Senior Network Engineer - Hybrid, Flexible Hours & Security

Northern Beaches Council; Manly; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Work from home opportunities

Health and wellbeing leave

Professional development

Employee wellness program

Values based culture

High level of technological innovation

Job summary

Northern Beaches Council is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to lead the design, deployment and security of our multi-site network and related infrastructure. You’ll contribute to cloud connectivity, voice, CCTV, and network automation while maintaining strong security standards and resilience.

Reporting to the IT Network Team Leader, you will mentor junior staff, collaborate with vendors, and drive improvements across networking technologies to support council services and community facilities

Qualifications

• Experience designing and maintaining multi-site networks.
• Strong knowledge of network security and ASD Essentials.
• Ability to work with vendors and document clearly.

Responsibilities

• Design and improve Council's network to stay reliable, secure and high-performing.
• Provide expert knowledge across networking, cloud connectivity, voice, CCTV and security platforms.
• Drive automation, standardisation and continuous improvement of network infrastructure.
• Act as senior technical escalation point for complex network issues and guide Level 1/2 teams.

Skills

Enterprise networking

SD-WAN

Firewalls

Azure networking

Voice & CCTV

Automation

Scripting

ITIL 4

CCNP

Tertiary qualifications

Job description

Northern Beaches Council is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to lead the design, deployment and security of our multi-site network and related infrastructure. You’ll contribute to cloud connectivity, voice, CCTV, and network automation while maintaining strong security standards and resilience.

Reporting to the IT Network Team Leader, you will mentor junior staff, collaborate with vendors, and drive improvements across networking technologies to support council services and community facilities