Senior Network Security Engineer

Cube Networks; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cube Networks in Melbourne seeks a Senior Network Security Engineer to deliver expert security and network support across core routing and switching, wireless, and application security. This permanent role sits within the Managed Service Team and requires clear, confident communication with customers.

You will log incidents in ITSM, monitor events, diagnose escalated issues, and work with Palo Alto/Juniper Cisco security products and load balancers such as F5 or NetScaler.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of customer-facing networking/security experience.
• Hands-on lifecycle management of core network, wireless, and security technologies.
• Experience with Palo Alto or Juniper routing and switching.
• Cisco security products experience (ASA, ISE) preferred.
• Load balancing experience with F5 or NetScaler.

Responsibilities

• Log incidents into ITSM and classify by entitlement/SLA.
• Log and triage incidents and service requests by priority/impact.
• Proactively monitor events and record alerts from network tools.
• Diagnose and resolve escalated 2nd-level incidents.
• Handle incoming incidents professionally via phone and email.

Skills

5+ years customer-facing experience

5+ years hands-on core network

Load balancing experience

Palo Alto/Juniper routing & switching

Cisco ASA/ISE experience

F5/NetScaler experience

Education

Palo Alto PCNSE / JNCIA/JNCIE / ASA / ISE certifications

Tools

ServiceNow

SolarWinds

Nagios

F5

NetScaler

Job description

As Senior Network Security Engineer you are accountable for providing comprehensive customer support services, security platform/technology administration, capacity management, fault investigation & analysis, specialising in the core network (route/switch), wireless, load balancing and network/application security technologies - providing timely updates and ensuring the fault is given the correct level of priority and attention according to their contracted service level agreements (SLAs). This is a demanding support position with the ability to articulate solutions clearly and confidently to Cube customers with a high degree of technical knowledge across a broad range of technologies and products.

The role is a permanent position within our Managed Service Team. Having experience across with Juniper, Palo Alto and Fortinet is a must

Primary Objectives: -

• Log all incidents into ITSM (IT Service Management) tool (reactive or proactive) according to the entitlement of service
• Correctly logging incidents and service requests, categorising and prioritising them in line with customer contract, priority, and impact and service level agreements with the customer
• Proactively monitoring (event management) and recording alerts into ITSM generated from network monitoring and management tools.
• Attempt to diagnose and resolve escalated 2nd level incidents to existing problems or known errors.
• Dealing with incoming incidents in a professional, courteous manner over the phone and via email

Industry Experience & Skills

• 5+ years of customer-facing experience working closely to understand their business and technical requirements to then develop solutions
• 5+ years of practical hands-on experience in lifecycle managing, supporting, and troubleshooting core network (route/switch), wireless and network/application security technologies
• Proven experience with Palo Alto or Juniper route and switch technologies
• Proven experience with Cisco security products (including ASA, and ISE) with a strong preference for relevant certifications
• Experience with load balancing technology (i.e.: F5 or NetScaler)

Technical

Relevant current industry certifications are essential in 2 or more of the following

• Juniper Certifications – JNCIA, JNCIE
• Palo Alto Certifications – PCNSE
• Experience in using Service Now.
• Experience in Network Management (i.e. SolarWinds and Nagios).

Cube Networks is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all.