Senior Cisco Engineer - Enterprise Network & VPN Expert

Absolute It; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life cover

Critical illness protection

Kiwisaver 4%

Job summary

Absolute IT in New Zealand is seeking a senior Cisco Engineer to join a high-performing infrastructure team supporting a complex, distributed network across datacentres, campuses, and remote sites.

This hands-on role demands deep Cisco expertise, leadership, and the ability to mentor engineers while maintaining network resilience and driving improvements in routing, VPNs, and security. The position is based in Waitakere & West Auckland with security vetting and on-call responsibilities.

Qualifications

• CCNA and/or CCNP certifications with proven large-scale enterprise networking support.
• Advanced routing and switching in large environments.
• Expertise in BGP, OSPF, and enterprise routing.
• Experience designing and supporting IPSec VPNs at scale.
• Strong troubleshooting across distributed networks.
• Experience in multi-vendor environments.
• Hands-on monitoring, diagnostics, and incident resolution.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support enterprise network infrastructure across LAN, WAN, datacentre, and remote environments.
• Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex network, routing, and connectivity issues.
• Manage and optimise large-scale IPSec VPN solutions.
• Support datacentre switching and network fabric infrastructure.
• Collaborate with vendors and internal teams to deliver network services and upgrades.
• Contribute to network architecture, technology refresh initiatives, and continuous improvement.
• Support network automation and configuration management practices.
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to a team of engineers.
• Participate in an on-call roster following onboarding.

Skills

CCNA/CCNP certifications

Advanced routing & switching

BGP/OSPF

IPSec VPNs at scale

Troubleshooting

Multi-vendor environment

Network monitoring/diagnostics

Mentoring engineers

Education

Cisco CCNA/CCNP certifications

Tools

Ansible

Git

Juniper

Palo Alto Firewalls

Job description

Absolute IT in New Zealand is seeking a senior Cisco Engineer to join a high-performing infrastructure team supporting a complex, distributed network across datacentres, campuses, and remote sites.

This hands-on role demands deep Cisco expertise, leadership, and the ability to mentor engineers while maintaining network resilience and driving improvements in routing, VPNs, and security. The position is based in Waitakere & West Auckland with security vetting and on-call responsibilities.