Senior Network Engineering Lead - Hands-on & Mentoring

The Recruitment Company Pty Ltd

Melbourne

Hybrid

AUD 180,000 - 260,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

The Recruitment Company Pty Ltd is seeking an experienced Network Engineering Lead for a growing Australian telecommunications provider. You will own design, integration and delivery across Core, Transport and Access networks, acting as the second-in-command to the Principal Engineer with a hands-on leadership approach.

Responsibilities include mentoring a team of engineers, driving automation, and delivering network upgrades, migrations and site commissioning.

Qualifications

10+ years in network engineering and operations, telecom/service provider preferred.
Strong IP networking, BGP/IS-IS, Ethernet and routing expertise.
Experience with large-scale IP/MPLS, Segment Routing and EVPN.
Familiarity with network automation tools including Ansible, Terraform and Git.
Experience producing high-level and detailed network designs.
Leadership experience mentoring or guiding Network Engineers.

Responsibilities

Lead the design, integration and optimisation of Core, Transport and Access networks.
Work across BGP, IS-IS, Segment Routing, EVPN, XGS-PON and Ethernet technologies.
Design and deliver network upgrades, migrations and new site commissioning.
Provide senior escalation support for complex network incidents.
Lead, mentor and support a team of Network Engineers.
Drive network automation and network-as-code initiatives with Platform Engineering.
Develop detailed network designs, standards, testing docs and procedures.
Act as deputy to Principal Engineer for technical decisions and vendor engagement.