Network Engineer

5 days ago


Canberra n Capital Territory, Australia Bridge IT Engineering Full time $80,000 - $120,000 per year

About the job

Network Engineer

  • month contract
  • Location: ACT
  • Australian Citizenship with NV1 or NV2

Bridge IT Engineering
is seeking a
Network Engineer
for a federal government department with offices in the
ACT.
The position is primarily a technical hands-on role, with responsibility to conduct technical systems verification and validation of in-service and emerging SATCOM and other WAN systems; as well as design, build, maintenance and configuration control tasks.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Provide Network Solution Engineering within the validate function for the Systems
  • Build and administer mission network's WANs based on the following technologies:
  • FDMA /TDMA SATCOM
  • OSPF, EIGRP and BGP routing protocols
  • Voice / Video formats including delivery
  • IPv4 and IPv6
  • TriLos and emerging transport systems
  • Build, configure and test Mission Network WAN and routing assemblies
  • Establish and management of Internet Protocol (IP) cryptographic nets for the secure transport.
  • Develop and align systems to emerging Cryptography requirements including post Quantum encryption.
  • Enhance wideband trunking in the deployed environment.
  • Enhance Deployable Local Area Network switching and routing
  • Assist in future SATCOM and narrowband services engineering
  • Assist in the configuration of Tactical Communication Systems (TCN) routing
  • Support the development and engineering of SWARM systems

Criteria

  • Extensive experience in designing, implementing and operating SATCOM and WAN technologies
  • Strong working knowledge of networking at enterprise and deployable networks.
  • Relevant tertiary or vocational qualifications in SATCOM Engineering, Network Engineering or related disciplines
  • Experience supporting government projects.
  • Familiarity with integrating emerging technologies into secure infrastructure.
  • Ability to operate and succeed in a dynamic environment, whether in a multi-disciplinary team or independently.
  • Proven skills and experience in stakeholder management.
  • Relevant experience in delivering capability to customer or user groups
  • Experience in delivering technical instruction
  • Technical writing and documentation

Your ICT Recruiter for this role

Byron Dale

*Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted


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