Senior Network Engineer
Location: ACT
Clearance: Baseline required
Contract: 12 months with 2 × 12‑month extension options
Are you an experienced Senior Network Engineer looking to take ownership of a complex and evolving enterprise environment? This long-term contract offers the opportunity to lead critical network operations, uplift standards, and contribute to major incident response and strategic improvements.
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Network Engineer with 10+ years’ experience providing Level 3 network administration and support across a broad technology landscape. You will work within a high-performing team responsible for managing and enhancing a large-scale network environment spanning:
* Firewalls & traffic management
* LAN, WLAN, WAN
* Software-defined networking (SDN)
* Cloud environments including AWS, Azure, and Zscaler
This role requires a proactive, accountable professional who can lead improvements, ensure compliance, support major incident processes, and uplift team capability.
Key Responsibilities
* Own and manage updates, improvements, and lifecycle activities for network infrastructure, standards, procedures, documentation and diagrams.
* Perform advanced fault diagnosis, root cause analysis, and implement effective remediation.
* Maintain strict adherence to security policies and controls.
* Manage IT service queues to ensure timely ticket resolution.
* Lead or support major incident response, keeping senior stakeholders and incident managers informed.
* Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
* Support project planning and drive positive outcomes.
* Mentor and uplift team capability.
Technical Skills & Experience
* Strong experience in SDN technologies (e.g., Cisco ACI)
* Expertise with Fortigate firewalls and enterprise-grade LAN/WAN/WLAN
* Cloud networking across AWS and Azure
* Experience with Zscaler and cloud security technologies
* Strong problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills
* Ability to train, mentor, and support team members
Reach out to: **********@igniteco.com
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