Team Leader - IT Network

Careers at Council; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 162,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Wellness program

Team oriented culture

Job summary

Northern Beaches Council's Information & Digital Technology Unit is seeking an IT Network Team Leader to guide a small three-person team responsible for enterprise and cloud networks across sites and staff. Reporting to the IDT Operations Manager, you will set priorities, coach the team, and drive reliable, secure, high-performing networking services.

You will monitor performance, improve standards, manage vendors and budgets, and serve as the escalation point for complex incidents, aligning

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading an IT network team in a large or complex organisation.
• Strong hands-on experience with enterprise networking and security technologies.
• Mandatory ITIL 4 certification (network certifications such as CCNP are highly regarded).
• Experience managing vendors, contracts and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Lead a skilled network team and coach members to deliver reliable, secure network services.
• Monitor network performance and operational metrics; improve standards and ITIL-aligned service management.
• Protect network resilience and cybersecurity, implementing disaster recovery capability.
• Manage vendors, service providers and budgets to ensure value for money and service quality.
• Act as technical go-to escalation point for complex network incidents and requests, coordinating with other IT teams.

Skills

Leadership

Enterprise networking

ITIL 4

Cisco switching

FortiGate

Education

Relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent IT experience

Tools

Cisco switching

VeloCloud SD-WAN

FortiGate

Palo Alto firewalls

Zscaler

Azure networking

Job description

Business Unit: Information & Digital Technology

Title: Team Leader - IT Network,TRP Contract - Full-time Role, 35 hours per week (Hybrid - 3 days onsite)

Salary package range: $161,627-$187,838 (Subject to skills and experience)

Who we are:

The Information and Digital Technology Unit within the Northern Beaches Council is responsible for the delivery of services that support the operational activities of the Council, enable delivery of services to the community by the various business units and allow direct access to information and services by the community.

Northern Beaches Council is committed to safeguarding children and young people. Council acknowledges that protecting the safety of children and young people is a whole of community responsibility and is everyone's business.

Working with us:

Northern Beaches Council provides a comprehensive range of benefits focused on our employees' lifestyle, health and wellbeing, recognition and career development. In this role you'll enjoy -

• A culture of supporting continuous professional development
• Employee wellness program and a range of lifestyle benefits
• Values based culture and a teams oriented working environment

Our opportunity:

As the IT Network Team Leader, you'll lead a small, specialist team of three responsible for Council's enterprise and cloud networks. These networks connect our staff, sites and services across the Northern Beaches. Reporting to the Manager IDT Operations, your key focus areas will include:

• Leading a skilled network team. You'll set priorities, coach and develop your team, and build a collaborative, customer-focused culture that delivers reliable, secure and high-performing network services.
• Improving how we deliver. You'll monitor and report on network performance and operational metrics. You'll also keep improving network standards, documentation and ITIL-aligned service management practices.
• Protecting and strengthening the network. You'll find and fix network and cyber security risks in line with industry best practice. You'll also build, test and maintain network resilience and disaster recovery capability.
• Managing vendors and contracts. You'll manage network vendors, service providers and agreements, and look after the team's budget, so that we get strong service performance and value for money.
• Being the technical go-to. You'll provide expert leadership and act as the escalation point for complex network incidents and requests, working with the Service Desk, Service Delivery and Infrastructure teams to resolve issues quickly.

About you:

We're looking for a proactive and customer-centric network leader who enjoys leading people as much as solving complex technical problems. You stay a step ahead of risks and outages, and you keep your team focused on what matters most to the business and our community.
You communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders, and you're confident working with vendors and service providers to get the right outcomes. You value good documentation, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.

To be successful in this role, you'll bring:

• Proven experience leading an IT network team in a large or complex organisation
• Strong hand-on experience with enterprise networking and security technologies. Exposure to platforms like ours (Cisco switching, VeloCloud SD-WAN, FortiGate and Palo Alto firewalls, Zscaler, and Azure networking and hybrid connectivity), or their equivalents, will set you up for success.
• Experience managing technical environments where network, server, cloud and security systems are closely connected
• A solid grasp of ITIL-aligned service management, with mandatory ITIL 4 certification (network certifications such as CCNP are highly regarded)
• Experience managing vendors and contracts, and working with budgets
• Relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent professional IT experience
• Experience managing vendors and contracts, and working with budgets
• Relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent professional IT experience

Additional Information:

• Position Description
• Expected Interview Date: From 20 November 2026
• Questions? Please call Iva Markotic on 02 8495 6***

Northern Beaches Council is a diverse and inclusive employer and encourages applications from differently abled candidates. Reasonable adjustments to the workplace may be made where these are required.

If you would like to contact us to discuss your specific circumstances, please contact the hiring manager for this role. If you do not feel comfortable to do so, please contact HR Services on (02) 8495 5***.