Technical Specialist

**Technical Specialist (Network)**

Melbourne, VIC, AU, 3000

**About us**:
CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy own and operate the electricity distribution networks servicing 1.9 million customers located across 65% of Victoria. These customers include large numbers of households as well as commercial and industrial businesses, world class arts, health and sporting precincts, popular tourism regions and the biggest infrastructure projects in Victoria.

We provide reliable, safe, and affordable electricity and our businesses are independently rated as the best in the country for their efficiency. Sustaining this is all the more critical and challenging as greater electrification of homes, fleets and industries becomes a core strategy for reducing carbon emissions and addressing climate change.

Increasingly, our networks are connecting new large-scale renewable energy generators and integrating technologies like solar, batteries and electric vehicles as customers change the way they generate, use, store and share power. This demand is transforming the electricity market faster than any change we've ever seen before. As a result, our people are at the frontline in developing and implementing innovative technologies and solutions necessary for the future of our industry not only in Victoria but globally.

We value inclusive leadership and teams and celebrate the results of succeeding together.

But our greatest priority is the health, safety and wellbeing of our people and the communities we operate within. This includes their physical safety - ensuring everyone gets home safely everyday - as well as their psychological safety by ensuring everyone has the resources and support needed to achieve a work-life balance and be the best they can be.

**About the role**:
The Technical Specialist - Networks provides expertise and direction in the planning, design, and implementation of networks for the workplace domain.

Working across multiple projects the position will be required to liaise with multiple stakeholders in order to proactively review and optimisation existing network platforms and supporting processes. To drive efficiency via continuous improvement, consulting industry best practice, and automation.

**What you'll deliver**:

- Architect, design, and document technical solutions that deliver agreed business benefits.
- Provide technical direction and guidance to various stakeholders.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation in conjunction with other team members and architects across the domains.
- Ensure the technical approach that is taken aligns to the organisation's IT strategy.
- Create and maintain documentation according to organisational standards (procedures, technical documentation and process diagrams associated with IT networks) as part of project delivery and enhancement activities.
- Work with project managers and SME's, across domains, to understand technical network requirements where required.
- Lead technical discussions and decision making with the business, to assist with the delivery of project outcomes.

**To succeed in the role you'll have**:

- 10+ years of experience as a Network Engineer/Architect.
- Demonstrated experience working with cisco hardware and software.
- Experience managing and maintaining of various firewall / security technologies such as checkpoint / palo alto.
- Experience designing, implementing and managing loads balancer (e.g. NetScaler's / F5's)
- Tertiary qualification in IT or related discipline.
- Advanced knowledge on configuration of routers, switches, firewalls, cloud networking components.
- Advanced knowledge on design and architecture of LAN, WAN, SDWAN and SAN network topologies.
- Cisco CCNA / CCNP certifications (desirable)

**Your career with us**:
We have a diversity of teams across our business, all contributing to great customer and community outcomes. Our people are our most important asset, and we continually invest in nurturing their capability.

We proudly strive to provide a safe, inclusive, and sustainable environment where all our people feel respected, valued and supported to bring their whole selves to work and be the best they can be.

With an embedded Inclusion & Diversity Strategy and initiatives like our Women in Power networking group, and Sparkle, our LGBTIQ+ allies pride network, we're committed to equal opportunities for all employees.

Our greatest priority is the health, safety and wellbeing of our people and the communities we operate within. This includes their physical safety - ensuring everyone gets home safely everyday - as well as their psychological safety, by ensuring everyone has the resources and support needed to achieve a work-life balance and be the best they can be.

**What's next?**
- If you require adjustments as part of the recruitment process to accommodate your needs, please don't hesitate to discuss these with us._
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