Join a leading, multi-award-winning Global Tech powerhouse in Sydney's CBD, where you'll be focused on high performance computing technologies, and ensuring the reliability of network connectivity & shaping the backbone of our network infrastructure. Consistently awarded as 1 of the Top Fortune 100 companies to work for!

We're seeking a well-rounded & project focused mid to senior level Network Engineer to join our client's highly talented & collaborative Global Cloud Networking Services team.

Job Title: Senior Network Engineer (IC3)

What your exciting days will look like:

• Maintain and deploy modern computer networks aligned with business & technical needs.
• Collaborate with project and program managers to ensure timely project delivery and issue resolution.
• Operate, monitor, and troubleshoot networks to swiftly identify and resolve incidents.
• Take a leading role in managing and mitigating network outages and critical issues.
• Validate problem details and perform in-depth diagnostics, tracking progress in our ticketing system.
• Investigate and address non-critical network functionality issues.
• Proactively analyze network capacity and availability to ensure issues are resolved before causing outages.
• Review and contribute to the planning and preparation for changes to the production environment.
• Partner with teams to plan and execute software upgrades and device maintenance on network infrastructure.

Qualifications

What you'll need to succeed in this role:

• Must have hands-on Networking experience with a solid understanding of Routing, Switching, Security, and Load balancing.
• Strong understanding & knowledge with core Network technologies: BGP, OSPF, HSRP/VRRP, IPSEC, SNMP, ECMP.
• Practical experience with Firewall administration (Palo Alto, Cisco ASA, Fortigate).
• Hands-on experience in load balancer administration (F5 BigIP, NGINX, NetScaler).
• Preferably has up to 2 years of experience working with public cloud networking (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Up to 5+years of experience in managing internet and data center network environments.
• Deep, hands-on experience with TCP/IP protocols, including traffic capture and analysis using tools like Wireshark.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with globally distributed teams.

Nice to Haves:

• Experience with HPC (high-performance computing technologies) like GPGPU, Infiniband, RoCEv2.
• Some familiarity with RedHat/CentOS Linux OS
• Scripting & automation skills (bash/python, ansible)
• Familiarity with Cisco IOS and JunOS operating systems.
• Virtualization & container management experience (Kubernetes, OpenStack, Linux KVM).
• Familiarity with CI/CD practices & tools like DevOps, Bitbucket, GitHub.

What awaits you:

Look forward to contributing to a mission-critical function, working w/ cutting edge technologies, an exciting & innovative Tech culture, state of the art facilities, very supportive environment, strong growth trajectory, flexible WFH/Hybrid setup & the opportunity for perm conversion.

* Candidates must have full working rights in AU & be locally based
*Long term 12 Mos contract role > not your typical contracting role! Choose between annual salary + leave entitlements or daily rate (independent contractor) - Your choice!

What's Next?

APPLY today via the link or email [email protected] and we'll be in touch with you right away!

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