Senior Network & Security Leader - Hybrid, Sydney

Sharp & Carter; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 210,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp & Carter is seeking an experienced Network Security Manager to lead the network and security operations inside a large enterprise. You’ll manage a small team of Network & Security Engineers and own the strategy, architecture, and roadmap for enterprise network and security services.

Based in Sydney with hybrid work (3 days in office, 2 from home), the role focuses on ensuring availability, security, and performance while partnering with vendors and technology teams across infrastructure,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise networking, infrastructure and/or security operations.
• Proven experience leading and developing technical teams.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise networking and network security.
• Experience with Cisco switching/routing, Meraki and ISE.
• Experience with Palo Alto firewalls and cloud networking.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a small team of Network & Security Engineers
• Own the strategy, architecture and roadmap across enterprise network and security services
• Oversee network availability, capacity, resilience, security and operational performance
• Lead major incident, problem and change management across network and security services
• Manage key technology vendors, telecommunications providers and service partners
• Support infrastructure, cloud, security and broader technology transformation initiatives
• Maintain disaster recovery, failover and business continuity arrangements for critical network services

Skills

Leadership

Enterprise networking

Network security

Cisco switching/routing

Meraki

ISE

Palo Alto

Azure networking

SD-WAN

VPN

Zero Trust

SASE

ZTNA

Vulnerability management

Cyber resilience

Incident response

Change management

Job description

Sharp & Carter is seeking an experienced Network Security Manager to lead the network and security operations inside a large enterprise. You’ll manage a small team of Network & Security Engineers and own the strategy, architecture, and roadmap for enterprise network and security services.

Based in Sydney with hybrid work (3 days in office, 2 from home), the role focuses on ensuring availability, security, and performance while partnering with vendors and technology teams across infrastructure,