Network Engineer

Network Engineer

• Location: Perth, WA
• Work Type: Full Time
• Salary/Package: Competitive Remuneration

About Navitas

Navitas is a leading global education provider. We deliver an extensive range of educational services to a diverse community of learners across a global network of campuses. This is an exciting opportunity to join our Corporate IT division and play a key role in shaping our global infrastructure.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a high-caliber Network Engineer to provide strategic technical guidance and advanced support across Navitas' global WAN, LAN, Security, and VoIP domains.

Reporting directly to the Global Network Manager, you will play a pivotal role in driving network automation, executing major infrastructure upgrades, and shaping our future technology roadmaps. This position offers a strong blend of technical execution, vendor collaboration and team mentorship.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Support: Act as an escalation point for the network team; monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot the global enterprise WAN, LAN, Security, and VoIP environments.
• Projects & Upgrades: Contribute to major network deployments, site expansions, hardware refreshes, and architecture enhancements.
• Network Design & Strategy: Influence technology roadmaps, evaluate emerging technologies, and collaborate with business leaders and external vendors.
• Automation & Continual Improvement: Identify and implement opportunities for network automation using Python scripting and Ansible playbooks to streamline manual tasks, introduce predictable, code-driven, repeatable changes, and improve service delivery. Standardize global configurations through programmatic templating to enhance operational efficiency and minimize manual configuration errors.
• Mentorship: Support and mentor junior team members while fostering a culture of continuous learning.
• Documentation: Maintain high-quality IT network diagrams, deployment standards, and procedural knowledge-base resources.

What You’ll Bring

To be successful in this role, you will be a collaborative, forward-thinking technical leader who thrives in complex enterprise environments.

Certifications: Cisco CCNP/CCIE certification, or equivalent enterprise-level industry experience.

Routing & Switching: Advanced knowledge of enterprise LAN/WLAN, VLANs, L2/L3 switching, and routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP).

Firewall & Edge Security: Deep hands-on experience with Palo Alto / Panorama, alongside proficiency in Cisco ISE, Cisco Secure Access and VPN technologies (IPSec, DMVPN, SSLVPN).

Programming Languages: Strong hands-on expertise in Ansible & Python (using libraries like Netmiko, NAPALM).

Data Formats: Experience with JSON, YAML, and XML for data serialization.

Linux experience

API Experience: Demonstrated experience consuming REST APIs and leveraging NETCONF/YANG for automated network management.

Version Control: DevOps

CI / CD - Automation management - Jenkins

Cloud Networks: Familiarity with cloud networking concepts in AWS & Azure.

Soft Skills: Proven ability to mentor technical staff, manage stakeholders, and bridge technical solutions with business goals.

Flexibility: Willingness to work outside standard hours

What We Offer

• A genuinely global, collaborative, and supportive team environment.
• The opportunity to work with cutting-edge cloud, security, and automation toolsets.
• Clear career progression paths with structured opportunities to expand your technical and engineering capabilities.

Certifications: Cisco CCNP/CCIE certification, or equivalent enterprise-level industry experience.