About the business:
Established in 1991, Cyient provides engineering, geospatial, design-led manufacturing, and network and operational support services to global industry leaders, including many Fortune 500 clients. We leverage the power of digital technology and advanced analytics capabilities, along with domain knowledge and technical expertise, to solve complex business problems across several industries, including aerospace and defense, industrial, medical, utilities, semiconductor, telecommunications, rail transportation, energy, and natural resources. Our 15,000 associates are located in more than 21 countries, supporting 12 industries, including aerospace, rail transportation, power generation, telecommunications, and medical technology.
With a soundtrack record of growth and profitability, we are committed to developing a sustainable society and actively promoting education and inclusive growth initiatives in our local communities.
Employment Type: 12 months Fixed Term contract
Work Persona: Hybrid (3 days WFO)
We are seeking an experienced Syslog Migration Engineer to assess, design and migrate legacy Syslog services to a modern log-management platform in a high-volume telecommunications workplace.
The successful candidate will review existing Syslog servers, log streams and source devices; design scalable and highly available log-collection solutions; configure network and security controls; and deliver the migration in phases with minimal disruption and verified log delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Review legacy Syslog servers, active log streams and source devices, including firewalls, routers and servers.
- Design scalable and highly available Syslog solutions using forwarders, relays and load balancers where required.
- Configure and troubleshoot syslog, log parsers, regular-expression filters and data schemas.
- Update routing, VLAN, VRF, firewall, ACL, proxy and network-device configurations to support the migration.
- Configure Syslog forwarding from Cisco,
Juniper and Nokia devices, as well as application servers.
- Integrate Syslog services with SIEM and log-management platforms.
- Plan, test, and deliver phased production migrations with verified log delivery and rollback procedures.
- Complete post-migration testing, troubleshooting, and service validation.
- Maintain technical documentation and communicate clearly with project and operations teams.
Required Skills and Experience
- 5+ years of experience in network engineering, systems engineering, or log-management operations.
- Experience delivering production network or Syslog migrations in large enterprise or telecommunications environments.
- Hands-on experience Lab testing , configuring and troubleshooting rsyslog.
- Strong understanding of Syslog, TCP/UDP, TLS, and ports.
- Working knowledge of Cisco IOS, IOS-XE and IOS-XR, including Syslog source and destination configuration.
- Experience with Layer 3 routing, VRFs, VLANs, firewalls, ACLs, proxy services and network security policies.
- Experience integrating network infrastructure and application servers with SIEM platforms.
- Experience working with Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) environments is preferred.
- Experience planning and executing phased production migrations.
- Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and stakeholder communication skills.
Education and Certifications
- Degree, diploma or equivalent experience in Network Engineering, Information Technology or Telecommunications.
- CCNA, CCNP, or equivalent industry experience is desirable.
Cyient is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cyient recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive company where our people can focus their whole self on solving problems that matter.
📌 Syslog Migration Engineer (Sydney)
🏢 Cyient
📍 Sydney