The Role
As an ASD EL1 Lead Network Engineer, you will lead the design, build, and support of the organisation’s IP-based Wide Area Networks, Local Area Networks, firewalls, and associated systems. This leadership role involves guiding technical teams through a period of significant technological change, ensuring ASD’s networks remain secure, resilient, and capable of supporting critical intelligence and cyber operations.
Key duties and responsibilities include:
* Undertake complex engineering and project work.
* In-depth knowledge of and compliance with policy and legislative frameworks.
* Translates and shapes strategies, policies and operational practices.
* Possesses knowledge relating to the methodology, systems and procedures within the engineering management function.
* Evaluates technical and design packages including scoping, planning, and reviewing implemented actions.
* Responsible for significant aspects of the installation, upgrade, operation, control and effective use of local and wide area networks for the communication of data, voice, audio, text or images.
* Establish and lead network planning for own area of responsibility and designs the infrastructure necessary to provide the network services to meet service level agreements.
* Maintain and apply detailed knowledge and experience related to the current ASD and industry accepted network hardware and software products.
* Identify areas of risk and review the adequacy and effectiveness of ASD's approach to risk in the use of ICT and offer appropriate suggestions to address the risk.
* Has expertise in change management and applies this to ensure the continuity of network operations and business functions during network installation or integration tasks.
* Build and sustain relationships, liaise with a range of stakeholders including other teams, peers and colleagues across ASD and other organisations.
* Lead, motivate and mentor teams, aligning complementary skills and allocate resources in a manner that delivers results.
* Evaluate projects to understand critical factors for success and engage in activities to achieve continuous improvement.
* Analyse very complex network engineering issues, applying expertise to identify and recommend courses of action.
Further information can be found at: asd.gov.au/careers/im-changing-my-career/engineering-and-technical
About our Team
ASD is seeking highly motivated Network Engineers from all backgrounds with experience in various forms of engineering to deliver systems that enable the conduct of intelligence, cyber security and offensive cyber operations in support of the Australian Government and Australian Defence Force (ADF).
We will provide you with an environment where you can develop and push the limits of your technical abilities to keep pace in an evolving technological environment.
You will work in multi-disciplinary teams delivering networks from small-scale, bespoke solutions to some of the largest scale, complex enterprise systems in Australia.
Our Ideal Candidate
Our ideal candidate demonstrates strong collaboration skills to achieve results and shows a willingness to learn and adapt to evolving network technologies.
* Understand, build and manage routing and switching solutions including configuration, automation and monitoring.
* Demonstrates the ability to lead, inspire and develop high‑performing teams by leveraging complementary strengths, fostering a culture of collaboration, and strategically allocating resources to achieve impactful and measurable results.
* Build, configure, and maintain network security solutions including firewalls, virtual appliances, VPNS, as well as cloud-native routing and switching technologies.
* Install and manage physical hardware including, network routers, switches and compute servers.
* Troubleshoot ICT infrastructure.
* Cisco and/or Juniper firewall experience.
* Exposure to and understanding of OSPF and BGP routing, as well as MPLS technologies.
* Familiarity with ITIL processes and procedures.
* Experience with Unix/Linux.
* Experience with Optical Transport, design, operations and maintenance including DWDM (Dense Wave Division Multiplexing).
* As part of the ASD’s technical leadership group, our ideal candidate will provide leadership, technical and planning skills, ensuring the overarching network architecture meets the business objectives and requirements.
* Understand their critical role in one of the largest organisations within the Australian.
ASD is seeking applicants to fill current and anticipated vacancies and to create a merit pool for future vacancies. In line with the Australian Public Service Commissioner’s Direction 2022, upon completion of the recruitment activity, the merit pool will be available to locations across Australia.
Application Closing Date: Sunday, 22 March 2026
For further information please review the job information pack, reference ASD/01157/26 on www.asd.gov.au/careers.