Indigeco is seeking an experienced Principal Network DevOps Engineer to join a leading financial services organisation in Sydney.

This is an excellent opportunity for a senior technical professional who combines strong Cisco enterprise networking expertise with hands-on DevOps and network automation experience.

The successful candidate will play a key role in a significant Network Vulnerability Management and Hardening uplift, providing technical leadership while remaining actively involved in engineering and automation.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, architect and enhance complex enterprise network infrastructure.
- Lead network automation initiatives using Python, Ansible, and Terraform.
- Develop and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Network as Code (NaC) frameworks.
- Integrate Git, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment controls into network operations.
- Drive network security, vulnerability remediation, hardening, and standardisation.
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring to Network DevOps Engineers.
- Collaborate with Cyber Security, Architecture, Operations and technology teams.
- Extensive hands‑on experience with Cisco enterprise networking and architecture.




- Strong network automation and DevOps engineering capabilities.
- Advanced experience with Python, Ansible, Terraform, Git, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Robust understanding of routing, switching, BGP, WAN, and SD-WAN.
- Experience designing and implementing enterprise network automation frameworks.
- Demonstrated experience with network security, vulnerability management, and hardening.
- Proven technical leadership while remaining hands‑on.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Highly Desirable

- Cisco ACI, Catalyst Center, Cisco FMC, and F5 BIG-IP.
- Experience in large‑scale banking or financial services environments.
- Cloud networking, DevSecOps, and SRE experience.
- CCIE, CCNP, Cisco DevNet or relevant cloud/networking certifications.

Please note:

We are specifically looking for professionals with strong expertise in BOTH Cisco networking and DevOps automation, rather than candidates specialising in only one area.

Work Arrangements

- Hybrid working arrangement with approximately 50% office attendance.
- Sydney CBD
- Tuesday and Thursday anchor days.

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📌 Principal Network Engineer (Sydney)
🏢 Indigeco
📍 Sydney