Senior Network Engineer

Closes: 29 October 2025

Classification:
Senior Information Technology Officer Grade C

Salary:
$125,344 - $134,527 plus superannuation

Position No:
69630

Directorate:
Digital Canberra

Advertised (Gazettal date):
15 October 2025

Contact Officer:
Miranda Purcell on or

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 skilled and proactive Senior Network Engineer to support a major business systems uplift project, contributing to the delivery of secure, modern, and resilient network infrastructure.

As part of a multi-disciplinary technical team, you will play a key role in designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise networking solutions, with a strong focus on network segmentation and Azure networking.

Refer to the Position Description for 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.

What we offer

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. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply. 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).

If you want to be part of our exciting journey to transform Canberra into a digital powerhouse, apply for this job today

Eligibility/Other requirements:
Current AGSVA NV1 security clearance or ability to obtain and hold a NV1 security clearance is mandatory.

Notes:
This is a temporary position available immediately until 30 June 2027 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.

Opportunities for flexible working options could include hybrid working, being a combination of working from home, designated office based and FlexiSpace working locations across the ACT, part-time hours, job-sharing, flexible start, and finish times.

How to apply:
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.

Attachments to the form should be in .PDF format where possible.
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 immediately until 30 June 2027 with the possibility of extension and/or permanency.