Network Architect

We're partnering with a large, complex organisation seeking an experienced Network Architect to provide architectural leadership across a significant infrastructure transformation and redevelopment program.

Working alongside delivery partners, vendors and systems integrators, you'll provide hands-on architectural oversight and assurance across the network environment, ensuring solutions are scalable, resilient and fit for purpose.

This is initial 12 month FTC with a significant (3-5 years) program of work following on.

- Provide architectural oversight and assurance across the design and delivery of a complex enterprise network environment.
- Work closely with systems integrators, delivery partners and key technical stakeholders throughout the program.
- Review proposed network designs, challenge where appropriate, and recommend practical alternative approaches.
- Provide technical direction across enterprise networking, Wi-Fi, firewalls and network security.
- Guide the use of software-defined networking, segmentation and micro-segmentation, assessing the benefits and trade-offs of different approaches.
- Ensure network solutions meet business, operational, performance and security requirements.
- Provide pragmatic,



real-world architectural guidance rather than purely high-level conceptual design.

You'll be an experienced Network Architect with a strong background designing and delivering networks within large, complex enterprise environments.

Ideally, you'll bring:

- Strong Cisco networking architecture and design experience.
- Extensive knowledge of enterprise Wi-Fi, particularly within environments where wireless connectivity is business critical.
- Experience across firewalls, SDN, network segmentation and micro-segmentation.
- Experience designing networks for highly complex, critical or regulated environments.
- Strong stakeholder management skills and the confidence to challenge designs and influence technical direction.
- The ability to translate architectural principles into practical, deliverable solutions.
- Experience within clinical, aged care, health care, or similarly complex operational environments would be highly regarded.

This is an excellent opportunity to influence the network architecture underpinning a major transformation program and work across a highly complex, business-critical technology setting.

📌 Network Architect (Melbourne)
🏢 Talenza
📍 Melbourne