Systems Engineer - Network

Insignia Financial; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Insignia Financial is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer – Network to join our Client & Technology division in Australia. The role focuses on engineering, administration, monitoring and ongoing optimization of our enterprise network across a complex technology landscape.

You will work with infrastructure and project teams to ensure stability, performance and security of critical services, handling WAN/LAN/Wireless, BGP/OSPF, VLANs, VXLANs and SLA-driven incident response.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years in a network engineering/operations role.
• Experience with large, complex networks including WAN/LAN/Wireless.

Responsibilities

• Implement, administer and maintain network hardware/software and monitoring platforms.
• Monitor performance, capacity and availability; identify improvements.

Skills

Networking fundamentals

BGP/OSPF/PBR

TCP/IP

Palo Alto firewalls

VXLAN/VLAN/VRF

SD-WAN/IPSEC

IaC/CI/CD

Load balancing (Radware Alteon/Citrix)

CCNP

AWS/GCP networking

Education

Relevant tertiary qualifications

CCNP certification (or equivalent)

Tools

Palo Alto firewalls

Radware Alteon

Citrix NetScaler

Job description

• Helping around 2 million Australians do more with their money
• Together, we’re making it happen

• Helping around 2 million Australians do more with their money
• Together, we’re making it happen

The opportunity to join our team

We are seeking an experienced Systems Engineer – Network to join our Client & Technology division and play a key role in supporting and enhancing our enterprise network environment. In this role, you will be responsible for the engineering, administration, monitoring and ongoing optimisation of network infrastructure across a complex and diverse technology landscape. Working closely with infrastructure and project teams, you will contribute to the delivery of network initiatives while ensuring the stability, performance and security of critical business services. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands‑on networking professional who thrives in a dynamic environment and enjoys solving complex technical challenges.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement, administer and maintain network hardware, software and monitoring platforms.
• Analyse network requirements and contribute to the design, integration and deployment of network solutions.
• Monitor network performance, capacity and availability, proactively identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Respond to network incidents and undertake remediation activities to support business continuity and service reliability.
• Manage, prioritise and maintain accurate incident records through service management tools, ensuring timely resolution in line with service levels.
• Develop and maintain network documentation while collaborating with internal teams to deliver high-quality infrastructure services and project outcomes.

What You Will Bring

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, with 3–5 years' experience in a similar network engineering or operations support role.
• Proven experience working within large, complex network environments, including WAN, LAN and Wireless technologies.
• Hands‑on technical expertise across TCP/IP networking and routing protocols including BGP, OSPF and PBR.
• Hands‑on experience with Palo Alto firewalls and Cisco or Arista BGP EVPN VXLAN data centre solutions.
• Experience with modern networking technologies including VLAN, VXLAN, VRF, QoS, SD‑WAN, IPSEC and STP, along with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD practices.
• Experienced in configuring and managing load balancing solutions using Radware Alteon and Citrix NetScaler.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications and a current Cisco CCNP certification (or equivalent), AWS and GCP cloud networking experience beneficial

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Applicants will be required to provide evidence of their eligibility to work in Australia, and at a minimum be required to undertake police and basic credit checks as a condition of employment.

Please note that applications from agencies will not be considered at this time.

We acknowledge and celebrate the richness that individual differences bring to our team. If you need assistance or an adjustment during the application process, please reach out and let us know.