Senior Network Engineer

Closes: 21 August 2025

Classification: Senior Information Technology Officer Grade B

Salary: $146,705 - $164,506 plus superannuation

Position No: 69634

Directorate: Digital Canberra

Advertised (Gazettal date): 06 August 2025

Contact Officer: Julian Valtas on Julian.Valtas@act.gov.au or (02) 6207 8456

Details: Do you want to enrich your community by providing digital government services that are so easy, they just happen? That's what Digital Canberra is here to do. We deliver and support digital government services that are easy to access, save time, and are safe to use.

Digital Canberra is seeking a highly experienced Senior Network Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and optimisation of secure network infrastructure across complex ICT environments.

This role will focus on working with vendor professional services in delivering an advanced network security policy management capability, leading the implementation of a network security management platform to enhance organisational security posture. The successful candidate will bring deep technical expertise in enterprise networking, including cloud and hybrid environments, and will play a key role in driving secure, scalable, and resilient network solutions.

At Digital Canberra, we offer a rewarding government career that has a direct, positive impact on your neighbourhood. You may be strategic, helping us lead technology investment decisions to build a genuinely connected Canberra. Or you may enjoy the hands-on satisfaction of working with the latest technology to keep our hospitals, schools, and government running. At Digital Canberra, you will make a difference

As part of the ACT Public Service (ACTPS), Digital Canberra offers some of the best hybrid and flexible working arrangements in Australia. Flexible working in the ACTPS means we provide the opportunity to work remotely (from home) or from a choice of office locations around Canberra, although the exact arrangements will be discussed with your hiring manager, based on operational needs.

Canberra is Australia's capital – a welcoming, unique city with a quality of life that many cities aspire to. It's the perfect place to raise children, take advantage of world-class cultural institutions, and enjoy the great outdoors. Canberra is primed for technology evolution. As a young and growing city, the shape of our community and our digital government services will continue to change.

Just like our city, Digital Canberra is inclusive. Our work spans many technology disciplines, and our workforce is culturally and linguistically diverse. We welcome candidates who have the right to work in Australia, which may include temporary and permanent visa holders (subject to your visa conditions and security clearance restrictions).

Eligibility/Other Requirements: The incumbent of this position is to hold or obtain and maintain an additional employment screening Personnel Vetting Program certificate. The Personnel Vetting Program (PVP) is currently self-administered by Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate (CMTEDD) and Digital Canberra (DCBR) and is inclusive of individuals with ACT Government employment eligibility.

Notes: This is a temporary position available for a period of six months with the possibility of extension and/or permanency.

A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months.

How to Apply: Refer to the Position Descriptionfor further information about this role. You may wish to speak to the listed Contact Officer if you have any queries once you have reviewed the Position Description.

Submit a copy of your curriculum vitae and a response of no more than two pages, outlining how your experience makes you the perfect candidate (addressing the 'What you require' section in the Position Description). In your pitch, be sure to outline how you believe your experiences are transferable to be effective in the advertised role. Include specific examples of your experience, including the context, actions you took, and the outcomes you achieved.

Applications should be submitted via the Apply Now button below.

Digital Canberra

Digital Canberra was established on the 1 July 2025, amalgamating positions which previously were advertised under Chief Ministers and Economic Development Directorate and ACT Health Directorate.

Note

This is a temporary position available for a period of six months with the possibility of extension and/or permanency.