Senior Network Engineer
Onshore applicants only
Visa sponsorship
IT & Technology · Sydney, NSW, Australia · Contract · Discussed at interview · Visa: Employer sponsored · Applicants: Onshore applicants only
For network professionals building a long-term career in Australian enterprise IT, this is a strong platform. An established consultancy that has served finance, government, telecommunications and enterprise clients since 2003 is engaging several Senior Network Engineers on long-term contracts for a major banking client in Sydney.
The client is mid-way through an infrastructure and technology modernisation programme. Your contribution is senior-level ownership: designing critical networking constructs, implementing them for each large-scale migration phase and handing them over to operations. Exposure of this kind on a banking programme adds real depth to a senior network career.
The roles are strictly onsite and need onshore professionals who live in Sydney and hold a valid work visa; visa sponsorship and existing visa takeover opportunities are available.
A well-structured CV makes your progression clear. Document your network engineering progression for Sydney in a CV with Build AI CV, highlighting architecture decisions, certifications and migration outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Translate high-level design specifications into firewall configurations and deploy complex constructs across Cisco ASA and ACI
- Lead passive and canary deployments and validate rule sets
- Configure and manage F5 GTM and LTM appliances for traffic distribution, assuring high availability and disaster recovery compliance via F5 integration
- Own the change process end to end, drafting rigorous change control plans and the rollback steps behind them
- Track how the network behaves once changes go live and keep handover records complete
Requirements & Eligibility
- Strong hands-on experience with Cisco ASA
- Strong hands-on experience with Cisco ACI and APIC environments
- Proven track record rolling out enterprise firewall policy and resolving issues through troubleshooting
- Expertise in F5 GTM and LTM appliances, both configuring and supporting them
- Solid understanding of capacity planning and performance monitoring across networks
- CCNP / CCIE or equivalent industry certifications highly regarded
- Based in Sydney with a valid work visa (strictly onsite roles)
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