholder communication

Tools

FortiManager

FortiAnalyzer

Cisco Nexus

APIC

Job description

IT Alliance Australia is seeking a Senior Network Engineer for a Melbourne-based hybrid role. The candidate will work on Cisco ACI fabric deployments and Fortinet FortiGate firewalls within enterprise/data centre environments.

The role requires expertise in BGP/OSPF, VRFs, and Layer 2/3 networking, with strong change-management and stakeholder communication skills. The position is a 6-month engagement in Melbourne with hybrid onsite requirements (1 day on site per week).