Job Description
What’s the role?
We offer an exciting opportunity for a Senior Network Engineer within the Secure Network Services (SNS) team within the Technology division. This position will work closely with the customer engagement team, network architecture team, engineering, build and run teams.
This position is responsible for providing expert technical services in relation to implementing, managing, operating and supporting high performance technology infrastructure.
The core responsibilities include (but are not limited to) the following:
Network Operations (Run Role)
- Lead the operations and provide troubleshooting and analyse technical problems on all types of networked services, equipment, and devices in the environment.
- Participates in Major Incident Management activities, identifying network performance issues and trends. (e.g., Identifies failing network components, tracing of network traffic).
- Coordinates resolution activities with IT groups across systems and platforms (e.g. Firewall Team), so they occur in sync
- Monitors alarms, opens corresponding tickets, diagnoses, resolves, documents the issue, takes escalations from junior engineers and escalates as needed.
- Provide detailed design and technical review of network changes, including the troubleshooting of any network related issues.
- Develop and influence relationships with all stakeholders, acting as the key point of contact for Technical Consultations to ensure customer requirements are understood and outcomes delivered meet the needs of the customer.
- Collaborate extensively with internal and external stakeholders to ensure solution designs meet networking standards.
- Drafting and co-ordination of change implementation plans.
- Implementation of network changes required to deliver a strategic design outcome.
- Provide on-call support on a periodic, rostered basis
What do I need?
To be successful in this role, you need to have the following skills, education & personal attributes.
Essential:
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills are mandatory.
- Strong ownership mindset and a great attitude.
- Strong technical knowledge of Cisco Routing and Switching (BGP,OSPF,STP,NXOS,N9K)
- Strong technical knowledge a of DNS, DHCP and IPAM - Infoblox Infrastructure
- In-depth technical networking experience – 5+ years
- Prior work experience in large organizations supporting complex networks – 5+ years.
- Prior work experience in large organizations supporting network operations – 5+ years.
- Operations on-call responsibility on a periodic, rostered basis.
Highly Desirable:
- Strong WAN routing knowledge and proven hands-on troubleshooting ( ISP) Networks
- Strong technical knowledge in VxLAN EVPN or related overlay technology.
- Strong understanding of Cloud networking Azure/AWS
- Good understanding of Automation platforms (Python,PyATS,Jenkins,ROBOT Framework)
- Good understanding of Orchestration platforms (NDFC,DCNM)
- Vendor certification: CCNP or CCIEd
- Good technical knowledge of Firewalls (Juniper high-end SRX, CheckPoint, Fortinet, NSX)
Why join us?
We’re obsessed with becoming our customers' #1 banking partner for life and we’re looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return, we’re committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that:
- Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates!
- Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
- Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.
- Lots of opportunities to ‘give back’ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives.
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