Assistant Director

24 hours ago

Canberra n Capital Territory, Australia Defence Australia Full time $120,000 - $180,000 per year

The Role

We are looking for a highly skilled Enterprise Network Manager with experience in either a multi-cloud or on-premise networks, managing teams and driving outcomes. This role is critical in ensuring secure, scalable, and optimised network connectivity, future strategy across hybrid environments, with an emphasis on integrating security into the broader network domain. We have three core priorities: building best in class people to support DDG's efforts, underpinned by best-in-class global platforms, supported by best-in-class sovereign capabilities.

Our goal is to provide warfighters the required technologies and connectivity needed to fight and win in the digital age. This role is critical to this, and will form part of larger project teams to drive development of new solutions and deliver key capabilities. This function resides within a newly established Branch, where a high degree of autonomy will be provided, including being entrusted to help recruit, lead and mentor junior network team members.

This role is eligible for an additional remuneration benefit known in Defence as a Building Defence Capability Payment (BDCP). This enables Defence to provide a premium, in addition to the base salary otherwise payable under the Defence Enterprise Collective Agreement (DECA), for positions in occupational disciplines/classifications that are critical to Defence capability. For further information, please contact the contact officer.

About our Team

You will be part of a team of ICT professionals delivering complex projects across key Digital domains in both the Military and Enterprise Systems Divisions within Defence Digital Group (DDG). In this role you will be a leader, provide technical expertise and mentorship junior team members in a matrixed construct, as teams and individuals are embedded into projects as needed.

As a Digital Engineer in DDG you may either:

  • Lead a team of ICT professionals experienced in key technology platforms/products, or
  • Work individually on projects as the technical engineering SME.

We commit to providing additional professionalisation for the right candidates so you can continue to grow and develop your career.

Our Ideal Candidate

You will have the following skills, experience and exposure:

  • You have extensive experience designing, deploying, and managing large-scale distributed networks, including secure environments, dispersed infrastructures, data centers, SD-WAN, hybrid/multi-cloud networks, and DNS architectures.
  • You are familiar with cloud-based solutions like Netskope, Zscaler, Cloudflare, Netscaler, and SD-WAN. You understand VPN technologies (site-to-site, SSL) and NGFW features such as DPI, IPS, DLP, and URL filtering.
  • You have demonstrated knowledge in Zero Trust Architecture and have applied ISM, Essential Eight (E8), and technical assurance frameworks. You can translate business needs into secure, scalable, and resilient network designs. You also maintain accurate documentation and technical reports.
  • You will lead and mentor a team of ICT professionals, collaborate across cross-functional teams, and deliver outcomes using agile methodologies. Your attitude and work ethic aligns with Defence values, contribute to a high-performing culture, and support professional growth within your team.

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