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Ignite

Network Engineer

Ignite
Australia · Full-time · Not Applicable

  • Permanent Role in Federal Government
  • Network security focus
  • Brisbane, Melbourne or Canberra location
 
Looking to join one of Australia’s most integral federal government departments? This department helps to make life of all Australians safer and is looking for a Network Engineer.
 
Working in Brisbane, Canberra or Melbourne office, you will be focused on engineering for their highly secure IT networks. This is an end to end role working on all aspects of network security.
 
Aside from the above you will be responsible for
 
  • Day to day network management and engineering
  • Identify and implement network security improvements
  • Assisting in requirement analysis and design
  • Resolution of network issues
  • Ensuring system / network integrity
  • Compliance with in/external security frameworks
 
This is a key role looking after one of Australia’s most secure and in demand networks. This is a network impacting countless lives so we are looking to speak with
 
  • 7+ years in complex secure network environments
  • Strong understanding of Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM)
  • Experience with Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF)
  • Cisco, Palo Alto, F5 experience (ideally certified)
  • Firewall, load balancing, proxy and VPN experience
  • Have or qualify as a Registered Professional Engineer
  • Australian citizenship with the ability to get a security clearance
 
On offer to the successful candidate will be a permanent role with a salary package circa $210,000.
 
Ideally you will be based in Melbourne although this organisation has an offices in Brisbane and Canberra so all options are available.
 
For more information, please contact Aidan Daly on 0425 156 051 or Lorena Orp on 02 6113 1800 alternatively please hit APPLY NOW for consideration of this role.


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Posted
Jan 15, 2026
Type
Full-time
Level
Not Applicable
Location
Melbourne
Company
Ignite

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Categories

Information Technology

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