The Royal Children's Hospital

Senior Network Engineer (NSW) (DC Mod)

The Royal Children's Hospital  •  Sydney, AU (Onsite)  •  18 hours ago
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Job Description

Better and fairer care. Always.

St Vincent's has been a leader in Australia's health and aged care landscape for more than 165 years. Since our founders, the Sisters of Charity, opened our first hospital in 1857, our services and nearly 30,000 people have been behind some of Australia's most important medical breakthroughs. We are a microcosm of Australia’s health and aged care system and are uniquely positioned to lead and respond to our rapidly changing environment.

We are looking for a special kind of person - a St Vincent’s kind of person. Someone who puts excellence, compassion, connection and caring for other people at the heart of everything they do.

About the Role

Reporting to the Network Operations Manager, you will provide senior technical leadership across enterprise and data centre networking. You’ll lead complex changes, support critical incidents, and contribute to design, implementation, and operational governance.

You will work acrossnetwork, compute, and storage domains, partnering with infrastructure, cybersecurity, and clinical technology teams to ensure end-to-end service reliability.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead delivery of data centre network modernisation initiatives
  • Execute complex network changes, upgrades, and lifecycle activities
  • Provide technical leadership and design input across network platforms
  • Support incident response, root cause analysis, and service restoration
  • Contribute to architecture, standards, and change governance
  • Collaborate with vendors, MSPs, and internal teams
  • Maintain high availability, performance, and security across network services
  • Support ITIL-aligned service management processes

About You

You are a hands-on senior engineer with deep expertise across modern data centre networking and strong adjacent infrastructure knowledge.

You bring:

  • 5+ years’ experience in enterprise/data centre network engineering
  • Strong hands-on experience with:
    • Cisco ACI, VXLAN, and Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC)
    • Enterprise networking across LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, and Wi-Fi
  • Solid capability across:
    • Routing & switching (BGP, OSPF)
    • Firewalls, VPNs, DNS/DHCP, IPAM
  • Experience working with VMware environments (vSphere, NSX exposure advantageous)
  • Understanding of storage platforms and how they integrate with network infrastructure
  • Experience with network automation and scripting (Python, Ansible, Terraform or similar)
  • Familiarity with observability/monitoring tools (PRTG, NetFlow, ThousandEyes, Cisco DNA)
  • Strong troubleshooting, incident management, and root cause analysis capability
  • Ability to operate in complex, multi-site, high-availability environments

Desirable:

  • Exposure to Zero Trust / NAC (ISE)
  • Cloud networking (Azure/AWS)
  • Certifications (CCNP/CCIE, ITIL)

Why Join St Vincent’s

  • Work on enterprise-scale transformation programs
  • Contribute to systems that directly support clinical care and patient outcomes
  • Access to modern technologies across network, cloud, and infrastructure
  • Values-driven organisation focused on compassion, integrity, and excellence

Working Arrangements

  • Sydney-based | Minimum 3 days onsite
  • Participation in on-call roster
  • Some after-hours work required for critical changes and incidents

Things that work for you:

  • Ability to visibly see your impact on the business and its service

  • Competitive salary packaging options

  • Discounted private health insurance

  • Employee Assistance Program for staff and their families

  • Access to the Fitness Passport (FP)

At St Vincent’s we value inclusivity and diversity and acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, fair and impartial and invites people from all backgrounds to join us.

Pre-Employment Checks

Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.

Equal Opportunity

We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.

How To Apply

Please submit your application via the Apply button, include your resume and a brief cover letter outlining your experience and suitability.

Respectfully, no recruitment agencies.

Closing Date:

18 June 2026 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https /www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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The Royal Children's Hospital

About The Royal Children's Hospital

The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.

We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.

With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.

We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.

When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.

In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Parkville, AU
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
org.au
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