Senior Network Engineer – Hybrid, Performance Bonus

Talent; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonus

Discounted banking products

Job summary

Talent is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join a leading Financial Services provider in a permanent role. You will operate within a large, high-performance network, focusing on BAU and operational support across data centres, routing and switching, and network operations.

You will diagnose issues, handle major incidents, monitor performance, and review network changes with architecture, security and customer-facing teams, while contributing to smaller projects and participating in an

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications and/or relevant vendor certifications, ideally CCNP or CCIE.
• Proven network engineering and operations experience in large, complex environments (ISP experience preferred).
• Advanced Cisco routing and switching knowledge, including BGP, OSPF, STP, NX-OS and Nexus 9000.
• Hands-on experience with VXLAN, EVPN or related overlay technologies and orchestration platforms such as NDFC or DCNM.
• Experience 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.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and resolve complex network issues and lead major incident resolution.
• Provide senior-level support across a large, high-performance network environment.
• Monitor network performance and alarms and review changes with architecture and security teams.
• Lead design and technical reviews of network changes.
• Participate in hybrid BAU and project initiatives and on-call roster.

Skills

Cisco routing & switching

BGP

OSPF

Nexus 9000

VXLAN/EVPN

Troubleshooting

Communication

Teamwork

On-call experience

Education

Tertiary qualifications, vendor certs (CCNP/CCIE preferred)

Tools

NDFC

DCNM

Job description

Talent is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join a leading Financial Services provider in a permanent role. You will operate within a large, high-performance network, focusing on BAU and operational support across data centres, routing and switching, and network operations.

You will diagnose issues, handle major incidents, monitor performance, and review network changes with architecture, security and customer-facing teams, while contributing to smaller projects and participating in an