Senior Network Security Engineer — Canberra (On-Site, Federal Gov)

Palas Consulting Pty Ltd.; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

PALAS Consulting Pty Ltd. seeks Senior Network Security Engineers for a Canberra-based, on-site program delivering secure network upgrades for a federal government network.

Roles involve autonomous delivery within a team, designing, building, testing and handing over security services to operations. You will apply secure-by-design principles, assess risks, and coordinate with engineering, operations and suppliers while maintaining rigorous change control.

Qualifications

• Senior network engineering experience in secure enterprise environments.
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP, routing, switching, VPNs, firewalls, proxies, DNS and network segmentation.
• Experience integrating and troubleshooting multi-vendor network security technologies.
• Experience developing and executing integration, verification and rollback plans under formal change control.
• Packet analysis, logging, monitoring and structured fault isolation.
• An understanding of secure-by-design principles and controlled configuration management.
• Clear technical documentation and the ability to coordinate stakeholders across engineering and operations.
• CCNP Security, Fortinet, Palo Alto, Check Point or a comparable network security certification.
• Experience with classified networks and secure gateways.
• Australian citizenship is mandatory.
• Must hold a current AGSVA security clearance.
• Cross domain solution integration or support experience.
• Network automation and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Exposure to Federal Government security architecture, accreditation or assurance activities.

Responsibilities

• Develop integration approaches and detailed implementation plans for secure network services.
• Configure and integrate firewalls, secure gateways, routing, switching, load balancing and network security controls across multiple trust boundaries.
• Define build standards, interface requirements, test conditions and acceptance evidence.
• Investigate connectivity and security issues across platforms and trust boundaries, using structured fault isolation.
• Coordinate integration environments, dependencies, implementation windows, rollback plans and technical resources.
• Assess vulnerabilities, control gaps and integration risks, then recommend and implement proportionate treatments.
• Produce as-built documents, ruleset records, diagrams, test reports and operational handover material.
• Provide peer review and mentoring across engineering and operations teams.

Skills

Senior engineer

TCP/IP

Firewalls

VPNs

Security certs

Cross domain

IaC basics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Fortinet

Palo Alto

Check Point

VPN appliances

Job description

PALAS Consulting Pty Ltd. seeks Senior Network Security Engineers for a Canberra-based, on-site program delivering secure network upgrades for a federal government network.

Roles involve autonomous delivery within a team, designing, building, testing and handing over security services to operations. You will apply secure-by-design principles, assess risks, and coordinate with engineering, operations and suppliers while maintaining rigorous change control.