? We’re Hiring | Technical Lead – Network | Sydney
QIX Consulting is looking for an experienced Technical Lead – Network to join a major financial services environment on a contract engagement.
? Location: Sydney, NSW
? Contract: 7 December 2026 – 30 April 2027
What we're looking for:
- Solid experience across Cisco LAN/WAN infrastructure, SD-WAN and Cisco DNA Centre.
- Hands-on expertise with F5 LTM, GTM and BIG-IQ.
- Strong knowledge of Cisco and/or Palo Alto firewalls and network security.
- Proven experience leading network engineers, technical design, architecture reviews and complex infrastructure delivery.
- Experience with network security hardening, incident management, performance optimisation and troubleshooting.
- Exposure to Python, Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Excellent stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to take ownership of end-to-end technical delivery.
About you
- Degree preferred in IT coupled with Industry accreditations in Cisco and ITIL
- Strong knowledge of Cisco networking infrastructure covering both Local Area Networks (LANs) and Wide Area Networks (WANs)
- Strong experience with Firewalls Cisco and/or Palo Alto and applicable management tools to manage such as Cisco Security Manager (CSM)
- Strong expertise with network tools such as Cisco DNA Centre
- Strong expertise with F5 (LTM, GTM and BIGIQ) and SD-WAN
- Lead end-to-end project delivery, taking full ownership and accountability for assigned tasks and milestones
- Strong communications (data/voice/video)
infrastructure experience
- Strong experience in writing policies and procedures and other support documentation
- Strong experience or willingness to learn: Python and relevant scripting languages to automate activities
- Good general knowledge of IT infrastructure and service management practices.
- Good working knowledge or willingness to learn Network management tools like: Stat seeker and Infoblox
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and tools like Terraform
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively collaborate with team members and stakeholders.
- Proven ability to lead technical decision-making, architecture reviews, and solution design workshops for complex network and security initiatives
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence technical direction and communicate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audience
- Nice to haves:
- Experience in Cisco SDDC, Cisco ACI and Cisco storage fabric management and SD-WAN
- A working knowledge on Venafi and VMWare product
Experience with Cisco ACI, SDDC, Infoblox and VMware will be highly regarded.
If you're a hands-on Network Technical Lead who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges while mentoring engineering teams, we'd love to hear from you!
? Interested? Send me a message or reach out to discuss the opportunity.