Network Engineer Job Opportunity
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Network Engineer to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining our network infrastructure.
This is a senior role in the Network Operations team, responsible for ensuring the availability and performance of our network. The individual will implement new network designs and projects, operate and maintain existing infrastructure, and document the network.
The position frequently assists customers with network installations, faults, difficulties, and performance issues. The individual will also provide technical advice and mentoring to the wider Operations team.
The candidate will need to be on call from time to time to support our network after hours and may be required to undertake regional and interstate travel at short notice.
Key Responsibilities:
* Design, implement, and maintain network infrastructure
* Determine and order new equipment, software, and services as required
* Install, configure, and test new equipment and related software
* Configure and test new physical and virtual connections, circuits, and networks
* Document new and existing network installations, configurations, related information/data, and test results
* Operate, manage, and maintain the network
* Monitor and measure the network to ensure optimum availability and performance and to achieve service level agreements
* Detect, investigate, diagnose (troubleshoot), and rectify complex network faults, difficulties, and performance issues
* Maintain the network with hardware and software updates and upgrades
* Provide support and assistance
* Support, assist, and advise customers; the Network Operations Centre and other staff with network-related faults, problems, difficulties, network design, and planning, implementation, and other network-related requirements
* Liaise and communicate with external suppliers, providers, and partners
* Leadership
* Support ongoing training and development of other Network technicians and Engineers in the team
Requirements:
* At least 7 years' experience working as a network professional in a carrier-grade, data communication network environment
* Demonstrable, continuous experience working with Juniper and Cisco routing and switching equipment, related operating systems, BGP, OSPF, and MPLS
* Extensive knowledge of Juniper and Cisco routing and switching equipment and related operating systems, including features, functionality, and capability
* Strong, comprehensive knowledge and extensive use of BGP and OSPF routing protocols
* Knowledge of MPLS, VPLS, VLAN, Q-in-Q, Spanning Tree, IPv6, Multicast
* Highly skilled at configuring and using Juniper and Cisco operating systems
* Highly skilled at detecting, identifying, diagnosing, troubleshooting, and fixing/restoring network faults, difficulties, and performance issues
* Skilled at using e-mail, trouble-ticket, and workflow systems
* Some knowledge and use of scripting languages
Important Skills:
* Good technical drawing/writing and other documentation skills
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written)
* Ability to work independently and in team and cross-team environments
* Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work under time pressure