AddressAre you looking for a career with endless opportunities? There’s more to us than banking.
P&N Group is amongst the largest customer-owned banking organisations in Australia, represented by P&N Bank in Western Australia and BCU Bank in New South Wales and southeast Queensland. Our purpose is to enrich the lives of our customers and their communities.
With over $8 billion in assets and a head office in Perth and corporate offices in Coffs Harbour and Brisbane, we service over 180,000 customers across Australia from all walks of life supported by over 600 employees in group services, retail banking, broker, and business banking roles.
We believe our culture is a real point of difference, and our values – Focus on Members, Improve & Learn and Trust & Collaborate – are fundamental to our ways of working. We offer a collaborative and inclusive workplace where our people feel a strong sense of belonging, are recognised, invested in, cared for, and are part of something bigger.
As part of our ongoing strategic customer-centric transformation, we’re focussed on making it even easier to bank with us for our customers of today and the future.
About the role;
The Network Engineer is responsible for the day-to-day operations, maintenance, deployment and security of the P&N Bank network and security infrastructure. This role encompasses the LAN, WAN, Firewall, IPS and computer security systems in use at P&N Bank.
Working as part of an inclusive and collaborative team your key responsibilities will include:
- Monitor performance and ensure that the security and uptime of the LAN, WAN, Firewall and voice infrastructure is maintained to the levels defined by the departmental service standards
- Provide level 2/3 support and troubleshooting to resolve operational issues
- Plan and coordinate maintenance activities of the data network
- Responsible for any changes made to the network infrastructure, including the moving of existing equipment and installation of new equipment
- Ensure all network and patch panel documentation and diagrams are developed as necessary and maintained accordingly
- Configuration and management of networking and security devices across the network
- Schedule and conduct network DR Failover test and participate in BCP tests as required
- Liaise with third party vendors and other personnel for problem resolution
- Contribute to the negotiation of support contracts with third party organisations
- Participate in on-call and out-of-hours call-out and planned work as required
- Design, build and release network solutions to meet business, service and lifecycle network security requirements
- Contribute to the establishment of Project Briefs, Project Plans and agreed deliverables
- Contribute expert IT knowledge to support and direct project decisions
- Liaise with the project sponsor, vendors and consultants
What will you bring?
- Three years’ experience in a complex IT infrastructure environment incorporating planning, implementation, operational management, configuration and maintenance of network
- Hands-on experience with monitoring, network diagnostic and network analytics tools
- High level understanding of Cisco Networking technology and other IT infrastructure
- Good level of understanding of Cisco Call Manager Systems and applications
- High level understanding of Cisco and Checkpoint Firewall products and other IT Security infrastructure
- Sound knowledge/experience of VMWare ESX server platform
- Advanced analysis, problem solving, troubleshooting and consultative skills
- Familiarity with scripting languages like Python or PowerShell and experience using a distributed version control system
- An understanding of a financial services operating environment and core applications and products
- Degree in IT or equivalent discipline
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (Security)
- Cisco Certified Network Professional or Cisco Certified Design Professional qualifications
What we can offer you
There’s life at work, and life outside of work – and we understand that.
P&N Group is committed to creating a satisfying and fulfilling working environment, offering employee benefits and development opportunities that reward and help you perform to your potential and expand your experience and learning.
To help you live your best life through work, we offer an extensive range of employee benefits.
- Work for a national multi-brand, customer-focused organisation
- Enjoy flexible work arrangements
- An incentive scheme for exceptional performance
- Be supported with leadership and professional development
- 12 weeks paid parental leave for the primary care giver, and three weeks for the non-primary care giver
- Generous discounts on home loans, personal loans, insurance and other banking products and services
- Up to two weeks’ additional purchased leave per year
- Two days’ paid volunteer leave each year to use with a community partner of your choice
- An Employee Assistance Program
If you need assistance or require flexibility to be able to fully participate in the application process, please email us at ***********@pnbank.com.au
The closing date for applications is 30th June 2024
Additional information
- Work for a national multi-brand, customer-focussed organisation
- Flexible and autonomous working environment
- Full time, 6 month contract
