The Role As a Senior Network Engineer, you will be responsible for the engineering, support and continuous improvement of critical network and infrastructure services. Your focus will be on ensuring secure, resilient and efficient connectivity across enterprise and operational environments.

This is an opportunity to work across a diverse technology landscape that includes enterprise networking, data centres, cloud platforms, hybrid infrastructure and operational technology environments.

You'll be responsible for helping ensure the availability, security and performance of network services that support business-critical operations across multiple locations.

Working alongside architects, engineers, operational stakeholders and technology partners, you will contribute to strategic initiatives while also providing hands-on technical expertise across complex network environments.

What's on offer?

- Work on large-scale, highly available network environments
- Exposure to enterprise, cloud and operational technology networks
- Diverse project and operational responsibilities
- Cooperative team culture with strong technical capability
- Opportunities to drive automation, innovation and continuous improvement

Key responsibilities include:

- Designing, deploying and supporting enterprise network solutions across WAN, LAN, data centre and remote site environments
- Managing routing, switching and security platforms within multi-vendor network environments
- Supporting cloud-connected and hybrid networking solutions that integrate on-premises and cloud-based services




- Implementing and maintaining network security controls, including firewalls, VPNs, segmentation and access management
- Troubleshooting complex infrastructure and network incidents across physical, virtual and cloud environments
- Monitoring network performance and maintaining high levels of service availability
- Supporting network lifecycle management, upgrades and technology refresh programs
- Developing and maintaining technical documentation, standards, diagrams and operational procedures
- Identifying opportunities to improve efficiency through network automation and modern infrastructure practices
- Participating in major technology projects, migrations and service improvement initiatives
- Providing technical guidance and collaborating with internal teams, vendors and external service providers
- Supporting IT service management processes including Incident, Change, Problem and Configuration Management

About You You are a highly skilled network engineering professional with strong technical depth and a passion for building reliable, secure and scalable infrastructure.

You'll bring

- Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale enterprise networks
- Strong expertise in Cisco and Juniper networking technologies




- Proven experience with routing and switching protocols including BGP and OSPF
- Exposure to modern data centre networking technologies such as MPLS, VXLAN and EVPN
- Experience designing and supporting cloud and hybrid networking environments
- Strong understanding of network security principles and technologies
- The ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues across diverse environments
- Experience with network monitoring, performance management and operational support
- Strong documentation and technical communication skills
- The ability to build productive relationships with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Highly Regarded The following experience will be viewed favourably:

- Operational Technology (OT), industrial control systems or critical infrastructure environments
- Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) or similar operational networks
- Network automation and scripting using tools such as Python, PowerShell or Infrastructure-as-Code frameworks
- Cloud networking and enterprise cloud integration
- Telemetry, network analytics and automated monitoring platforms
- Experience supporting geographically dispersed infrastructure and remote sites
- Industry certifications across networking, security or cloud technologies
- Experience working across both public and private sector organisations

Apply Now If you're a hands-on network professional who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and wants to work within a modern, enterprise-scale environment, we'd love to hear from you.

📌 Senior Network Engineer (Brisbane)
🏢 empire group
📍 Brisbane