Senior Network Engineer: On-Prem & Cloud Security

Department of Education; Melbourne; Presencial; AUD 110.000 - 150.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

Department of Education in Melbourne is seeking a Senior Network Administrator to provide authoritative technical expertise, maintenance, and strategic administration for the department's core network infrastructure. The role requires leading complex problem resolution with high autonomy and advising senior stakeholders on risk and lifecycle planning.

You will diagnose incidents, manage on-premises and cloud network services, and contribute to security and resilience across enterprise networks.

Qualificações

• Three to five years of experience in network support, network administration or a related discipline.
• Strong knowledge of networking protocols including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, BGP and OSPF.
• Experience supporting enterprise network technologies and services, ideally including Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, F5 and Zscaler.
• Practical experience administering firewalls and applying network security best practices.
• Familiarity with monitoring and diagnostic tools such as SolarWinds, Wireshark or PRTG.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to communicate technical advice clearly and diplomatically.
• A customer-focused approach and commitment to high-quality service delivery.
• Strong attention to detail and an ability to maintain accurate technical documentation.
• A collaborative working style and the ability to build productive relationships with technical teams, vendors and stakeholders.

Responsabilidades

• Diagnose and resolve escalated network incidents, minimising disruption to services.
• Investigate recurring issues, identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Administer switches, routers, firewalls, wireless access points and associated network services.
• Monitor network performance, address bottlenecks and optimise configurations to meet service-level requirements.
• Apply patches, firmware upgrades and other updates through established change-management processes.
• Configure network devices and services across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Support network expansions, migrations, integrations and technology upgrades.
• Monitor security alerts and help mitigate network security risks.
• Maintain access controls, firewalls, encryption and other network security measures.
• Maintain topology diagrams, configuration records, asset registers and operational documentation.
• Report on network performance and availability.
• Provide technical guidance to Level 1 support teams.
• Identify opportunities for automation, service improvement and increased network resilience.

Conhecimentos

Networking protocols

TCP/IP

DNS

DHCP

BGP

OSPF

Ferramentas

Cisco

Palo Alto Networks

F5

Zscaler

SolarWinds

Wireshark

PRTG

Descrição da vaga

Department of Education in Melbourne is seeking a Senior Network Administrator to provide authoritative technical expertise, maintenance, and strategic administration for the department's core network infrastructure. The role requires leading complex problem resolution with high autonomy and advising senior stakeholders on risk and lifecycle planning.

You will diagnose incidents, manage on-premises and cloud network services, and contribute to security and resilience across enterprise networks.