? 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:
• Strong 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)
• Robust 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. #Hiring #TechnicalLead #NetworkEngineering #Cisco #F5 #SDWAN #PaloAlto #SydneyJobs #ContractJobs #QIXConsulting

📌 Network Technical Lead (Sydney)
🏢 Qix Consulting
📍 Sydney