12-month contract + 2 x 12-month extension options

NV2 clearance or ability to obtain NV2 required

We are seeking an experienced Senior Network Specialist to join a high-profile Federal Government environment in Canberra.

This is a hands-on senior technical role supporting and maintaining a complex, secure, multi-vendor network environment. The successful candidate will bring strong Cisco enterprise networking expertise , complemented by experience across technologies such as HPE, Fortinet/FortiGate, Palo Alto and Peplink .

Key Responsibilities

- Support and maintain enterprise network infrastructure across Cisco, HPE, FortiGate, Palo Alto and Peplink environments.
- Administer and troubleshoot complex LAN, MAN and WAN environments.
- Support Cisco technologies including BGP, MPLS, IPsec, QoS and enterprise routing and switching .
- Manage and support network security technologies and services .
- Support virtualised networking environments.
- Manage carrier circuits and troubleshoot physical connectivity issues.
- Implement and administer network management and monitoring solutions including SNMP, Syslog, TACACS and NTP .
- Use automation tools to support the management of network and server infrastructure.
- Work with technical and business stakeholders to translate requirements into practical network capabilities.




- Support secure network environments aligned with the Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM) .

About You

You will be a senior, hands-on network professional with solid experience operating complex enterprise networks.

Ideally, you will bring:

- Strong Cisco networking experience across enterprise WAN and LAN environments.
- Hands-on experience with BGP, MPLS, IPsec and QoS .
- Experience working within multi-vendor network environments , including HPE, Cisco, Fortinet/FortiGate and/or Palo Alto.
- Experience administering secure networks compliant with the Australian Government ISM .
- Strong network monitoring and management experience across technologies such as SNMP, Syslog, TACACS, NTP and DCIM .
- Experience using automation tools for network or infrastructure management.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
- Experience translating business requirements into technical solutions.

Highly regarded experience includes:

- Palo Alto Networks NGFW , including Panorama, GlobalProtect, User-ID, App-ID and Content-ID.
- Linux server administration, including DNS, proxies, web servers, host-based firewalls and security tooling .
- Previous experience within complex Australian Government ICT environments.

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📌 Cisco Network Engineer (Canberra)
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📍 Canberra