Senior Network Engineer

• 6+6+6+6 Month Federal Government Contract
• NV2 clearance mandatory requirement
• Edinburgh Precinct, SA, Remote capability
• Develop new secure network technology (Laboratory and Experimental Systems)

Our client, responsible for developing science and technology for National Defence, is seeking a Senior Network Engineer/Administrator to help develop, trial, configure and maintain new and evolving network technology.

Duties may include:

• Build, Deploy and document specialised research ICT infrastructure into experimental labs and deployable constructs as required.
• Facilitate connectivity between experimental system components and core research networks, adhering to required security protocols and processes.
• Configuration management of research system hardware. Collaborate with the researchers to resolve issues within a lab or experimental system.
• Administer and operate Data Movement services (ingest and movement of data between domains and classifications) in line with organisational policies and procedures.
• Will include some or all of the following:
  o Research Network device administration.
  o Firewall policy administration/co-ordination.
  o Liaison with CIOG.
  o Research Data Storage administration.
  o Server and workstation management and administration.
  o Laboratory instrumentation connectivity to experimental systems.
  o Experimental system operating systems (Linux and Windows) and research software (including DST designed bespoke software) support and licensing.
  o Support of research DevOps platforms and modelling and simulation environments.
  o Asset management (request creation and update as required).

Skills and experience of the successful Senior Network Engineer will be:

• Demonstrable ability to use current knowledge, upskill and/or seek expertise to implement architecturally designed digital solutions, or solve complex ICT problems to achieve organisational outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to rapidly uptake unfamiliar technology.
• Hold appropriate industry certifications or demonstrate significant practical experience.
• Proven ability to influence staff and steer others towards successful task accomplishment, manage priorities and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated customer focus in the delivery of third level Research ICT support services, including the ability to recognise client requirements, handle customer complaints and referring clients and/or work to other appropriate and relevant teams.
• A good understanding of and demonstrated experience in the application of ITIL principles and practices.
• Good understanding of ICT security principals, in particular the ASD ISM, with the ability to identify potential ICT security risks.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in a number of the following technology areas:
  o Platforms (Linux and/or Windows Desktop and Server) and supporting network services such as AD, DNS, DHCP.
  o IP networking including routing, switching including associated device administration/management and good understanding of network design principals.
  o Network security services/appliances (ie. Firewalls) including associated device administration/management.
  o Data movement protocols and tools such as SMB, NFS, rsync or storage system data synchronization.
  o Compute Server management and hosting facility best practice (ie, comms room, power, cooling).
  o Scripting/Programming (ie. PowerShell, python, JAVA) and/or experience supporting DevOps teams and systems.

For a full copy of the Job Description please contact Jon at Recruitment Hive on 02 6299 1006 or click the apply button to send your interest to the Recruitment Hive.

Internal Job ID: JB8832.

Please note this role closes on Wednesday 24th January and requires and active NV2 clearance.