Network Engineer

About us

blueAPACHE is an Australian owned award-winning Managed Service Provider, recognised for the 5th year running, as Mid-Market Partner of the Year at the ARN Innovation Awards.

We pride ourselves on being a genuinely great place to work, with a vibrant culture, clear vision, and strong leadership. When joining blueAPACHE, you are joining an organisation that is driven by our core values of employee and customer experience. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where we embrace our individual talents, and our differences.

Due to continuous growth, we have an exciting opportunity for a skilled Network Engineer to join us.

Goal:

The Network Engineer is a member of Engineering Team within Professional Services and plays a key role in the successful delivery of Infrastructure Projects comprising of Wired and Wireless Network for our clients. The role is accountable to ensure assigned projects meet client requirements and are delivered using ‘best-practice’ within agreed scope, time, budget, and quality.

The role would also require projects to be delivered individually or as a part of large Infrastructure refresh where you would be working with group of engineers and delivering as per design and implementation guidelines provided by Lead Network Engineer.

Requirements

• Previous role with an IT&T System Integrator, Professional Consulting Services, Internet Services Provider or similar organisation.
• At least 5+ years in a network engineering role
• Must have current certifications in Fortinet Firewall/SD-WAN (FCSS), FCP (Switching and Wireless), and/or Aruba Switching/Wireless Stack (ACSA, ACMP) or equivalent certification.
• Must have at least 2 other vendor network related industry certifications
• Strong knowledge and industry experience across a range of networking technologies including vendors such as Fortinet, Cisco/Meraki, HP-Aruba, and Palo Alto.
• Industry experience working within the ITIL framework (ITIL certifications highly regarded)

• Strong understanding and demonstrated experience in the use of following technologies:
• Next Gen Firewalls (FortiGate ‘preferred’, Palo Alto, Cisco, and Meraki)
• Routing (FortiGate, Cisco and Meraki)
• SD-WAN (FortiGate ‘preferred’ and Meraki)
• Switching (FortiGate ‘preferred’, HP/Aruba, Cisco)
• Wireless (FortiGate ‘preferred’, Aruba, Cisco, Meraki)

• Highly regarded to have experience around following:
• Service Provider Routing experience
• Security Appliances (IPS/IDS, NAC, Web Proxy)
• Orchestration Tools (Aruba Central, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiPortal, FortiCloud and EMS)
• Log Management (Syslog, SIEM)
• Network Load Balancing
• Azure and AWS Networking (IAAS)

• Practical understanding of the following technologies:
• Microsoft Windows including Active Directory, DHCP & radius services
• SAN and Virtualised environments, particularly relating to the Network implications
• Disaster Recovery techniques
• Security processes and procedures
• Strong project delivery and documentation skills

Responsibilities:

• Planning, designing, and executing wired and wireless network solutions, along with the assessment and improvement of current network infrastructure individually and as a Team.
• In collaboration with the Project Management Office and/or Lead Engineer, ensure solutions are being delivered in line with design, statement of work and scheduling milestones.
• Collaborate with the Project Management Office to develop project schedules and manage variations.
• Configure, test, and execute network cutover to ensure the delivered solution is scalable, secure, redundant, and dependable.
• Assist Network Provisioning and Field Services Engineers for WAN Services configuration, testing and cutover where required.
• Address project-related incidents according to ticket SLA and follow Incident and Change Management protocols in accordance with blueAPACHE standards.
• Identify obstacles and offer alternate approaches to engineers.
• Manage project plans, prioritise tasks, handle workload to meet established standards and deadlines, and prepare progress reports as needed by engineering and project managers.
• Provide relevant project artefacts to the Project Manager.
• Facilitate a smooth project handover to operational teams (and provide high-level training if required).
• Participate in vendor training or undertake self-study to address skill gaps and achieve certifications as instructed by the business.

Benefits

Benefits

blueAPACHE continues to grow alongside some of Australia’s leading midmarket businesses, our valued clients. We continue to stay abreast of current technologies to maintain our competitive advantage, offering the opportunity to continually expand your technical expertise and provide an uncompressing offering to our clients. We recognise our people are our most significant differentiator.

• We offer options for you to interview virtually.
• blueAPACHE offers an environment to make a real difference, develop careers within a supportive and rewarding environment.
• Flexibility to work the way that aligns with our values of employee and customer experience, including hybrid and work from home arrangements.
• Regular social events and an awesome culture – work with a team of experts in their field
• Employee Assistance Program from The Mind Room
• Ongoing training and development including paid certifications.
• Quality hardware and laptop provided.
• Employee referral programs - once you are in and you are loving it - you can refer a friend and get paid for it!

Please note, all offers of employment at blueAPACHE are subject to Police Clearance Checks.