Network Engineer - Contract - Sydney/ Melbourne

Requirements

• Security Products Expertise: Advanced configuration knowledge and experience with enterprise-grade security products, specifically highlighting Palo Alto firewalls.
  
  


• Advanced Cisco Networking: Advanced configuration knowledge and hands-on experience with Cisco Routers, Wireless systems, and Switches, including Nexus data center switches.
  
  


• Routing Protocols & Technologies: In-depth configuration knowledge of VXLAN, Advanced OSPF, BGP, and complex route redistribution.
  
  


• Industrial Control Systems (ICS/SCADA): Essential experience dealing with mission-critical, safety-critical, or SCADA systems, with a strong understanding of industrial protocols such as Modbus, PLCs, and support networks.
  
  


• Operational Flexibility & Mobility: Must hold a current unrestricted driver's license for travel to roadside, motorway, and tunnel environments, and have the full ability to participate in after-hours onsite work during planned change windows.
  
  

• Specific Network Management Tools: Experience with monitoring and management products such as SolarWinds, Cisco Prime, and Cisco ISE.
  
  


• Network Automation: Experience in network automation and a demonstrated ability to drive operational efficiency through the automation and simplification of technologies and processes.
  
  


• Academic Qualifications: A tertiary degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
  
  


• Scale & Criticality Experience: Success in a comparable position supporting enterprise-level, mission-critical networks that handle medium to high-volume transactions.
  
  


• Frameworks & Methodologies: Experience working in an ITIL environment and experience in applying FMECA (Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis).
  
  


• Professional Certifications: Active certifications in Cisco and/or Palo Alto technologies