Senior Security Network Engineer (F5 & Firewall Focus)

Talent; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent in Brisbane is seeking an experienced Security Network Engineer to join its Network & Security Engineering team. This hands-on role focuses on F5 load balancing, firewall management (Check Point, Fortinet, Palo Alto) and network security within a large enterprise environment, offering ownership and autonomy.

You will spend about 80% on BAU engineering and operational support and 20% on projects and improvements, shaping secure networks, VPN/IPsec/SSL, and security monitoring.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in network or security engineering.
• Hands-on engineering background with F5 BIG-IP as a key requirement.
• Experience with enterprise firewalls such as Check Point, Fortinet or Palo Alto.
• Strong networking fundamentals (routing, switching, VLANs, TCP/IP, BGP) and security tech (VPN/IPsec/SSL/segmentation).
• Automation or scripting experience (Python, Ansible, Shell).

Responsibilities

• Support, engineer and enhance F5 BIG-IP load balancing environments.
• Manage and troubleshoot Check Point and Fortinet enterprise firewall technologies.
• Support network security services including VPN, IPsec, SSL, segmentation and web security.
• Deliver improvements across F5, load balancing and network security.
• Troubleshoot complex networking and infrastructure issues.
• Support secure integrations across network, infrastructure and application environments.
• Use automation to improve repeatable engineering and operational processes.
• Monitor network performance, security events and alerts.
• Collaborate with Security, Infrastructure, Cloud, Development and project teams.
• Maintain technical documentation and follow change and security processes.

Skills

F5 BIG-IP

Load balancing

Networking fundamentals

VPN/IPsec

Check Point

Fortinet

Palo Alto

BGP

Automation scripting

Tools

Python

Ansible

Shell

Splunk

SNMP

NetFlow

VMware NSX

Job description

Talent in Brisbane is seeking an experienced Security Network Engineer to join its Network & Security Engineering team. This hands-on role focuses on F5 load balancing, firewall management (Check Point, Fortinet, Palo Alto) and network security within a large enterprise environment, offering ownership and autonomy.

You will spend about 80% on BAU engineering and operational support and 20% on projects and improvements, shaping secure networks, VPN/IPsec/SSL, and security monitoring.