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Seeking a Network Engineer with experience in Cisco certification such as CCNA, or equivalent experience.
The Department
This organisation promotes international trade, investment, and education. It helps local businesses connect globally, attracts foreign investment, and supports tourism and education sectors.The departments network provides services to staff in approximately 60 locations in over 50 countries and needs to be supported 24x7. Our network is adopting a cloud first approach with a goal of reducing our on premise footprint. This role will provide opportunity to contribute to these projects.
Looking for a network engineer to join the team responsible for the support and maintenance of the departments global IT network.The role is primarily focussed on operational maintenance of the environment, responding to incidents and service requests but will also involve project work to implement new digital services and enhance network services
This role will require working weekends and outside of normal business hours as well as the ability to provide on-call support.
Technical Skills required to perform the role: -
The Network Engineer will be responsible for:
Security Required: Must have a NV1 Security Clearance required
Location - ACT, NSW, VIC and Hybrid - 3 days a week in the office
How to Apply
Please upload your resume to apply. Candidates will need to be willing to undergo pre-employment screening checks which may include, ID and work rights, security clearance verification and any other client requested checks
Closing date: Thursday 10 April 2025 9am , Canberra time
Call Joanne Finchett on 0480 002454 or email Joanne@whizdom.com.au for any further information
Network Engineer
| Job title : | Network Engineer |
| Contract type : | Contract |
| Location : | Canberra |
| Sectors : | |
| Salary : | $150 - $170 per hour |
| Start date : | 2025-04-02 |
| Duration : | 12.0 MONTH |
| Job Reference : | V-51272 |
| Contact name : | Joanne Finchett |
| Contact email : | joanne@whizdom.com.au |
| Job published : | about 20 hours ago |
The Department
This organisation promotes international trade, investment, and education. It helps local businesses connect globally, attracts foreign investment, and supports tourism and education sectors.The departments network provides services to staff in approximately 60 locations in over 50 countries and needs to be supported 24x7. Our network is adopting a cloud first approach with a goal of reducing our on premise footprint. This role will provide opportunity to contribute to these projects.
Looking for a network engineer to join the team responsible for the support and maintenance of the departments global IT network.The role is primarily focussed on operational maintenance of the environment, responding to incidents and service requests but will also involve project work to implement new digital services and enhance network services
This role will require working weekends and outside of normal business hours as well as the ability to provide on-call support.
Technical Skills required to perform the role: -
- Demonstrated technical understanding of, and experience with Fortinet, Cisco and Azure networking suite of services and products.
- Experience with FortiGate, Forti Manager, Forti Authenticator and Forti Analyzer
- Experience with Solarwinds or other equivalent network monitoring tools
- Operational experience and troubleshooting skills with global network communications deployments.
- Functional knowledge and experience of telecommunications standards and protocols such as; IP/TCP/UDP, routing protocols (EIGRP, BGP, OSPF), QoS/DSCP and DMVPN/ADVPN
- Functional knowledge and experience of SNMPv3, Netflow, AVC, NBAR and network performance monitoring/management tools and methods
- Experience of Public Key Cryptography principles as well as Network Authentication and encryption protocols such as IPSEC/IKE, 802.1x, RADIUS, TACACS+, SSL/TLS, EAP
The Network Engineer will be responsible for:
- Performing day-to-day level 2 and 3 support and administration activities for a global network including responding to system faults, configuration updates, monitoring system health and maintaining disaster recovery manuals
- Installation, configuration and maintenance of Cisco and Fortinet hardware and software platforms to provide Data Centre Networking, SDWAN, VPN Remote Access and WiFi
- Identifying and providing technical details for implementing system improvements, both within and outside formal projects.
- Researching, evaluating and implementing new hardware, software and processes for the development, management and support of Austrade’s corporate communication networks and make recommendations for the acquisition of relevant goods or services
- Managing system upgrades and following ISM guidelines to maintain Maturity Level 2 security posture
- Ensuring network service documentation and standard operating procedures are up to date and relevant.
- Participation in an oncall roster to respond to urgent issues after hours.
Security Required: Must have a NV1 Security Clearance required
Location - ACT, NSW, VIC and Hybrid - 3 days a week in the office
How to Apply
Please upload your resume to apply. Candidates will need to be willing to undergo pre-employment screening checks which may include, ID and work rights, security clearance verification and any other client requested checks
Closing date: Thursday 10 April 2025 9am , Canberra time
Call Joanne Finchett on 0480 002454 or email Joanne@whizdom.com.au for any further information