CBC Engineer | Critical Communications | Sydney
Contract Opportunity | Sydney | L2 Technical Support

Calling all Network Engineers, Systems Engineers, Linux Engineers and Telecommunications Operations Engineers with experience across critical network platforms.

If you enjoy complex fault finding, working across Linux and IP networks, and taking ownership of systems that need to remain available around the clock, this contract is worth a look.

You'll support the National Emergency Warning System (NEWS) and Cell Broadcast Centre (CBC) platforms, working across network operations, incident management, system performance and technical improvements.

This is a hands-on L2 engineering role with a broad technical environment and direct involvement in maintaining services that support emergency communications.

What's On Offer

- Critical National Infrastructure - Work on emergency warning and cell broadcast platforms where network availability and reliability have a direct operational impact.
- Broad Technical Environment - Gain exposure across Linux, IP networking, firewalls, load balancers, physical servers, virtualised environments and databases.
- Technical Ownership - Manage complex faults through to resolution, working with internal teams, customers and vendors when escalation is required.
- Beyond Routine Support - Contribute to platform upgrades, operational improvements, automation and the development of monitoring tools.
- Customer & Vendor Exposure - Work directly with technical stakeholders across network operations, engineering and managed services.
- Specialist Experience - Build further expertise in emergency communications platforms and the operational requirements of critical telecommunications services.




- Sydney Contract Opportunity - Apply your existing network and systems administration skills in a specialist technical workplace.

What You'll Be Doing

- Provide L2 technical support for NEWS and CBC platforms, managing incidents, fault investigations, escalations and service restoration within agreed SLAs.
- Maintain and support Linux servers, IP networks, firewalls, load balancers, databases and associated infrastructure, including system upgrades and performance improvements.
- Work with customers, vendors and other engineering teams on platform reliability, operational processes, automation and technical reporting.

What Will Make You Successful

- Experience in network engineering, systems administration or telecommunications operations, with strong fault-finding capability.
- Hands-on experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, IP networking, Cisco, Check Point, F5 and server infrastructure. Knowledge of MySQL, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch or scripting with Bash, Python or Perl is valuable.
- Confidence managing technical incidents, working with vendors and supporting critical platforms. You must be comfortable participating in a 24/7 on-call support roster and completing a police clearance check.

Why Apply?
If you're an experienced Network or Systems Engineer who wants to work on infrastructure with a clear purpose, this role offers a different technical challenge.

You'll be supporting emergency communications platforms, solving complex operational issues and helping improve the reliability of systems that need to perform when they're called upon.

We'd love to hear from you. Apply now for a confidential discussion.

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