????Urgent call for a Network Engineer and Architect for an 8-12 week contract in Hobart, including site visits in Tasmania.
????This role will assess, document, and provide expert recommendations on the current and future-state ICT fibre network infrastructure across four major Tasmanian public hospitals, with a focus on:
Policy and standards for site fibre/comms resiliency.
Risk identification and redundancy.
Physical diversity of fibre pathways.
Remediation and implementation planning.
Closes COB Friday 13th of June.
???? Detailed Duties/Activities
Resilient Network Requirements:
* Confirm areas requiring resilient network infrastructure, including:
* Dual fibre backbone (A and B networks)
* Power protection (UPS with 20-minute runtime where genset is present; 90 minutes where not)
* Fire-protected rooms where applicable
Define Resilience Zones:
* Engage stakeholders to identify and confirm areas requiring high network resilience, such as:
* Major and district hospitals
* Community and multipurpose centres with inpatient services
* Facilities with safety-critical systems dependent on WAN connectivity
* Facilitate consensus through governance bodies (e.g. Technical Design Authority)
WAN Performance Standards:
* Define acceptable performance standards for resilient WAN connections in collaboration with stakeholders.
* Determine appropriate technologies per use case:
* Dual fibre
* Dual terrestrial (e.g. fibre and copper)
* Radio-based systems (e.g. 5G/LTE, Starlink, P2P, intra-building point-to-point)
* Consider technology limitations (e.g. Telstra LTE jitter issues affecting RTLS and duress systems)
Site Assessments:
* Conduct physical and logical assessments of fibre infrastructure from Core Communications Rooms (CCRs) to Edge Communications Rooms (ECRs).
* Identify presence and adequacy of redundant fibre pathways and physically diverse routes.
* Assess current infrastructure against best practice for acute hospital environments.
Risk Identification:
* Document key risks and single points of failure in current fibre layouts.
* Highlight gaps in redundancy, physical separation, and resilience.
Strategic Planning:
* Develop a remediation and implementation plan for each site, including:
* Recommended upgrades or reconfigurations
* Prioritised actions based on risk and criticality
* High-level cost and effort estimates (where feasible)
Integration with Capital Works:
* Align recommendations with current and planned capital works and Master Planning activities at each site.
* Provide input to ensure future-state infrastructure is scalable and standards-compliant.
Second CCR Considerations:
* Specifically assess and incorporate the planned second Core Communications Rooms at LGH and NWRH into the overall fibre strategy.
Stakeholder Engagement:
* Liaise with DHHS ICT, hospital engineering teams, and capital works planners.
* Present findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
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