Network Engineer

Network Engineer

• 12 months contract opportunity- with a high potential to go permanent
• Must be an Australian citizen eligible for security clearance
• Offering: $570/day including super
• Location: Sydney

Our client is a global SaaS leader- one of 25 companies on Fortune's World’s Best Workplaces and Forbes' America’s Best Companies. We are looking for a network operations person who can understand automation

About the role:

• Maintain and deploy modern computer networks based on business and technical requirements.
• Partner with project and program managers to meet overall timelines and resolution of issues.
• Operate and troubleshoot networks to identify and resolve issues quickly.
• Take a lead role in the engagement and mitigation of outage causing events or issues.
• Validate problem descriptions and perform detailed problem diagnosis; track and update problems in trouble-ticketing system.
• Perform non-critical investigations into functionality that is not working as desired.
• Engage deeply in the sustainment function to proactively analyze network parameters such as capacity and availability to ensure issues are fixed before they cause an outage.
• Review, consult and prepare for planned change introduction to production environment.
• Partner with teams to plan and execute software code upgrades and device maintenance.

Requirements:

• 4+ years' experience in networking with a solid foundation in routing, switching, security and load balancing.
• 4+ years of firewall administration. Palo Alto, Cisco ASA, Fortigate
• 4+ years of load balancer administration. F5 BigIP, NGINX, NetScaler
• 2+ years of public cloud experience with a focus on networking. AWS, GCP or Azure
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in working on Internet and data center networks.
• RedHat/CentOS linux.
• Virtualization and container management. Kubernetes, OpenStack, linux KVM
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): using DevOps, Bit Bucket, GitHub.
• Possess a solid understanding of and have experience with most of the following network technologies: BGP, OSPF, HSRP/VRRP, IPSEC, SNMP, ECMP.
• Deep, hands-on experience with TCP/IP protocols including capturing and analyzing traffic with Wireshark and/or other tools.
• Familiarity with Cisco IOS and JunOS operating systems required.
• Ability to partner with peers who are globally distributed is a key part of this role.
• Passion for customer experiences and focus on delivering high quality support.
• Strong communication skills and empathy for customers.
• Ability to learn new technology in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, efficient time management with competing priorities

Nice to have :

• Scripting and automation: bash/python.
• High performance computing. GPGPU, Infiniband, RoCEv2.

To apply, click the link and upload your current resume in Microsoft Word format only (.doc or .docx), or please send through a copy of your latest CV to [email protected] or give me a call on 0427965203 for a confidential discussion.

You must be an Australian Citizen