Senior Network Engineer
The Senior Network Engineer plays a vital role in the operational management, testing, and change implementation of network security infrastructure.
Responsibilities:
* Installation, configuration, and upgrade of hardware, systems, and software for networks
* Management of network and security performance by monitoring, troubleshooting, reporting, and continuous improvement to optimise performance
* Identify, analyse, and manage risk at every aspect of work
* Documents network problems and resolution for future reference
* Management of network system backup and restore services
* Secures network system by establishing and enforcing policies, defining and monitoring access
* Maintains job knowledge by undertaking internal and external vendor courses, certifications, etc.
* Updating operational documentation
* Undertake project design and architecture work, like High-level and detailed design work
* Design backup and recovery procedures and plan and undertake Disaster Recovery and testing procedures to ensure effective Disaster Recovery plans are developed, documented, tested, and implemented
* Undertake problem determination and root cause analysis to ensure permanent corrective actions are implemented appropriately
* Plan and review proposed changes
* Test and implement where applicable to ensure successful implementation of infrastructure changes
* Make recommendations and assist in the design and implementation of technology infrastructure solutions and support project delivery groups to ensure the development and maintenance of effective technology infrastructure within the Westpac Group
* Provide input into the planning of future infrastructure requirements, conduct all aspects of capacity planning, performance monitoring, and tuning of specific infrastructure components, liaise with software vendors to determine fixes and upgrades available and investigate and install new releases and patches to ensure the stability and availability of technology infrastructure services to the business
* Provide technical consultation to business/technology stakeholders to support relevant infrastructure partners and other business stakeholders
Requirements:
* Essential:
o Strong hands-on and recent experience to firewalls (Juniper SRX, Checkpoint, Fortinet, Palo Alto, etc)
o Load Balancing design, build, and implementation experience (F5 – LTM, GTM, APM, ASM)
o Enterprise Switching and Routing configuration experience (BGP/OSPF, VXLAN, VTP, BFD)
o IPS/IDS policy configuration, implementation, and events analysis
o Able to demonstrate strong stakeholder engagement, converting business requirements into technical requirements
* Desirable:
o Exposure and working knowledge of Logging platform like elastic, splunk, etc.
o Exposure to monitoring tools like Infoblox, Netscout, Solarwinds, Thousand eyes, Accedian, etc
o Automation and scripting skills (python, Json, ansible, etc)
o Working knowledge of Cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, etc), SDWAN, etc
o Understanding of micro-segmentation (eg VMware NSX-T DFW)
About Us:
We are a collaborative team of passionate people with a shared ambition to make a difference for our customers, our communities, and each other. At Westpac, making a difference means creating impact, unlocking our own and each other's passions, and transformative success stories to create better futures together. As an equal opportunity employer, we are proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility – and champions inclusion.