Senior Network Engineer – Cisco ACI & Fortinet -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

One of our clients is seeking to engage Senior Network Engineer – Cisco ACI & Fortinet for Melbourne -Hybrid

• Australian PR
• Melbourne
• Hybrid (1 day a week onsite)
• 6 months

Technical skills:

• Strong recent, hands‑on experience with Cisco ACI in complex enterprise or data centre environments (APIC, leaf/spine architecture, tenants, VRFs, Bridge Domains, EPGs, contracts and filters, L2Out/L3Out, fabric policies, Multi-Pod/Multi-Site).
• Strong hands‑on experience administering Fortinet FortiGate firewalls (firewall policies, NAT, IPsec and SSL VPN, HA, security profiles, FortiManager and/or FortiAnalyzer).
• Advanced knowledge of routing protocols including BGP and OSPF, plus strong TCP/IP and Layer 2/Layer 3 networking (VLANs, VRFs, segmentation, high-availability architectures).
• Strong network troubleshooting using packet captures, logs and diagnostic tools, with root‑cause analysis and permanent remediation.
• Experience implementing changes in production environments using formal change‑management processes.
• Strong technical documentation and stakeholder communication skills

Mandatory Experience -

• Fortinet Firewall and SASE Products
• BGP and OSPF

Desirable previous experience of:

• Cisco certifications (CCNP Data Center, CCNP Enterprise or CCIE) and/or Fortinet certifications (FCP, FCSS or NSE equivalent).
• Cisco Nexus switching and VXLAN/EVPN.
• Integrating ACI with Fortinet or other next‑generation firewall platforms.
• Network automation using Python, Ansible, Terraform or REST APIs.
• Cloud networking across Azure and/or AWS.
• Government, Defence or critical infrastructure environments, including knowledge of the Australian Government ISM and Essential Eight.