Network Engineer

ASIS is Australia's overseas secret intelligence collection agency. Its mission is to protect and promote Australia's vital interests through the provision of intelligence services as directed by the Australian Government. Its work can involve collecting intelligence relating to national security, international relations and economic issues. It also contributes to Australia's coordinated national efforts against terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and trans‑national issues such as people smuggling.

ASIS employs people in a wide range of roles, including technologists. These roles require dynamic team players who enjoy working with stakeholders, team members and individually on projects. ASIS is looking for people who will be able to meet tight deadlines and work to support ASIS priorities. Successful candidates will have excellent coordination, administration and technical skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills; and, strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills. Relevant tertiary qualifications and demonstrable experience will be highly regarded.

ASIS is a diverse and inclusive workplace, where our people are empowered through authenticity and a sense of belonging to achieve their potential and contribute to a shared purpose and mission. We seek to reflect the community we serve, and welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, women, people with a disability, neurodiverse, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and those who identify as LGBTIQA+.

We offer a competitive salary package including 22 days annual leave, shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day, 15% employer superannuation contribution and generous paid maternity/paternity leave. Full and part time positions as well as flexible work hours can be negotiated.

All positions are office-based and located in Canberra.

ASIS is seeking innovative EL2 Network Engineers who are passionate about delivering cutting edge technology.

The key duties of the position include

Key Responsibilities and Tasks

- Provide operational support and improvements to ICT Infrastructure, which may include:

- Conduct research, analysis, planning, monitoring and maintenance of ICT systems

- Undertake installation work, both in Australia and overseas

- Provide after‑hours support to users as part of rostered on‑call arrangements

- Lead development or support activities within a team environment

- Review, design, update and build documentation

- Support and manage organisational priorities and effort

- Support and mentor Infrastructure Engineers with technical design planning and implementation

- Use monitoring and management tools to support performance, availability and capacity planning

- Provide subject matter expertise to team members and advice to senior management and other staff in the development of new capabilities

Core Skills / Education, qualification and experience requirements

We are looking for knowledgeable IT professionals with a background/experience in a range of ICT disciplines with one or more of the following:

- Network Engineering

- Experience in one or more of the following:

- Cisco software defined environments (SDWAN), containerisation, hyper‑converged Datacentres, and global WANs

- Detailed knowledge of networking, telecommunications infrastructure, wireless communication standards and associated security standards and considerations

- Experience supporting and designing network systems using hardware such as Cisco/Juniper routers, switches and firewalls

- Experience supporting and designing unified Voice and Video systems using Cisco technologies

- Experience in Datacentre networking technologies such as Cisco ACI or NSX‑T

- Experience in deploying system monitoring, performance optimisation and process improvements

- WAN acceleration, ideally using Riverbed equipment

- Exposure / skills / experience in supporting internet and cloud‑based technologies, principles and environments

- Experience in the design and operations of Satellite communications systems

- Experience in the following would be beneficial, but not essential:

- Exposure to networks using commercial and government grade cryptographic equipment

- Multiple Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certifications

- Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) certification

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