Senior Network Engineer

Senior Network Engineer - Carrier & Service Provider Networks

Melbourne & Sydney

Are you an experienced network engineer ready to take on challenging, high-scale infrastructure projects? Join a team working on complex carrier-grade networks supporting global connectivity. This is an opportunity to influence design, automation, and performance for mission-critical network systems.

What Youll Be Doing

• Design, deploy, and optimize large-scale IP/MPLS networks, including core, aggregation, and edge layers.
• Lead engineering initiatives across BGP, OSPF/IS-IS, LDP/SR, and EVPN/VXLAN architectures.
• Maintain and improve Layer 2/3 transport, peering, and subscriber management infrastructures.
• Develop automation and monitoring solutions using Python, Ansible, APIs, and telemetry tools.
• Plan network capacity and scalability to align with traffic growth and evolving requirements.
• Troubleshoot complex routing, forwarding, and transport issues, collaborating with operations and architecture teams.
• Contribute to vendor assessments, network migrations, and documentation of standards and best practices.

Who You Are

• 7+ years of hands-on experience in service provider, carrier, or large-scale network environments.(Australian Citizenship is Mandatory for the role)
• Strong operational expertise in BGP, IS-IS/OSPF, MPLS (LDP/RSVP/SR), EVPN/VXLAN, and QoS.
• Experienced with Juniper (MX, QFX, ACX), Cisco (NCS, ASR), or Nokia (SR) platforms.
• Skilled in traffic engineering, route reflectors, L3VPN/L2VPN (VPLS, VPWS), GRE, and tunnelling architectures.
• Solid understanding of IPv6 deployment, network policy, and monitoring systems (SNMP, Telemetry, Splunk, Grafana).
• Excellent documentation, communication, and collaborative skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience with SDN controllers such as Cisco NSO.
• Automation and scripting skills (Python, Netconf/YANG).
• Knowledge of optical transport, DWDM, or segment routing.
• Familiarity with datacenter architectures and technologies.
• Relevant certifications (JNCIP-SP, JNCIE-SP, CCNP/CCIE-SP or equivalent).
• Flexibility to travel up to 15% of the time.

How to Apply

To apply, please submit your CV along with a brief cover letter outlining your relevant experience and preferred location. Include any certifications or platform expertise you have.

We encourage applications from candidates based in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane & Regional areas.