About the Role
This role focuses on the planning, design and transition of complex, mission-critical enterprise and operational networks, contributing to a major network modernisation initiative.
You'll work alongside highly skilled architects and engineers in a collaborative, purpose-driven environment, tackling technically complex challenges and shaping end-to-end network services in a regulated, high-availability setting.
Key Responsibilities
* Translating prior managed network services experience into design, deployment and transition activities
* Develop high-level, service-based architectural patterns aligned to customer requirements across enterprise and operational networks
* Produce low-level architecture designs that implement the approved high-level architecture
* Support and guide automated lab testing to validate network designs and performance
* Create and execute transition and migration plans for critical services moving from legacy to new networks
* Provide technical leadership for end-to-end network data service processes
* Prepare and review site designs, including interconnection diagrams, rack layouts, bills of materials and associated artefacts
* Communicate physical and logical network designs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
* Provide clear recommendations to meet network, security and regulatory requirements
Skills & Experience
Essential:
* Australian Citizenship (mandatory) with eligibility to obtain security clearance up to NV1
* Bachelor's degree (Master's preferred)
* 8+ years' experience designing, analysing and troubleshooting complex enterprise networks
* 4+ years' experience on large electronic systems integration projects
* Strong telecommunications domain knowledge, including carrier services and provisioning
* Experience with complex WAN and LAN architectures, including:
* MPLS, Segment Routing, SD-WAN
* SD-ACCESS
* VXLAN and MPN
* Hands-on experience with routing and firewall platforms (e.g. Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet, Palo Alto, F5)
* Strong understanding of networking and signalling protocols including:
* IS-IS, BGP, OSPF
* TCP/IP, IPv4 and emerging IPv6
* VoIP, SIP, VPNs, DWDM
* Experience participating in customer requirements reviews, design reviews, and test/acceptance events
* Experience with network automation tools and methodologies
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Willingness to travel within Australia as required
Desirable Experience
* Experience delivering defence, public safety or mission-critical systems
* Exposure to systems engineering lifecycle methodologies
* Experience with security and safety-critical programs
* Experience in multi-disciplinary engineering environments
* Proficiency with engineering documentation tools such as AutoCAD and Visio
* Experience with voice communications systems (VoIP, radio, telephony)
* Broader technical skills such as scripting, ICT, electronics or project management
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