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 1*** 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.