Senior Gateway Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Gateway Engineer who can perform the following duties:

• Manage infrastructure requirements to meet future infrastructure demand.
• Manage the provision of infrastructure related operational support for hardware, software, and other assets.
• Manage the prioritization and escalation of infrastructure issues to ensure timely resolution.
• Communicate the end-to-end implications of configuration changes.
• Analyze the quality of requests for change management.
• Provide detailed, specialist technical advice, including strategic advice to the senior executive.
• Where appropriate proactively share knowledge and expertise as the subject matter expert and aid and mentorship to less experienced colleagues.
• Assist in the development and implementation of strategies, operational policy and procedures and change initiatives.
• Undertake research on emerging technologies and provide recommendations on product suitability for the agency.
• Develop staff capability through coaching, mentoring and succession planning.
• Prepare, review, and maintain documentation which may include design documentation, implementation plans, test plans, and support procedures.
• Engage and partner with other agencies and service providers to build service delivery capability.
• Attend interagency meetings and forums to influence business outcomes and share information. encourage innovation, continuous improvement and manage and support change.
• Influence and contribute to ICT strategy resolving conflicts as needed.

Primary Technologies required for role include:

• F5

  • Cisco ACI
  • Palo Alto Firewalls
  • Blue Coat Proxy
  • Infoblox DDI
  • Email Solutions
  • VPN Technologies
  • Routing and Switching Infrastructure
  • Network Analysis Tools
  • Cloud Technologies (AWS/Azure/Google)

Mandatory Criteria

• A minimum of five (5) years demonstrated experience in the design, management, and maintenance of internet gateway and/or large-scale data center networking environment.

Weighted Criteria

• Demonstrated experience and technical proficiency in the design of services utilizing F5/Blue Coat Layer 4-7 switching/load balancing and proxy systems.
• Demonstrated experience in the design and deployment of network infrastructure including Cisco Data center technologies like Cisco ACI, Cisco Routers, nexus switches, routing protocols like BGP, OSPF, EIGRP.
• Demonstrated experience with and/or detailed understanding of Palo Alto firewalls and IPS Solutions.
• Demonstrated experience in the design and implementation of VPN technologies, email, and DNS (Infoblox) Solutions.
• Demonstrated experience in the design and integration of hybrid and public cloud services.
• Demonstrated experience in the development and maintenance of system architecture and design documentation.
• Demonstrated experience with or knowledge of Australian Government information security policies, the ASD Information Security Manual and Essential Eight.