Job Description

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- Own the strategy, architecture, service design and delivery quality of the MSP's networking practice across a multi-tenant client base
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- Establish a standardised, secure and automatable networking fabric spanning campus, data centre, cloud and edge
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- Set reference architectures and govern the vendor stack
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- Mature network automation and observability
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- Ensure the networking practice scales efficiently while maintaining predictable margins and measurable service outcomes
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- Review the current MPLS platform, network architecture and risk register
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- Design, architect and implement the next-generation network with major stakeholders
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- Lead the network automation transformation to improve efficiency, client time to value and risk management
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- Conduct capacity planning for organic and exceptional growth
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- Participate in pre-sales and provide solutions for client opportunities
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- Engage in prospect and win strategies with business stakeholders
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- Ensure proposed client solutions are feasible and aligned with core network platforms
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- Participate in the Change Advisory Board and assess core network platform changes
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- Maintain the core network risk register and ensure mitigation plans are actioned
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- Develop network platform metrics and reports for executive, business and IT management
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- Maintain knowledge of organisational technologies and architectures
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- Develop and maintain current-state and planned-state architectural blueprints
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- Assess enterprise architecture and infrastructure initiatives' impact on service-provider platforms
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- Advise on technology vendor and solution decisions
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- Develop total-cost-of-ownership models for business cases
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- Respond to major incidents during and outside business hours as required
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- Cultivate relationships with management across the business
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- Provide technical mentoring and leadership to engineering staff
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Requirements

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- Substantial senior experience in enterprise or service-provider networking, ideally in an MSP or multi-tenant environment
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- Demonstrable leadership or design-authority experience
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- Deep, current expertise in SASE, SD-WAN, ZTNA, campus, data centre and cloud networking
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- Proven experience designing and operating multi-tenant managed network services at scale
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- Strong network automation and infrastructure-as-code experience, with a preference for standardisation
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- Experience owning major-incident response and SLA-based service-quality outcomes
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- Understanding of Essential Eight and ISO 27001 security and compliance frameworks
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- Experience leading, mentoring and growing technical teams
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- Excellent client-facing communication skills
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- Required tertiary education such as an Advanced Diploma, Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Technology, or equivalent industry experience
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- CCIE certification or equivalent experience
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- Hands-on knowledge of SASE/SSE, ZTNA, SD-WAN, secure web gateways and CASB integration
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- Enterprise switching, Wi-Fi 6E/7, cloud-managed networking and AIOps-driven fabrics
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- Data-centre L2/L3 fabrics, EVPN-VXLAN, overlay/underlay design, firewalling and load balancing
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- Azure and AWS networking, hub-and-spoke and virtual WAN topologies, cloud-native connectivity and hybrid interconnect
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- BGP, OSPF, VLANs/VRFs, QoS and multicast fundamentals
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- Infrastructure-as-code,



configuration management, network telemetry, flow analytics, AIOps and full-stack correlation
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- Ubuntu Server, Docker containers, NMS infrastructure, TACACS, RADIUS, Syslog, Grafana and time-series databases
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- Availability to respond to major incidents during and outside business hours as required
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- Employment subject to National Police Checking Service
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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in enterprise networking, including SASE, SD-WAN, and ZTNA, while leading network automation initiatives and ensuring service quality in a multi-tenant environment. Proven ability to design and implement scalable network architectures and mentor technical teams effectively.

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Highest-signal resume keywords

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- SASE Expertise
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- SD-WAN Implementation
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- Network Automation
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- CCIE Certification
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- Multi-Tenant Networking
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ATS Optimization Keywords

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Hard Skills

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- Network Architecture Design
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- Infrastructure-as-Code
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- MPLS Platform Review
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- Capacity Planning
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- Data-Centre L2/L3 Fabrics
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- BGP Fundamentals
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- Firewalling
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- Load Balancing
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- Cloud-Native Connectivity
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- Network Telemetry
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Soft Skills

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- Client-Facing Communication
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- Leadership
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- Mentoring
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- Relationship Building
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- Incident Response
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Certifications & Qualifications

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- CCIE Certification
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- Advanced Diploma
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- Bachelor's Degree
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- Master's Degree
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Industry Keywords

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- Managed Network Services
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- Essential Eight
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- ISO 27001
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- Service-Provider Networking
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- Multi-Tenant Environment
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Tools & Technologies

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- Ubuntu Server
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- Docker Containers
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- Grafana
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- TACACS
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- RADIUS
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- Syslog
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- Time-Series Databases
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- AIOps
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- NMS Infrastructure
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- Cloud-Managed Networking
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📌 Head of Networks (New South Wales)
🏢 Jobtailor
📍 New South Wales