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.